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Lagkadikia
Lagkadikia (Greek: , ) is a village located in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, in Greece, north-east of Mount Chortiatis. It has facilities such as "Langadikia High School" ( Gymnasium-Lyceum) and "Agronomy Department" that are used by many surrounding villages, as it is located on a cross-road between Lake Koroneia and Lake Volvi. The village has about 800 permanent inhabitants. It is part of the municipal unit of Koroneia, which contains also the villages Agios Vasileios, Gerakarou, Vasiloudi, and Ardameri. Location Langadikia is located 36 km east from Thessaloniki and at the only road that connects the old National road to the Egnatia motorway. Visitors have three choices in order to reach the village: *Through the Egnatia motorway *Through the old national road Thessaloniki-Kavala *Through Panorama A panorama (formed from Greek πᾶν "all" + ὅραμα "view") is any wide-angle view or representation of a physical space, whether in painting, drawing, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lagkadikia Village SW
Lagkadikia (Greek: , ) is a village located in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, in Greece, north-east of Mount Chortiatis. It has facilities such as "Langadikia High School" ( Gymnasium-Lyceum) and "Agronomy Department" that are used by many surrounding villages, as it is located on a cross-road between Lake Koroneia and Lake Volvi. The village has about 800 permanent inhabitants. It is part of the municipal unit of Koroneia, which contains also the villages Agios Vasileios, Gerakarou, Vasiloudi, and Ardameri. Location Langadikia is located 36 km east from Thessaloniki and at the only road that connects the old National road to the Egnatia motorway. Visitors have three choices in order to reach the village: *Through the Egnatia motorway *Through the old national road Thessaloniki-Kavala *Through Panorama A panorama (formed from Greek πᾶν "all" + ὅραμα "view") is any wide-angle view or representation of a physical space, whether in painting, drawing, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ardameri
Ardameri ( el, Αρδαμέρι) is a village in the regional unit of Thessaloniki of Greece, at the foot of Mount Chortiatis, on the site of the medieval settlement of Ardamerion (Αρδαμέριον). History Ardamerium itself was destroyed during the Ottoman conquest of Thessaloniki in 1430. It was again destroyed in the 1821 suppression of the Macedonian uprising, led by Emmanouel Pappas, during the Greek War of Independence. The modern village is situated 38 km east of Thessaloniki. It is part of the municipality of Koroneia, which also includes the villages of Agios Vasileios, Gerakarou, Vasiloudi and Lagkadikia. It is a traditional Greek village with scattered houses and a maze of pathways often leading to a dead end. The village has some 900 registered voters, but only 125 permanent inhabitants. Ecclesiastical history As a city in the Roman province of Macedonia Prima, it was important enough to become a suffragan bishopric of the Metropolis of Thessaloni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thessaloniki (regional Unit)
Thessaloniki ( el, Μητροπολιτική Περιοχή Θεσσαλονίκης ''Mitropolitiki Periohi Thessaloníkis'', ''Metropolitan Area of Thessaloniki'') is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Region of Central Macedonia and its capital is the city of Thessaloniki. Geography The regional unit stretches from the Thermaic Gulf in the southwest to the Strymonic Gulf in the east. Two bodies of water are located in the north, Lake Koroneia in the heart of the regional unit and Lake Volvi in the east. There are farmlands throughout the west and southwest, with fewer in the northeast, north and along the Axios River valley. Mountainous areas include the Chortiatis in the west-central part, the Vertiskos in the north and parts of the Kerdylio mountains in the northeast. The regional unit borders on the Imathia regional unit to the southwest, Pella to the west, Kilkis to the north, Serres to the east and Chalkidiki to the south. Its climate includes hot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Chortiatis
Mount Chortiatis or Hortiatis ( el, Όρος Χορτιάτη, Χορτιάτης), known in Antiquity as Cissus ( grc, Κισσός) or Kissos, is a mountain in Central Macedonia, Greece. It rises southeast of Thessaloniki, peaking at 1,201 metres. Besides the city of Thessaloniki, there are several suburbs and villages located on the foothills of Chortiatis, most notably Chortiatis and the affluent suburb of Panorama, both of them belonging in the Pylaia-Chortiatis municipality. The mountain's landscape is wooded, with part of these woods making up Thessaloniki's ''Seich Sou'' Forest National Park. A fall wind that occurs on the Thermaic Gulf was named after the mountain as well. Mount Chortiatis played a crucial role for the water supply of Thessaloniki from ancient up until modern times. In the late Byzantine period (ca. 1300), the ''Chortaïtes'' monastery on the northern slopes of the mountain provided the city and the region east of it with fresh water by an aqueduct who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Education In Greece
Education in Greece is centralized and governed by the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs (Greek: , Υ.ΠΑΙ.Θ.) at all grade levels. The Ministry exercises control over public schools, formulates and implements legislation, administers the budget, coordinates national level university entrance examinations, sets up the national curriculum, appoints public school teaching staff, and coordinates other services. The national supervisory role of the Ministry is exercised through Regional Unit Public Education Offices, which are named Regional Directorates of Primary and Secondary School Education. Public schools and their supply of textbooks are funded by the government. Public schools in Greece are tuition-free and students on a state approved list are provided textbooks at no cost. About 25% of postgraduate programmes are tuition-fee, while about 30% of students are eligible to attend programmes tuition-free based on individual criteria. Formal education in Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Koroneia
