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Larissa (Lárisa) is a city and the capital of the Thessaly
Thessaly

Thessaly is one of the 13 Peripheries of Greece of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 Prefectures of Greece. The capital of the periphery and traditional Regions of Greece is Larissa....
 periphery
Peripheries of Greece

The peripheries are the official regional administrative divisions of Greece. There are 13 peripheries , which are further subdivided into 54 Prefectures of Greece....
 of Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
, and capital of the Larissa Prefecture
Larissa Prefecture

Larissa is a Prefectures of Greece of Greece, in the Peripheries of Greece of Thessaly. Its capital is the city of Larissa. The prefecture was created in 1881 after the war when most of Thessaly became a part of Greece and the entire region in 1913 after the Balkan Wars....
. It is a principal agricultural centre and a national transportation hub, linked by rail with the port of Volos
Volos

Volos is a coastal port city situated at the center of the Greece mainland, about 326 km north from Athens and 215 km south from Thessaloniki. It is the capital of the Magnesia Prefectures of Greece....
 and with Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki , Thessalonica, or Salonica is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country in Greece and the capital of Macedonia , the nation's largest Regions of Greece....
 and Athens
Athens

Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
. The population of the greater area is around 250,000, and takes in the Municipalities of Nikaia, Giannouli and other smaller suburban communities. According to archaeological evidence, the capital of Thessaly
Thessaly

Thessaly is one of the 13 Peripheries of Greece of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 Prefectures of Greece. The capital of the periphery and traditional Regions of Greece is Larissa....
, Larissa, lies atop a site that has been inhabited since the tenth millennium before Christ.






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Larissa (Lárisa) is a city and the capital of the Thessaly
Thessaly

Thessaly is one of the 13 Peripheries of Greece of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 Prefectures of Greece. The capital of the periphery and traditional Regions of Greece is Larissa....
 periphery
Peripheries of Greece

The peripheries are the official regional administrative divisions of Greece. There are 13 peripheries , which are further subdivided into 54 Prefectures of Greece....
 of Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
, and capital of the Larissa Prefecture
Larissa Prefecture

Larissa is a Prefectures of Greece of Greece, in the Peripheries of Greece of Thessaly. Its capital is the city of Larissa. The prefecture was created in 1881 after the war when most of Thessaly became a part of Greece and the entire region in 1913 after the Balkan Wars....
. It is a principal agricultural centre and a national transportation hub, linked by rail with the port of Volos
Volos

Volos is a coastal port city situated at the center of the Greece mainland, about 326 km north from Athens and 215 km south from Thessaloniki. It is the capital of the Magnesia Prefectures of Greece....
 and with Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki , Thessalonica, or Salonica is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country in Greece and the capital of Macedonia , the nation's largest Regions of Greece....
 and Athens
Athens

Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
. The population of the greater area is around 250,000, and takes in the Municipalities of Nikaia, Giannouli and other smaller suburban communities. According to archaeological evidence, the capital of Thessaly
Thessaly

Thessaly is one of the 13 Peripheries of Greece of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 Prefectures of Greece. The capital of the periphery and traditional Regions of Greece is Larissa....
, Larissa, lies atop a site that has been inhabited since the tenth millennium before Christ. A major commercial and industrial centre, Larissa sits in the middle of the plain of Thessaly
Thessaly

Thessaly is one of the 13 Peripheries of Greece of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 Prefectures of Greece. The capital of the periphery and traditional Regions of Greece is Larissa....
, a few kilometers off the Athens
Athens

Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
-Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki , Thessalonica, or Salonica is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country in Greece and the capital of Macedonia , the nation's largest Regions of Greece....
 National Road. Legend has it that Hippocrates
Hippocrates

Hippocrates of Cos II or Hippokrates of Kos - ancient Greek: ; Hippokr?tes was an Ancient Greece physician of the Age of Pericles, and was considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine....
, the Father of Medicine, died here.

