Glossa older forms: Paliourio and Paliourion is a village located in the northwestern part of the island of Skopelos

Skopelos

Skopelos , ancient Peparethos or Peparethus , is a Greek island in the western Aegean Sea. Skopelos is one of several islands which comprise the Northern Sporades island group. The island is located east of mainland Greece, northeast of the island of Euboea and is part of the Thessaly Periphery....

 in the Northern Sporades

Sporades

The Sporades are an archipelago along the east coast of Greece, northeast of the island of Euboea, in the Aegean Sea. It consists of 24 islands, of which four are permanently inhabited: Alonnisos, Skiathos, Skopelos and Skyros.-Administration:...

. The population in 2001 was 1,006 for the village and 1,195 for the municipal district. The town's elevation is 200 to 300 meters. Glossa is located about 10 km northwest of Skopelos (town)

Skopelos (town)

Skopelos is the main town on the island of Skopelos. The island is located east of mainland Greece, northeast of the island of Euboea and is part of the peripheral unit of the Sporades in the Periphery of Thessaly...

 and about 25 km coach or automobile with the island's only important road.

Subdivisions

1. Atheato, (population in 2001 : 26 people

2. Loutraki, (population in 2001 : 163 people)

3. Giali (γυαλί) meaning glass, at the western edge of the village

Information

In 1960, Glossa opened a public primary school, a telephone centre and had 1,842 inhabitants. It was linked with pavement in the mid - 20th century and generated a growth on tourism, water and phone lines followed as well as more paved roads in the 1980s. Before the reorganization of the island government in 1997, Glossa and Klima constituted a separate municipality from Skopelos. Currently Glossa has nursery, primary, secondary and high school. There are also several churches and squares (plateies).
In the neighborhood of Glossa is the chapel of Agios Ioannis, featured in the 2008 film Mamma Mia!

Mamma Mia! (film)

Mamma Mia! is a 2008 musical/romantic comedy film adapted from the 1999 West End/2001 Broadway musical of the same name, based on the songs of successful pop group ABBA, with additional music composed by ABBA member Benny Andersson...

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