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Agia Paraskevi, Aspropotamos
Agia Paraskevi (, Nicolae Saramandu, ed. Manuela Nevaci, ''Atlasul lingvistic al dialectului aromân'' he Linguistic Atlas of the Aromanian Dialect/ Romanian Academy Publishing Press (2014), p. XLVI) is a village and a community of the Meteora municipality. Since the 2011 local government reform it was part of the community of Aspropotamos, of which it was a communal district. The 2011 census recorded 69 residents in the village. The community of Agia Paraskevi covers an area of 29.641 km2. Aromanians of Agia Paraskevi The local Aromanians of Agia Paraskevi call themselves in singular ''armâń gurțań''. A particularity of the Aromanian dialect in Agia Paraskevi, who speak a Pindus dialect, is that they have preserved the Latin word for flower, ''floare'', as opposed to the majority of Aromanians that call it ''lilice'' or ''chitcă''. They are all Orthodox Christians who worship at the Meteora monasteries located nearby to the village. See also * List of settlements in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thessaly
Thessaly ( el, Θεσσαλία, translit=Thessalía, ; ancient Thessalian: , ) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessaly was known as Aeolia (, ), and appears thus in Homer's ''Odyssey''. Thessaly became part of the modern Greek state in 1881, after four and a half centuries of Ottoman rule. Since 1987 it has formed one of the country's 13 regions and is further (since the Kallikratis reform of 2011) sub-divided into five regional units and 25 municipalities. The capital of the region is Larissa. Thessaly lies in northern Greece and borders the regions of Macedonia on the north, Epirus on the west, Central Greece on the south, and the Aegean Sea on the east. The Thessaly region also includes the Sporades islands. Name and etymology Thessaly is named after the ''Thessaloi'', an ancient Greek tribe. The meaning of the name of this tribe is unknow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trikala (regional Unit)
Trikala ( el, Περιφερειακή ενότητα Τρικάλων) is one of the regional units of Greece, forming the northwestern part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Thessaly. Its capital is the town of Trikala. The regional unit includes the town of Kalampaka and the Meteora monastery complex. Geography Trikala borders the regional units of Karditsa (regional unit), Karditsa to the south, Arta (regional unit), Arta to the southwest, Ioannina (regional unit), Ioannina to the west, Grevena (regional unit), Grevena to the north and Larissa (regional unit), Larissa to the east. The southeastern part belongs to the Thessalian Plain. The forested Pindus mountain range dominates the western part. The northern part of Trikala is also mountainous and made up of forests and barren lands, the ranges here are Chasia and Antichasia. Its major river is the Pineios (Thessaly), Pineios, flowing to the south and east. Its climate is mainly of Mediterranean character, with hot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meteora (municipality)
Meteora ( el, Μετέωρα, before 2018: ''Kalampaka'') is a municipality in the regional unit of Trikala in the Thessaly region in Greece. Its seat is the town Kalampaka. The municipality Meteora was formed as the municipality Kalampaka at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 8 former municipalities, that became municipal units: * Aspropotamos *Chasia *Kalabaka * Kastania *Kleino *Malakasi Malakasi ( el, Μαλακάσι) is a village and a former municipality in the Trikala regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Meteora, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal u ... * Tymfaia * Vasiliki In 2018 it was renamed to "Municipality of Meteora". The municipality has an area of 1,658.280 km2. References {{Meteora div Populated places in Trikala (regional unit) 2018 establishments in Greece Municipalities of Thessaly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aspropotamos, Trikala
Aspropotamos (Greek: Ασπροπόταμος meaning the white river) is a former community in the Trikala regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Meteora, of which it is a municipal unit. The 2011 census recorded 419 residents in the municipal unit. The seat of the community was in Kallirroi (pop. 42). Name The community was named after the river Aspropotamos, a tributary of the Acheloos. Geography Aspropotamos is located in the southern Pindus mountains, in the westernmost part of Trikala regional unit, about 40 km west of Trikala and 20 km southeast of Metsovo. Aspropotamos covers an area of 297.082 km2. The largest settlement in the municipal unit is Agía Paraskeví (pop. 69). Subdivisions The municipal unit Aspropotamos is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *Agia Paraskevi * Anthousa * Chaliki * Kallirroi * Katafyto (Katafyto, Milia) * Krania (Krania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vehicle Registration Plates Of Greece
Greek vehicle registration plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (e.g. ΑΑΑ–1000) printed in black on a white background. The letters represent the district (prefecture) that issues the plates while the numbers range from 1000 to 9999. As of 2004 a blue strip was added on the left showing the country code of Greece (GR) in white text and the Flag of Europe in yellow. Similar plates but of square size with numbers ranging from 1 to 999 are issued for motorcycles which exceed 50 cc in engine size. With the exception of Athens and Thessaloniki which are represented by just the first letter of the three, all other districts are represented by the first 2 letters. The final one or two letters in the sequence changes in Greek alphabetical order after 8,999 issued plates. For example, Patras plates are ΑΧΑ–1000, where ΑΧ represents the Achaia prefecture of which Patras is the capital. When ΑΧΑ–9999 is reached the plates turn to ΑΧΒ–1000 and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolae Saramandu