Geography

There are a number of highways E75 and the main railway from Athens
Athens

Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
 to Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki , Thessalonica, or Salonica is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country in Greece and the capital of Macedonia , the nation's largest Regions of Greece....
 (Salonika) crosses Thessaly
Thessaly

Thessaly is one of the 13 Peripheries of Greece of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 Prefectures of Greece. The capital of the periphery and traditional Regions of Greece is Larissa....
. The region is directly linked to the rest of Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 through International Airport of Central Greece
International Airport of Central Greece

International Airport Of Central Greece known as "Nea Anchialos" or "Volos", , which began operation on February 1991, is the only civilian airport that serves the cities of Volos, Lamia , Larisa, Trikala, Karditsa....
 located in Nea Anchialos
Nea Anchialos

Nea Anchialos is a town of Magnesia prefecture. It is situated southwest of Volos and north of Almyros. It is placed on the national highway Athens-Lamia -Volos....
 in a small distance from Larissa.

Larissa lies on the river Pineios
Pineios River (Thessaly)

The Pinei?s is a river in Thessaly, Greece.The river is named after the god Peneus and was known for most of the 1000s as the Salambria....
.

The Larissa Chasma, a deep gash in the surface of Dione
Dione (moon)

'Dione' is a natural satellite of Saturn discovered by Giovanni Domenico Cassini in 1684. It is named after the titan Dione of Greek mythology....
, a natural satellite of Jupiter, was named after Larissa.

History


Antiquity

Traces of Paleolithic
Paleolithic

The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic or "Old Stone" era is a Prehistory era distinguished by the development of the first stone tools, and covers roughly 99% of human history....
 human settlement have been recovered from the area, but it was peripheral to areas of advanced culture. The area around Larissa was extremely fruitful; it was agriculturally important and in antiquity
Classical antiquity

Classical antiquity is a broad term for a long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome....
 was known for its horses. The city finally moved closer to the rest of Greece.

The name Larissa, inherited from the Pelasgian settlers— an alternative name for the district was Pelasgiotis— was common to many Pelasgian towns: the ancient Greek word larissa means "stronghold" . In Greek mythology
Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
 the nymph Larissa
Larissa (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Larissa was a local nymph from Thessaly. She was described by Pausanias as a daughter of Pelasgus. However, Hellanicus of Lesbos states that the sons of Poseidon and Larissa were Achaios, Phthios, and Pelasgus....
 was a daughter of the primordial man Pelasgus
Pelasgus

In Greek mythology, Pelasgus referred to several different people.#One was the first king of Arcadia, the ancestor of the Pelasgians, whom Herodotus claimed were the oldest inhabitants of Greece....
.

Larissa is thought to be where the famous Greek physician Hippocrates
Hippocrates

Hippocrates of Cos II or Hippokrates of Kos - ancient Greek: ; Hippokr?tes was an Ancient Greece physician of the Age of Pericles, and was considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine....
 and the famous philosopher Gorgias of Leontini died.

When Larissa ceased minting the federal coins it shared with other Thessalian towns and adopted its own coinage in the late fifth century BC, it chose local types for its coins. The obverse depicted the nymph of the local spring, Larissa, for whom the town was named; probably the choice was inspired by the famous coins of Kimon
Kimon

Cimon , was an Ancient Athens statesman, strategos, and major political figure in mid-5th century BC Ancient Greece. Cimon played a key role in creating the powerful Athenian Empire following the failure of the Second Persian invasion of Greece by Xerxes I of Persia in 480-479 BC....
 depicting the Syracusan nymph Arethusa
Arethusa

Arethusa may refer to:...
. The reverse depicted a horse in various poses. The horse was an appropriate symbol of Thessaly, a land of plains, which was well-known for its horses. Usually there is a male figure; he should perhaps be seen as the eponymous hero of the Thessalians, Thessalos, who is probably also to be identified on many of the earlier, federal coins of Thessaly.

