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Leptokarya
Leptokarya ( el, Λεπτοκαρυά, ''Leptokaryá'') is a town in Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece, former seat of East Olympos municipality, which is part of the municipality of Dion-Olympos. The distance from Katerini is 26 km and the population of the village was 4,225 inhabitants as of 2011. Location Lies on the coast of Aegean Sea, under the Mount Olympos. It is located near ancient Leivithra, allegedly the home of Orpheus, major figure in the Greek Mythology. Since the major events and customs in the town is the revival of division of Orpheus. Tourism Leptokarya is a popular tourist destination during the summer months due to its beaches, as well as due to its proximity to Mount Olympus. Transport The town is served by Leptokarya train station, with local stopping services to Thessaloniki, Kalambaka and Palaiofarsalos and Since 2008, by Proastiakos Thessaloniki to Larissa and Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptokarya Railway Station
Leptokarya railway station ( el, Σιδηροδρομικός σταθμός Λεπτοκαρυάς, Sidirodromikos stathmos Leptokaryá) is a railway station in Leptokarya, a town in Pieria (regional unit), Pieria, Central Macedonia, Greece. The station is located in a residential area, close to the town centre, and is also the closest active station to Mount Olympus, Greece, Mount Olympus National Monument, and sits in the showdown of the ancient landmark. History The station was built in 1916. In 1970 Hellenic Railways Organisation, OSE became the legal successor to the SEK, taking over responsibilities for most of Greece's rail infrastructure. On 1 January 1971, the station and most of the Greek rail infrastructure was transferred to the ''Hellenic Railways Organisation, Hellenic Railways Organisation S.A.'', a state-owned corporation. Freight traffic declined sharply when the state-imposed monopoly of OSE for the transport of agricultural products and fertilisers ended in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proastiakos Thessaloniki
Proastiakos Thessaloniki, or Thessaloniki Suburban Railway ( el, Προαστιακός Σιδηρόδρομος Θεσσαλονίκης, ), is a three-line Proastiakos commuter rail service connecting Thessaloniki's New Railway Station with Edessa/Florina, Larissa and Serres. It is operated using Siemens Desiro multiple units ran by the TrainOSE, the passenger railway subsidiary of the Hellenic Railways Organisation. Unlike the Athens Suburban Railway, the three lines served are rather medium-distance regional rail connections on three major axes to Edessa and Serres, Central Macedonia, and Larissa, Thessaly. Thessaloniki metropolitan area itself is served by the Metro Thessaloniki. History Proastiakos Thessaloniki started its operations on 9 September 2007 with the first line Thessaloniki-Katerini-Litochoro connecting the urban centers of Thessaloniki, Katerini, and the beaches of South Pieria and was the first suburban connection of areas outside Athens. On 7 September 2008, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Olympus
Mount Olympus (; el, Όλυμπος, Ólympos, also , ) is the highest mountain in Greece. It is part of the Olympus massif near the Thermaic Gulf of the Aegean Sea, located in the Olympus Range on the border between Thessaly and Macedonia, between the regional units of Larissa and Pieria, about southwest from Thessaloniki. Mount Olympus has 52 peaks and deep gorges. The highest peak, Mytikas (Μύτικας ''Mýtikas''), meaning "nose", rises to . It is one of the highest peaks in Europe in terms of topographic prominence. In Greek mythology, Olympus is the home of the Greek gods, on Mytikas peak. The mountain has exceptional biodiversity and rich flora. It has been a National Park, the first in Greece, since 1938. It is also a World Biosphere Reserve. Every year, thousands of visitors admire its fauna and flora, tour its slopes, and climb its peaks. Organized mountain refuges and various mountaineering and climbing routes are available. The usual starting point for cli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Olympos
East Olympos, or Anatolikos Olympos ( el, Ανατολικός Όλυμπος, '','' ), is a former municipality in Pieria regional unit, Greece. In Greece's 2011 local government reform East Olympos became a municipal unit of the municipality Dion-Olympos. The municipal unit has an area of and a population 8,343 (2011). The seat of the former ''East Olympos municipality'' was in Leptokarya. The current ''East Olympos municipal unit'' consists of the following communities (constituent villages in parentheses): *Leptokarya * Panteleimonas ( Palaios Panteleimonas, Neos Panteleimonas, Paralia Panteleimonos) *Platamon *Poroi (Neoi Poroi, Agios Dimitrios, Poroi) *Skotina Skotina () is a rural settlement of the former municipality of East Olympos, itself part of the municipality of Dion-Olympos, in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. Name The name is taken due to handmade costumes (woolen fabric ... (Skotina, Ano Skotina, Paralia Skotinis) References Popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Olympos