Lake Koroneia ( el, Λίμνη Κορώνεια) is a lake in the heart of the Thessaloniki regional unit in the Mygdonian basin in Greece. It is also known as Lake Agios Vasileios after the village Agios Vasileios and as Lake Langadas after the town Langadas, and is located about 14 kilometres east of Thessaloniki city centre. The motorway Egnatia Odos passes along the north side of the lake, and the old Greek National Road 2 passes along the south side. The lake is shared by the municipalities Langadas and Volvi. A million years ago, Lake Koroneia along with Lake Volvi and all of the Mygdonian basin was a single large lake. Since then, its area has declined and the distance from neighboring Lake Volvi is becoming larger. In the 1950s, Koroneia was among the lakes of Greece with the biggest fish production. In the 1970s, its area was 45 km², with a depth of about five metres. Since then it has shrunk to about one third of its original area, and its depth has decreased to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Volvi
Lake Volvi ( el, Λίμνη Βόλβη - ''Límni Vólvi'') is located at the root of the Chalkidiki peninsula, in the Thessaloniki regional unit of Greece. It is the second largest lake in the country at length and width. The area is 68 km² and the depth is 20 m. It is located east of Lake Koroneia (Lake Langadas). The Via Egnatia Roman road runs along the northern shore of the lake, while a more ancient road ran along its southern one. On its east is the narrow valley of Rentina, also known as the "Macedonian Tempe". The municipalities of Volvi and Langadas have shoreline on the lake. History About a million years ago, Lake Volvi, Lake Koroneia and the entire Mygdonia formed a single huge lake. In the antique description by Thucydides, ''Bolbe'' was the name of a lake in Mygdonia, located near the Aegean Sea. The lake emptied itself into the Strymon Gulf by means of a stream flowing through the pass once known as Aulon or Arethusa. The name of the stream is not men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koroneia, Thessaloniki
Koroneia ( el, Κορώνεια) is a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lagkadas, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 4,092 (2011). The seat of the municipality was in Gerakarou Gerakarou ( el, Γερακαρού) is a village and a community of the Langadas municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Koroneia, of which it was a municipal district. The 2011 census recorded 1,2 .... The municipal unit Koroneia has an area of 105.613 km2. References Populated places in Thessaloniki (regional unit) {{CentralMacedonia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agios Vasileios, Thessaloniki
Agios Vasileios ( el, Άγιος Βασίλειος) is a village and a community of the Lagkadas municipality in Greece. Before the local government reform of 2011, it was part of the municipality of Koroneia, of which it was a municipal district. The 2011 census recorded 1,309 inhabitants in the village. The community of Agios Vasileios covers an area of 28.271 km2. See also * List of settlements in the Thessaloniki regional unit This is a list of settlements in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece: * Adam * Adendro * Agia Paraskevi * Agia Triada * Agios Antonios * Agios Athanasios * Agios Charalambos * Agios Pavlos * Agios Vasileios * Akropotamos * Ampelokipoi ... References Populated places in Thessaloniki (regional unit) {{CentralMacedonia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerakarou
Gerakarou ( el, Γερακαρού) is a village and a community of the Langadas municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Koroneia, of which it was a municipal district. The 2011 census recorded 1,223 inhabitants in the village. The community of Gerakarou covers an area of 17.847 km2. See also * List of settlements in the Thessaloniki regional unit This is a list of settlements in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece: * Adam * Adendro * Agia Paraskevi * Agia Triada * Agios Antonios * Agios Athanasios * Agios Charalambos * Agios Pavlos * Agios Vasileios * Akropotamos * Ampelokipo ... References Populated places in Thessaloniki (regional unit) {{CentralMacedonia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasiloudi
Vasiloudi ( el, Βασιλούδι) is a village and a community of the Lagkadas municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Koroneia, of which it was a municipal district. The 2011 census recorded 673 inhabitants in the village. The community of Vasiloudi covers an area of 23.021 km2. See also * List of settlements in the Thessaloniki regional unit This is a list of settlements in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece: * Adam * Adendro * Agia Paraskevi * Agia Triada * Agios Antonios * Agios Athanasios * Agios Charalambos * Agios Pavlos * Agios Vasileios * Akropotamos * Ampelokipoi ... References Populated places in Thessaloniki (regional unit) {{CentralMacedonia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egnatia Odos (modern Road)
Egnatia Odos or Egnatia Motorway ( el, Εγνατία Οδός, often translated as Via Egnatia, code: A2) is the Greek part of European route E90, European route . It is a motorway in Greece that extends from the western port of Igoumenitsa to the eastern Greek–Turkish border at Kipoi, Evros, Kipoi. It runs a total of . The megaproject began in 1994 and was completed in 2009 at a cost of €5.93 billion ($ billion); it was managed by the state-owned company Egnatia Odos, S.A. Geography The route traverses the mountainous Greek regions of Epirus (region), Epirus and Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia, crossing the Pindus, Pindos and Vermio Mountains, Vermio mountain ranges, which posed formidable engineering challenges. It includes 76 tunnels (with a combined length of 99 km / 61.5 miles) and 1,650 bridges. It is a limited-access highway with sophisticated electronic surveillance measures, SCADA controls for the lighting/tunnel ventilation, and advanced vehicle collision absorp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
