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The largest town and the capital is Thasos, officially known as Limenas Thasou, "Port of Thasos", situated on the northern side. It is connected with the mainland by regular ferry lines between Keramoti and Thasos town, and between the regional centre of Kavala and Skala Prinou. The most important economic activity on the island is tourism.
Thasos (Greek: Θάσος, Thásos) is a town on the island of Thasos in northern Greece.It is the capital and main town of the island. The town is also called Limenas Thasou or for short just Limenas (Greek: Λιμένας Θάσου, Liménas Thásou, "Harbour of Thasos") to distinguish the town from the island on which it is situated.
Potos (Greek: Ποτός) is a village on the island of Thasos in northern Greece. [2] The village is located in the south of the island, on the coast of the Thracian Sea (the northernmost part of the Aegean Sea) with a population of 788 residents (as of 2021).
The Octagonal Basilica, Philippi Ruins of a large three-aisled early Christian basilica (Basilica A), end of 5th century AD, Philippi. The Metropolis of Philippi, Neapolis and Thasos (Greek: Ιερά Μητρόπολις Φιλίππων, Νεαπόλεως και Θάσου) is a Greek Orthodox metropolitan see in eastern Macedonia, Greece.
In tradition, on a hill above the village is located the grave of Sabellius (fl. ca. 215), a priest and theologian banished to the island of Thasos as a heretic. [2] To the west of the village (2.5 km) is the location of a village under the same name (Skala Kallirachi), [3] where the original sixteenth-century village was located, before being abandoned and its residents seeking refuge inland ...
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Prinos (Greek: Πρίνος) is a village on the island of Thasos in northern Greece. [2] The village is located in the northwest of the island, 17.4 km southwest from the island's capital and main port of Limenas, and 21.8 km north of Limenaria (in the south of Thasos). [3]
The village is located 4.2 km northwest from the historic village of Theologos and 4.9 km northeast from the port town of Limenaria. [3] The village is surrounded by a steep ravine (formerly iron mines) and is one of the oldest settlements on the island of Thasos. [4] The only lake on the island of Thasos is located just north to the village of ...