Larissa was indeed the birthplace of Meno
Menon III of Pharsalus

Menon , son of Alexidemus, was a Thessaly, probably from Farsala and is famous for appearing in Plato's dialogue the Meno and for being among the generals killed by Artaxerxes II of Persia after the Battle of Cunaxa as detailed in Xenophon's Anabasis ....
, who thus became, along with Xenophon
Xenophon

Xenophon , son of Gryllus, of the deme Erchia of Athens, also known as Xenophon of Athens and Xenophon of Thebes, was a soldier, mercenary and a contemporary and admirer of Socrates....
 and a few others, one of the generals leading several thousands Greeks from various places, in the ill-fated expedition of 404 (retold in Xenophon's Anabasis
Anabasis (Xenophon)

Anabasis is the most famous work of the Ancient Greece professional soldier and writer Xenophon. The journey it narrates is his best known accomplishment and "one of the great adventures in human history," as Will Durant expressed the common assessment....
) meant to help Cyrus the Younger
Cyrus the Younger

Cyrus the Younger, son of Darius II of Persia and Parysatis, was a History of Persia prince and general. The time of his birth is unknown, but he died in 401 BC....
, son of Darius II
Darius II

Darius II can refer to:* Darius II of Persia, a Persian Monarch.* Darius II , the second title in the Darius series....
, king of Persia, overthrow his elder brother Artaxerxes II and take over the throne of Persia (Meno is featured in Plato
Plato

Plato , was a Classical Greece Greeks philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Platonic Academy in Ancient Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the western world....
's dialogue bearing his name, in which Socrates
Socrates

Socrates was a Classical Greece Philosophy. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, he is an enigmatic figure known only through the classical accounts of his students....
 uses the example of "the way to Larissa" to help explain Meno the difference between true opinion
Opinion

An opinion is a belief that may or may not be backed up with evidence, but which cannot be proved with that evidence. An opinion is normally a subjective statement and may be the result of an emotion or an interpretation of facts; people may draw opposing opinions from the same facts....
 and science
Science

In its broadest sense, science refers to any systematic knowledge or practice. In its more usual restricted sense, science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge based on scientific method, as well as to the organized body of knowledge gained through such research....
 (Meno, 97a–c) ; this "way to Larissa" might well be on the part of Socrates an attempt to call to Meno's mind a "way home", understood as the way toward one's true and "eternal" home reached only at death, that each man is supposed to seek in his life).

Hellenistic and Roman era

Larissa, sometimes written Larisa on ancient coins and inscriptions, is near the site of the Homeric Argissa. It appears in early times, when Thessaly
Thessaly

Thessaly is one of the 13 Peripheries of Greece of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 Prefectures of Greece. The capital of the periphery and traditional Regions of Greece is Larissa....
 was mainly governed by a few aristocratic families, as an important city under the rule of the Aleuadae
Aleuadae

The Aleuadae were an ancient Thessaly family of Larissa who claimed descent from the mythical Aleuas. The Aleuadae were the noblest and most powerful among all the families of Thessaly, whence Herodotus calls its members "rulers" or "kings" ....
, whose authority extended over the whole district of Pelasgiotis. This powerful family possessed for many generations before 369 BC the privilege of furnishing the tagus, the local term for the strategos
Strategos

The term strategos is used in Greek language to mean "general". In the Hellenistic and Byzantine Empires the term was also used to describe a military governor....
 of the combined Thessalian forces. The principal rivals of the Aleuadae were the Scopadac of Crannon, the remains of which (called by the Turks Old Larissa) are about 14 miles south west. The inhabitants sided with Athens
Athens

Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
 during the Peloponnesian War.

