As the chief city of ancient thessaly, larissa was taken by the thebans and later directly annexed by philip ii of macedon in 344. Much of what you see was excavated in larissa, karditsa and trikala in the 20th century and is laid out according to age and geography There are building fragments like columns and capitals, steles, byzantine icons, sumptuous vases and jugs, reliefs, jewellery, funerary art, coins and mosaics. Archeo theatro larisas, ieros naos agiou achilliou, monuments & statues, historic sites The area of larissa was home to the pelasgians until they merged into the broader greek culture The area was invaded and was ruled by the kingdom of macedonia a few centuries later, and was conquered by the roman republic after the third macedonian war.
“one thing that people keep saying… Lárissa greece also known as Lárisa, larissa written by the editors of encyclopaedia britannica Walk all the way to larissa’s busy commercial centre, which is developed in an extensive network of pedestrianized streets Larissa welcomes you with pedestrianised streets, cafes and bars, restaurants and ouzeries, shops, attractions and historical monuments Just outside town, you’ll join a long line of visitors gawping at the beauty of the vale of tempi, the narrow pass between two mountains, ossa and olympus.
The region has unique natural beauty, with wooded mountains, large fertile plains crossed by pinios river, and various beaches. Larissa, one of the five largest cities in greece in the thessalian plain More and more people are choosing to visit larissa either for a short stopover or for a stay of several days.
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