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Larissa (/ l ə ˈ r ɪ s ə /; Greek: Λάρισα, Lárisa, pronounced ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population of 148,562 in the city proper, according to the 2021 census. [2]
Larissa is the second largest regional unit in Greece, exceeded only by Aetolia-Acarnania.It covers about one-third of Thessaly. It borders the regional units of Kozani to the northwest, Pieria to the northeast, the Aegean Sea to the east, Magnesia to the southeast, Phthiotis to the south, Karditsa to the southwest and Trikala to the west.
Achilleio; Aetolofos; Agia; Agia Sophia; Agioi Anargyroi; Agios Georgios, Farsala; Agios Georgios, Kileler; Agnanteri; Aigani; Akri; Alexandrini; Amouri; Ampelakia ...
Tyrnavos (Greek: Τύρναβος, romanized: Týrnavos) is a municipality in the Larissa regional unit, of the Thessaly region of Greece. It is the second-largest town of the Larissa regional unit, after Larissa. The town is near the mountains and the Thessalian Plain. The river Titarisios, a tributary of the Pineios, flows through the town.
Thessaly or Thessalia (Attic Greek: Θεσσαλία, Thessalía or Θετταλία, Thettalía [1]) was one of the traditional regions of Ancient Greece.During the Mycenaean period, Thessaly was known as Aeolia, a name that continued to be used for one of the major tribes of Greece, the Aeolians, and their dialect of Greek, Aeolic.
Elassona (Greek: Ελασσόνα, romanized: Ellassóna; Katharevousa: Greek: Ἐλασσών, romanized: Elasson) is a town and a municipality in the Larissa regional unit in Greece. During antiquity Elassona was called Oloosson (Ὀλοοσσών) and was a town of the Perrhaebi tribe.
Photo of the hilltop today, with the ruins of the early Byzantine basilica of St. Achillios in the foreground, and the Bedesten of Larissa in the background left. The Frourio Hill (Greek: Λόφος Φρουρίου, romanized: Lofos Frouriou, lit. 'Fortress Hill') is the historical acropolis of the city of Larissa, Greece.
In February 2021, severe weather closed the network around Larissa, with stations inaccessible, and overhead power lines down, leading to delays of over 12 hours. [27] In May 2022, INTRAKAT was given the go-ahead for the €82.890.000 electrification and signalling upgrades of the Larissa–Volos line, due for completion in 2025. [28]