As the chief city of ancient Thessaly, Larissa was directly annexed by Philip II of Macedon in 344, and from then on Larissa was under Macedonian control; in 196 B.C. Larissa became an ally of Rome and was the headquarters of the Thessalian League
Thessalian League

The Thessalian League was a loose confederacy of feudal-like city-states in the Thessalian valley in Northern Greece and was run by a few great Thessalian families. The seat of the Thessalian diet was Larissa....
.

Modern Greek era

Since the 5th century it has been the seat of an archbishop
Archbishop

In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion and others, this means that they lead a diocese of particular importance called an archdiocese, or in the Anglican Communion an Ecclesiastical Province, but this is not always the case....
.

The town was taken from the Byzantine Empire by Bulgaria and later held by Serbia, with which it passed in the 15th century under the rule of the Ottoman Turks.

Larissa was the headquarters of Ali Pasha
Ali Pasha

Ali Pasha of Tepelena or of Yannina, the "Lion of Yannina", was the Albanian people ruler of the western part of Rumelia, the Ottoman Empire's European territory which was also called European Turkey....
 during the Greek War of Independence
Greek War of Independence

The Greek War of Independence was a successful war of independence waged by the Greek revolutionaries between 1821 and 1829, with later assistance from several Europe powers, against the Ottoman Empire, who were assisted by their vassal state, the Egypt under Muhammad Ali and his successors....
, and of the crown prince Constantine
Constantine I of Greece

Constantine I was King of Greece from 1913 to 1917 and from 1920 to 1922. He was Commander-in-Chief of the Hellenic Army during the unsuccessful Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and led the Greek forces during the successful Balkan Wars, in which Greece captured Thessaloniki, and doubled in area and population....
 during the Greco-Turkish War of 1897. The flight of the Greek army from here to Pharsala took place on the April 23 1897. Until 1881 Larissa was the seat of a pasha
Pasha

Pasha or pacha, formerly bashaw, was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire political system, typically granted to governors and generals....
 in the wilaya of Iannina; and known in Turkish
Turkish language

Turkish is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Cyprus, with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania and other parts of Eastern Europe....
 as Yenisehr-i Fenar (New Town in Greece). Its long subjection to Ottoman
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
 rule has left little trace of antiquity. In the 19th century, there was a small village in the outskirts of town very unusually inhabited by Africans from the Sudan
Sudan

Sudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest in the African continent and the Arab World, and List of countries and outlying territories by total area by area....
, a curious remnant of the forces collected by Ali Pasha
Ali Pasha

Ali Pasha of Tepelena or of Yannina, the "Lion of Yannina", was the Albanian people ruler of the western part of Rumelia, the Ottoman Empire's European territory which was also called European Turkey....
. In the 19th century, the town produced leather
Leather

Leather is a material created through the tanning of rawhides and skins of animals, primarily cattlehide. The tanning process converts the putrescible skin into a durable, long-lasting and versatile natural material for various uses....
, cotton
Cotton

Cotton is a soft, staple fiber that grows in a form known as a boll around the seeds of the cotton plant a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, India and Africa....
, silk
Silk

Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be weaving into textiles. The best-known type of silk is obtained from Pupa#Cocoons made by the larvae of the mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori reared in captivity ....
 and tobacco
Tobacco

Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the fresh leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as an organic pesticide, and in the form of nicotine tartrate it is used in some medicines....
. Fevers and agues were prevalent owing to bad drainage and the overflowing of the river; and the death-rate was higher than the birth rate. It was also renowned for the minaret
Minaret

Minarets are distinctive architectural features of Islamic mosques. Minarets are generally tall spires with onion dome, usually either free standing or much taller than any surrounding support structure....
s of its mosque
Mosque

A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. Muslims often refer to the mosque by its Arabic name, masjid, ? . The word "mosque" in English refers to all types of buildings dedicated for Islamic worship, although there is a distinction in Arabic between the smaller, privately owned mosque and the larger, "collective" mosque ,...
s (four of which were still in use in the early part of the 20th century) and the Muslim
Muslim

:A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits "....
 burial grounds. A considerable portion of the Turkish population emigrated in 1881. During the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, Turkish troops entered the city once again in April 25. After a treaty for peace was signed, they withdrew and Larissa remained permanently in Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
. This was followed by a further exodus of Turks in 1898.