Nicolae Saramandu (also Niculae; born 1 July 1941) is a Romanian linguist and philologist of Aromanian ethnicity. He has been professor in several universities and vice president and later president of the ''Atlas Linguarum Europae'' ("Atlas of the Languages of Europe"), also being a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy. Saramandu has undertaken extensive research on the Aromanians, and has involved himself in several activities related to their cultural development. Biography Nicolae Saramandu was born on 1 July 1941 in Bucharest, Romania. He was born in an Aromanian family that had fled from Greece to Romania. Saramandu's family was from Livadia ( rup, Giumala de Jos or ), and part of it had studied in Romanian schools in the Balkans. In a 2018 interview, he stated that there were documents evidencing the execution of five people with the surname Saramandu in Greece "because they resisted the authorities which wanted to change their ethnicity". Saramandu studied fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Gazette (Greece)
The ''Government Gazette'' ( el, Εφημερίς της Κυβερνήσεως, translit=Efimeris tis Kyverniseos, translit-std=ISO, lit=Government Gazette) is the official journal of the Government of Greece which lists all laws passed in a set time period ratified by Cabinet and President. It was first issued in 1833. Until 1835, during the regency on behalf of King Otto, the gazette was bilingual in Greek and German. No law in Greece is valid until is published in this journal. Foundations, duties and rights of juridical persons should be published in this journal. The printed issues of the Government Gazette are sold by the National Printing House of Greece. They can also be searched and downloaded from the official site of the House. An issue of the gazette is called "Government Gazette Issue" (, ''ΦΕΚ'', ''FEK''), Each issue is separated into volumes called «Τεύχος» with distinct roles. References Publications established in 1833 Newspapers published in Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aromanians
The Aromanians ( rup, Armãnji, Rrãmãnji) are an Ethnic groups in Europe, ethnic group native to the southern Balkans who speak Aromanian language, Aromanian, an Eastern Romance language. They traditionally live in central and southern Albania, south-western Bulgaria, northern and central Greece and North Macedonia, and can currently be found in central and southern Albania, south-western Bulgaria, south-western North Macedonia, northern and central Greece, southern Serbia and south-eastern Romania (Northern Dobruja). An Aromanian diaspora living outside these places also exists. The Aromanians are known by several other names, such as "Vlachs" or "Macedo-Romanians" (sometimes used to also refer to the Megleno-Romanians). The term "Vlachs" is used in Greece and in other countries to refer to the Aromanians, with this term having been more widespread in the past to refer to all Romance-speaking peoples of the Balkan Peninsula and Carpathian Mountains region (Southeast Europe) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Orthodox Christians
The term Greek Orthodox Church (Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, ''Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía'', ) has two meanings. The broader meaning designates "the entire body of Orthodox (Chalcedonian) Christianity, sometimes also called 'Eastern Orthodox,' 'Greek Catholic,' or generally 'the Greek Church. The narrower meaning designates "any of several independent churches within the worldwide communion of asternOrthodox Christianity that retain the use of the Greek language in formal ecclesiastical settings". Etymology Historically, the term "Greek Orthodox" has been used to describe all Eastern Orthodox churches, since the term "Greek" can refer to the heritage of the Byzantine Empire. During the first eight centuries of Christian history, most major intellectual, cultural, and social developments in the Christian Church took place in the Byzantine Empire or its sphere of influence, where the Greek language was widely spoken and used for most theological writings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meteora
The Meteora (; el, Μετέωρα, ) is a rock formation in central Greece hosting one of the largest and most precipitously built complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries, second in importance only to Mount Athos.Sofianos, D.Z.: "Metéora". Holy Monastery of Great Meteoro, 1991. The six (of an original twenty-four) monasteries are built on immense natural pillars and hill-like rounded boulders that dominate the local area. Between the 13th and 14th centuries, the twenty-four monasteries were established atop the rocks. Meteora is located near the town of Kalabaka at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Pineios river and Pindus Mountains. Meteora was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1988 because of the outstanding architecture and beauty of the complex, in addition to its religious and artistic significance. The name means "lofty", "elevated", and is etymologically related to ''meteor''. Geology Beside the Pindos Mountains, in the western regio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Settlements In The Trikala Regional Unit
This is a list of settlements in the Trikala regional unit, Greece. * Achladea * Achladochori * Agia Kyriaki * Agia Paraskevi * Agiofyllo * Agios Nikolaos * Agios Prokopios * Agios Vissarion * Agnantia * Agrelia * Aidona * Amaranto * Ampelochori * Anthousa * Ardani * Armatoliko * Asprokklisia * Athamania * Avra * Chaliki * Chrysavgi * Chrysomilia * Dendrochori * Desi * Dialekto * Diasello * Diava * Dipotamos * Drosero * Drosochori * Elati * Eleftherochori * Ellinokastro * Faneromeni * Farkadona * Fiki * Filyra * Flampouresi * Fotada * Foteino * Gardiki * Gavros * Genesi * Georganades * Gerakari * Glinos * Glykomilia * Gomfoi * Gorgogyri * Grizano * Kakoplevri * Kalampaka * Kalliroi * Kallithea * Kalogiroi * Kalogriani * Kalomoira * Kastania * Kastraki * Katafyto * Kato Elati * Kefalovryso * Keramidi * Kleino * Klokotos * Koniskos * Korydallos * Koryfi * Kotroni * Koumaria * Krania * Krini * Krinitsa * Krya Vrysi * Liopraso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Populated Places In Trikala (regional Unit)
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a census, a process of collecting, analysing, compiling, and publishing data regarding a population. Perspectives of various disciplines Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined criterion in common, such as location, race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Demography is a social science which entails the statistical study of populations. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species who inhabit the same particular geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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