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Karditsa Football Club Association
Karditsa ( el, Καρδίτσα ) is a city in western Thessaly in mainland Greece. The city of Karditsa is the capital of Karditsa (regional unit), Karditsa regional unit of region of Thessaly. Inhabitation is attested from 9000 BC. Karditsa ls linked with Greek National Road 30, GR-30, the road to Karpenisi, and the road to Palamas and Larissa. Karditsa is south-west of Palamas and Larissa, west of Farsala and the Volos area, north-west of Athens, Lamia (city), Lamia, Domokos and Sofades, north of Karpenisi, north-east of Arta, Greece, Arta, and east-south-east of Trikala, Grevena, Ioannina, and Kalampaka. Karditsa has elementary schools, high schools, junior high schools, the Veterinary Medicine Department of the University of Thessaly which is one of only two Veterinary departments in Greece, three other university departments of the University of Thessaly, churches, banks, a post office, Karditsa railway station, a railway station, a sports ground, a water tower, and squares ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akraifnio
Akraifnio ( el, Ακραίφνιο), before 1933 known as Karditsa (), is a village in Boeotia, Greece. It was the seat of the former municipality Akraifnia, which is a municipal unit of the municipality Orchomenos since the 2011 local government reform. Population 1,058 (2011). Akraifnio is situated on the western edge of the Ptoo mountains, close to where the river Cephissus flows into Lake Yliki. It is 17 km northwest of Thebes. The A1 motorway (Athens-Thessaloniki) passes southwest of the village. Population History Akraifnio was named after the ancient city Acraephia ( grc, Ἀκραιφία). Acraephia or Acraephnium (Ἀκραίφνιον) was an ancient Greek city ''(polis)'' on the eastern shore of Lake Copais (drained in the late 19th century) and at the foot of the Ptoo mountains. It was believed to have been founded by the mythical Acraepheus. The ruins are a short distance south from the modern village. When Alexander razed Thebes those who were too wea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