Historical population

Larissa (greece)
  • 1889: 13,610 (city)


  • 1907: 18,001 (city)
  • 1907: 95,066 (prefecture)


  • 1991: 113,781 (city)
  • 1991: 277,973 (prefecture)


  • 2001: 126,076 (city)
  • 2001: 279,305 (prefecture)


Archaeological sites

  • Ancient Theatre B'


Museums

  • Veterinary Military Museum
  • Folklore Society of Larissa


Sites of interest


  • The Church of Agios Achilios (Cathedral) on the ancient Acropolis / Frourio Hill
  • Nike's Monument
  • Mylos Theatrical & Cultural Complex
  • Alkazar Park & Municipal Open Amphitheatre
  • The memorial of Hyppocrates
  • City Center's Pedestrian Zone
  • Old Town (Lachanàdika-Frourio / Castle)
  • The traditional houses at Tabakika
  • Sentient Pinios River Park
  • Municipal Observatory
  • Byzantines ruins of Laou Square


Places of interest near Larissa
  • Tempi Valley
  • Mt. Olympus
  • Agiokampos Beach
  • Ancient city of Lakeria
  • Old Town of Aghià
  • Pinios River Delta & Aquatic Zone
  • Historical village of Ambelakia


Districts (quarters)

The Municipality of Larissa is divided into two Municipal Districts (Larissa and Terpsithea). The Municipal District of Larissa is subdivided into four city-districts (31 city areas) and two suburban districts (Amphithea and Koulourion). The Municipal District of Terpsithea is subdivided into two suburban districts (Terpsithea and Argyssa).

  • 1.Saint Achellios
  • 2.Saint Nikolaos
  • 3.Saint Athanasios
  • 4.Alkazar
  • 5.Hippocrates
  • 6.Papastavrou
  • 7.Ambelokipoi
  • 8.Saints Saranta
  • 9.Lachanokipoi
  • 10.Nea Smyrne-Kamynia
  • 11.Kalyvia-Saint Marina
  • 12.Charavgi
  • 13.Toumba-OKE
  • 14.Pyrovolika-Pharos
  • 15.Averof-Sekfo
  • 16.Nea Politia
  • 17.Saint Georgios
  • 18.Pinioupolis
  • 19.Philippoupolis
  • 20.Livadaki
  • 21.Epirotika
  • 22.Neapolis
  • 23.Saint Konstantinos
  • 24.Stathmos
  • 25.Anthoupolis
  • 26.Saint Thomas
  • 27.Saint Paraskevi-Mezourlo
  • 28.Neraida
  • 29.Anatoli
  • 30.Kampos
  • 31.Potamoupolis


Transport

  • Larissa's Urban Bus System
  • Larissa's Interurban System
  • Larissa Central Railway Station at
  • Mezourlo Freight Railway station at
  • Larissa Airport
  • Larissa Tram (planned)


Higher education and research

  • Agricultural School of Larissa


Sports

  • Alkazar Sport Complex
  • Alkazar Arena Stadium / AEL Arena
    AEL Arena

    AEL Arena will be the new football venue for AEL FC and will replace the older stadium Alkazar. The stadium will be built in Larissa, Greece the home city of AEL 1964....
     
