Patero

Patero (Greek, Modern: Πάτερο, Katharevoussa: -ν) is a settlement in the Ioannina Prefecture in Epirus, Greece next to the Greek-Albanian border. It is in the municipality of Katsanochoria.

Location
Patero is located southwest of Metsovo, northwest of Arta, northeast of Preveza and south-southeast of Ioannina. It is located of an ancient castle built around the 4th century AD around 2 km in a straight line.

About Patero
Patero is situated in a mountainous area and is built 710 m above sea level. Farmlands are within the village area. Its main economy is only based in agriculture, even building and shoemaking some businesses are added today. Most of them continued well after the 19th century. Shoemaking declined in the 1950s and its school begsnto shut down. Its only inhabitants does not succeed over 25. It had 25 houses with 180 people in the older days. Houses which brings in inhabitants from larger cities during the summer months brings in around 100.

History
Around the village founded in which source that were founded in the settling of the area around that old castle. Patero was ruled by the Ottoman Turks until the Balkan Wars in 1913 when it finally joined Greece. During the rule, its school was first opened in 1888 and was a gift from Achilleas Gerokostopoulos, minister of the government of the time the free Greek kingdom. The father of the minister relocated to Patras and became a trader. Their old home is still survives as it used to be. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, its buildings were rebuilt, emigration occurred for the next few decades to the powerful nations and continued well after the turn of the millennium, one exception was between 1991 and 2001. Patero became connected with asphalt in the mid to late 20th century. More pavement was accessed in the late 20th century. Electricity, radio, automobiles and water were introduced in mid-20th century and television in the late-20th century and computer and internet at the turn of the millennium.

Education
Their children wanted to continue in the Greek semi-gymnasium in the neighboring town of Kalentzi.