The Agios Nikolaos Monastery of Philanthropenoi was built at the end of the 13th century and is the oldest of the seven monasteries on Ioannina Island. During the apogee of the monastery, in the 16th century, the building was considerably enlarged.
The Monastery of Agios Nikolaos Ntiliou also known as Monastery Dili or Strategopoulos is one of the seven monasteries of Ioannina Island. It was probably founded in the 13th century by the Stratigopoulos family, refugees who fled the Sack of Constantinople in 1204.
On the shore of Lake Pamvotis, the prosperity of the city of Ioannina grew as Constantinople started to decline in the 13th century. From this period, the nearby Ioannina island becomes an important monastic site, later respected by the Ottomans that invaded the territory in the 15th century. The occupants finish however to invade the island and destruct its buildings when the renegade Ali Pasha finds refuge there in 1822. Today, no less than seven monasteries can be found on the island.
The monastery of Agios Panteleimonas probably dates from the 15th century, but the current monastery is a reconstruction of the late 19th century. Indeed, the temple was destroyed and its host, Ali Pasha, assassinated on the spot in 1822.
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