  • Alkazar National Stadium
  • Municipal Swimming Pool
  • Equestrian Club of Larissa
  • Neapolis Palais de Sports
  • Larissa's Nautical Club
  • Alkazar Golf Center
  • The Ice Skating Rink


Sporting teams

  • Larissa F.C. (Super League Greece
    Super League Greece

    The Super League Greece is the highest professional Association football league in Greece. It was formed in July 16 2006, and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system....
    ), Greek Champions
    Super League Greece

    The Super League Greece is the highest professional Association football league in Greece. It was formed in July 16 2006, and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system....
     in 1988 and Cup Winners in 1985 & 2007. Their first division championship in 1988 made them the only "countryside" team (i.e. not based in Athens or Thessaloniki) to have won in the history of the league.
  • Apollonas Larissa
    Apollonas Larissas

    Apollonas Larissas is a List of football clubs in Greece based in Fillipoupoli, Larissa, Greece. Its colours are blue and white....
     (Fourth Division)
  • Olympia Larissas BC (A1 Ethniki
    A1 Ethniki

    The A1 Ethniki , often referred to as the Greek League, is the highest professional basketball league in Greece. It is run by the Hellenic Basketball Association and is considered to be one of the top leagues in European basketball....
    ) Basketball team
  • AEL 1964 BC/Gymnastikos S. Larissas A1 Ethniki
    A1 Ethniki

    The A1 Ethniki , often referred to as the Greek League, is the highest professional basketball league in Greece. It is run by the Hellenic Basketball Association and is considered to be one of the top leagues in European basketball....


Festivals

  • Achilleia Festival
  • Pinios Festival
  • Ippokrateia Festival
  • Mediterrenean Festival of Young Cinematographers
  • Memorial Festival of the Lost Homelands
  • Choral Musical Festival
  • The Carnival Festival of Tyrnavos
  • Wine Festival of Ampelon
  • Apple Festival of Aghià
  • Sea Festival of Stomio


Famous people

  • Larissa
    Larissa (mythology)

    In Greek mythology, Larissa was a local nymph from Thessaly. She was described by Pausanias as a daughter of Pelasgus. However, Hellanicus of Lesbos states that the sons of Poseidon and Larissa were Achaios, Phthios, and Pelasgus....
     mythological nymph from Thessaly
  • Medius of Larissa
    Medius of Larissa

    Medius , son of Oxythemis, was a native of Larissa in Thessaly and a friend of Alexander the Great. He is mentioned as commanding a trireme during the descent of the Indus River , but with this exception his name does not occur in the military operations of the king....
     (4th century BC) friend of Alexander the Great
  • Philo of Larissa
    Philo of Larissa

    Philo or Philon of Larissa was a Greeks philosopher of the first half of the 1st century BC. He was a pupil of Clitomachus , whom he succeeded as head of the Platonic Academy....
     (1st century BC) philosopher
  • Hippocrates
    Hippocrates

    Hippocrates of Cos II or Hippokrates of Kos - ancient Greek: ; Hippokr?tes was an Ancient Greece physician of the Age of Pericles, and was considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine....
     (460 BC–370 BC) ancient physician
  • Achillius of Larissa (270–330) saint
  • George Seremetis
    George Seremetis

    George Dimitriou Seremetis was a prominent Greek lawyer and the mayor of Thessaloniki during World War II.Seremetis was born in 1879 in Skamnia Elassonas, then ruled by the Ottoman Empire....
     (1879–1950) lawyer, mayor of Thessaloniki
  • Kostas Gousgounis
    Kostas Gousgounis

    Kostas Gousgounis is a legendary figure of 1970s and 1980s Greek people pornography, although a few of his films were in the genre of hardcore pornography....
     (1931) porn actor
  • Georgios Souflias
    Georgios Souflias

    Georgios Ath. Souflias is a Greece politician. He is a member of the New Democracy political party and has been Minister for the Environment, Spatial Planning and Public Works since March 2004....
     (1941) politician
  • Lakis Lazopoulos
    Lakis Lazopoulos

    Lakis Lazopoulos is a Greece comedian, writer, actor and songwriter. His career started when he first wrote texts for theater back in 1979. His birth name is Apostolos Lazopoulos , Lakis being a diminutive....
     actor, comedian, script author & director
  • Petros Efthimiou
    Petros Efthimiou

