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The northeast end of the castle includes the madrassa, or islamic religious school, which today houses a lovely Museum of Weaponry, and the Mosque of Aslan Pasha, which today houses the Museum of the City of Ioannina.

The southeast end is the Its Kale, or Inner Castle, and was the main compound of the Ali Pasha administration and living quarters.

The castle of Ioannina is the core from which the city expanded to its present size, and included all the major civic monument and sites of the city, including the synagogue of the once mighty local Jewish community.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2576 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2278 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2278 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2490
It also includes a marble sarcophagus from Ladochori (district of Thesprotia). The relief decoration on the walls depicts scenes from the Iliad and the lid has the shape of a funeral bed with the reclining figures of the dead couple. Dated to the 2nd century A.D.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2490