Vradeto

Vradeto () is a village in the Greek Zagori region (Epirus region). It lies at a height of on Mt Tymphe in the Pindus mountain range. It is the highest of the 44 villages of Zagori. thumb|left|View of Vikos gorge from Beloe It is the middle of the Vikos–Aoös National Park and is about away from Ioannina. It is located only a few kilometers from the Vikos Gorge and near one of the best vantage points, Beloe (Beloi) (perhaps a Slavic word meaning "good view" or "balcony"). It is located also close to an alpine lake called Drakolimni (''Dragon's Lake), one of several such lakes. The lakes are named after the amphibian newts (Ichthyosaura alpestris) that live in them, around which there are myths of dragons. The myths are echoes of ancient myths about the hero Pindus, son of Macedon, who either befriended or according to another myth killed a dragon.

== Name == The toponym Vradeto is derived from the Aromanian noun brad'' 'fir' and the suffix -et, stemming from Latin -etum, common also in Italian terms for plants as the suffix -eto. The Aromanian preposition from Latin brathy, -yos, in Greek vráthy, -nos 'a type of shrub having cypress-like leaves', in Albanian bredh, -i 'fir' and the Romanian brad 'fir' and brădet 'fir forest' used in Romanian toponymy.