    Petros Efthimiou is a former Greece Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs . He is a member of the Greek Parliament for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement for the Athina B constituency....
     (1950) politician
  • Georgios Mitsibonas
    Georgios Mitsibonas

    Georgios Mitsibonas was a famous Greeks football player during the 1980s and 1990s. He was born in 1962 in the village of Tsaritsani in the prefecture of Larissa....
     (1962–1997) footballer
  • M. Karagatsis
    M. Karagatsis

    M. Karagatsis was the pen name of the important modern Greece novelist, journalist, critic and playwright Dimitris Rodopoulos. He was born in Athens, lived in Larissa and studied law in France....
     (1908–1960) novelist, journalist
  • Vassilis Karapialis
    Vassilis Karapialis

    Vassilios Karapialis is a retired Greeks footballer who successfully competed for AEL 1964, Olympiacos and the Greek national football team. He is considered to be one of the best number 10 shirt of all times in Greece and the last before another great player, Vassilis Tsiartas....
     (1965) footballer
  • Dimitris P. Kraniotis
    Dimitris P. Kraniotis

    Dimitris P. Kraniotis is a Greece poet. Born in 1966 in Stomio , Greece - Larissa, a coastal town in central Greece....
     (1966) poet & medical doctor
  • Paraskevas Boubourakas
    Paraskevas Boubourakas

    Paraskevas Boubourakas born in Tyrnavos, , Larissa, is one of Greece's top male fashion models. He has recently booked the campaign for Dolce & Gabbana, shooting by Steven Meisel in New York with the beautiful Gisele B?ndchen....
     (1972) fashion model
  • Konstantinos Chalkias
    Konstantinos Chalkias

    Konstantinos "Kostas" Chalkias is a Greece football , born May 30, 1974 in Larissa, Greece. He stands 199 cm tall and plays in the goalkeeper position....
     (1974) footballer
  • Alexis Georgoulis
    Alexis Georgoulis

    Alexis Georgoulis is a Greek actor and director who became particularly popular in Greece after his participation in the 2001 Greek Television Series "You Are My Peer" ....
     (1974) actor
  • Yannis Goumas
    Yannis Goumas

    Giannis Goumas was born on 24 May 1975 in the village of Ambelonas, near Larisa. He is one of the many players to emerge from Panathinaikos FC's youth academy and has been in their first team since 1994 ....
     (1975) footballer
  • Dimosthenis Dikoudis
    Dimosthenis Dikoudis

    Dimosthenis Dikoudis, also known as Dimos Dikoudis, Demos Dikoudis, and Dimosthenis Ntikoudis , is a Greeks professional basketball player....
     (1977) basketball player
  • Fani Halkia
    Faní Halkiá

    Fani Halkia is a Greeks 400 m hurdles.She won the gold medal in the Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 400 metres Hurdles at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....
     (1979) hurdler
  • Ekaterini Voggoli
    Ekaterini Voggoli

    Ekaterini Voggoli is a retired Greece discus thrower.She is the 2002 European champion and 2003 World Championship bronze medallist. In June 2004 she beat Anastasia Kelesidou's Greek record by 2 centimetres, throwing 67.72 metres in Athens....
     (1970) discus thrower
  • Dimitris Spanoulis
    Dimitris Spanoulis

    Dimitrios Spanoulis is a Greeks professional basketball player. He is 6 ft 3 ? in in height and he plays both the point guard and shooting guard positions on the basketball court....
     (1979) basketball player
  • Theofanis Gekas
    Theofanis Gekas

    Theofanis "Fanis" Gekas is a Greece football Striker who currently plays for Premier League club Portsmouth F.C. on loan from Bayer 04 Leverkusen....
     (1980) footballer
  • Vaggelis Moras
    Vaggelis Moras

