title: Foteino, Arta
text: # Foteino, Arta
  
  Foteino (Greek: Φωτεινό [pronunciation /fotinó/ (help·info)]) is a village (community) in the municipal unit of Kompoti in the regional unit of Arta, Greece. In 2011 its population was 178.
  
  ## History
  
  The old name of the village, Hósiana (Greek: Χώσιανα), appears for the first time in 1696, in a historic document in which the villages of Arta asked the Venetian Republic for protection from pirates.
  
  In 1899, a new church was built by destroying a small old one, dating to the early 12th century
  
  The village was constituted as a separate commune with the 186/10.08.1947 government gazette (ΦΕΚ). Until then it was part of the commune of Ano-Petra. With ΦΕΚ 195/23.07.1953, its name changed from Hosiana to Fotino, and with law 2539/1997, as part of the Kapodistrias reforms, the commune became a municipal district of the municipality of Kompoti.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Fotino
  * Fotino - Amvrakikos view
  * Fotino - Meyarhi View
  * Fotino - Peta View - October
  * Fotino - Peta View - June
  