    Vangelis Moras is a Greeks Football player born August 28 1981 in Larisa.He has played for AEK Athens FC. On May 22, 2007 Vangelis was released by AEK....
     (1981) footballer
  • Vassilis Spanoulis
    Vassilis Spanoulis

    Vasileios Spanoulis is a Greece professional basketball player. Though most of his career has been spent playing in the A1 Ethniki, he also had a brief stint with the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association....
     (1982) basketball player
  • Sotiris Skipis (1881–1952) poet
  • Achilleas Tzartzanos (1873–1946) linguist, philologist
  • Takis Tloupas (1920–2003) photographer
  • Giorgakis Olympios
    Giorgakis Olympios

    Giorgakis Olympios was a Greece Armatoloi and military commander during the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire. Noted for his activities with the Filiki Eteria in the Danubian Principalities, he is considered to be a leading figure of the Greek Revolution....
     (1772–1821) armatolos
    Armatoloi

    Armatoloi , were Greek Christian irregular soldiers, or militia, commissioned by the Ottoman Empire to enforce the Sultan's authority within an administrative district called an Armatoliki ....
  • Anna Vagena actress
  • Nestoras Kommatos
    Nestoras Kommatos

    Nestoras Kommatos is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 6'8" in height and he plays at the small forward position. His father is Greek and his mother is from Guinea....
     (1977) basketball player
  • Antonis Vratsanos
    Antonis Vratsanos

    Antonis Vratsanos , was a saboteur of the Greek People's Liberation Army , the military branch of the National Liberation Front, and the Democratic Army of Greece....
     (1919-2008) awarded "Senior Commander of the Order of Honor" for his action of resistance against foreign occupation troops in the years 1941-44


Twin Towns — Sister Cities

Larissa is twinned
Town twinning

Town twinning, also known as sister cities, is a concept whereby towns or city in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired, with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links between their inhabitants....
 with:

Balti
Balti

Balti can refer to:* Balti, a city and county in Moldova* Balti Steppe, a grassland in northern Moldova* Balti dynasty, a branch of the ancient Visigoths...
 in Moldova
Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south....
 Banská Bystrica
Banská Bystrica

Bansk? Bystrica is a key city in central Slovakia located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Velk? Fatra, and the Kremnica Mountains....
 in Slovakia
Slovakia

Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....
 Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee

Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, behind Memphis, Tennessee and Nashville, Tennessee, and is the county seat of Knox County, Tennessee....
 in United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 Stara Zagora
Stara Zagora

Stara Zagora is the sixth largest city in Bulgaria, and one of the nationally important economic centres. Stara Zagora is known as the city of straight streets, linden trees, and poets....
 in Bulgaria
Bulgaria

The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
 Rybnik
Rybnik

Rybnik is a city in southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship. Rybnik is located close to the border with the Czech Republic and just outside the southern border of the largest urban area in Poland, the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union....
 in Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
, since 13 June, 2003 Ürgüp
Ürgüp

?rg?p is a town and district of Nevsehir Province in the Central Anatolia Region, Turkey region of Turkey. Located in the historical region of Cappadocia, it is renowned for its nightlife and for its good adjustment to tourism, making it a popular night stop for Cappadocia tourists....
 in Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....


See also

  • CERETETH
    CERETETH

    The CEnter for REsearch and TEchnology THessaly, or CE.RE.TE.TH , is a legal, non profit entity orgabized under the auspices of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology , of the Greece Ministry of Development....
    , Center of Technology Thessaly
  • 2013 Mediterranean Games
    2013 Mediterranean Games

    The XVIth Mediterranean Games Volos 2013, commonly known as the 2013 Mediterranean Games will be the 17th Mediterranean Games. The Games will be held in Volos, Greece and Larissa, Greece over 10 days, from June 24 to July 3, 2013, where more than 4,000 athletes from 24 country are going to participate....
     Larissa-Volos


External links

  • ; 1911 Encyclopedia article.