Mount Olympus (; el, Όλυμπος, Ólympos, also , ) is the highest mountain in Greece. It is part of the Olympus massif near the Thermaic Gulf of the Aegean Sea, located in the Olympus Range on the border between Thessaly and Macedonia, between the regional units of Larissa and Pieria, about southwest from Thessaloniki. Mount Olympus has 52 peaks and deep gorges. The highest peak, Mytikas (Μύτικας ''Mýtikas''), meaning "nose", rises to . It is one of the highest peaks in Europe in terms of topographic prominence. In Greek mythology, Olympus is the home of the Greek gods, on Mytikas peak. The mountain has exceptional biodiversity and rich flora. It has been a National Park, the first in Greece, since 1938. It is also a World Biosphere Reserve. Every year, thousands of visitors admire its fauna and flora, tour its slopes, and climb its peaks. Organized mountain refuges and various mountaineering and climbing routes are available. The usual starting point for climb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Settlements In The Pieria Regional Unit
This is a list of settlements in the Pieria regional unit, Greece. * Agiannis * Agia Varvara * Agios Dimitrios, Katerini * Agios Dimitrios, Dio-Olympos * Agios Spyridonas * Aiginio * Alonia * Alyki * Andromachi * Ano Agios Ioannis * Ano Milia * Aronas * Dion * Elafos * Elatochori * Exochi * Foteina * Fteri * Ganochora * Kallithea * Kalyvia Varikou * Karitsa * Karyes * Kastania * Katachas * Katalonia * Katerini * Kato Agios Ioannis * Kato Milia * Kitros * Kolindros * Kondariotissa * Korinos * Koukkos * Lagorrachi * Leptokarya * Limenas Litochorou * Litochoro * Livadi * Lofos * Makrygialos * Megali Gefyra * Meliadi * Mesaia Milia * Methoni * Mikri Milia * Milia * Moschochori * Moschopotamos * Nea Agathoupoli * Nea Chrani * Nea Efesos * Nea Trapezounta * Neo Keramidi * Neoi Poroi * Neos Panteleimonas * Neokaisareia * Olympiaki Akti * Palaio Eleftherochori * Palaio Keramidi * Palaiostani * Paliampela * Plaka * Palaios Panteleimonas * Palioi Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leivithra
Leibethra or Libethra, in the modern pronunciation Leivithra ( gr, Λείβηθρα or Λίβηθρα) was an ancient Macedonian city at the foot of Mount Olympus, near the present settlement of Skotina. Archaeologists have discovered tombs there from the late Bronze Age (13th-12th century BC) containing rich burial objects. Leivithra played a remarkable role in the history of Pieria. According to Greek mythology, depending on the source consulted, Orpheus is said to have been born in Leibethra, and to have been buried there by the Muses, or to have lived in the city only temporarily. His tomb was later destroyed by a flood of the river Sys. It was a place where the Leibethrian Nymphs were worshiped. Remains of Leibethra have been found and there exists an archeological site close to Olympus. The location of Leibethra was held to be a favourite place of the Muses, hence their epithet ''Libethrides'' (Ancient Greek: Λιβεθρίδες). The 2nd-century geographer Pausanias wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Macedonia
Central Macedonia ( el, Κεντρική Μακεδονία, Kentrikí Makedonía, ) is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece, consisting of the central part of the geographical and historical region of Macedonia. With a population of almost 1.8 million, it is the second most populous in Greece after Attica. Geography The region of Central Macedonia is situated in northern Greece, bordering with the regions of Western Macedonia (west), Thessaly (south), Eastern Macedonia and Thrace (east), and bounded to the north at the international borders of Greece with Republic of North Macedonia and Bulgaria. The southern part is coastal and it is bathed by the Thermaic, Toroneos, Singitic and Strymonic gulfs. The largest city and capital of the region is Thessaloniki. Serres is the second most populous city, followed by Katerini, Veria and Giannitsa. Central Macedonia is basically lowland and with many rivers, is highly developed, both in the primary and in the second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tourist Attractions In Central Macedonia
Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only", as people "travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure and not less than 24 hours, business and other purposes". Tourism can be domestic (within the traveller's own country) or international, and international tourism has both incoming and outgoing implications on a country's balance of payments. Tourism numbers declined as a result of a strong economic slowdown (the late-2000s recession) between the second half of 2008 and the end of 2009, and in consequence of the outbreak of the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, but slowly recovered until the COVID-1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Populated Places In Pieria (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] |
Platamon
Platamon, or Platamonas (, ''Platamónas''), is a town and sea-side resort in south Pieria, Central Macedonia, Greece. Platamon has a population of about 2,000 permanent inhabitants. It is part of the Municipal unit of East Olympos of the Dio-Olympos municipality. History The ancient settlement Herakleion was situated near the present town Platamon. In 169 BC. the Romans took their military camp on the plain between Herakleion and ancient Leivithra to start their campaign against Macedonia. Its most famous landmark is the 13th century Byzantine Castle of Platamon, built strategically along the main road from Thessaly to Macedonia through the Vale of Tempe. Geography Platamon is situated on the Aegean Sea coast, 25 km southeast of Mount Olympus. Adjacent beach towns are Neoi Poroi to the southeast and Neos Panteleimonas to the northwest. It is 33 km south of Katerini and 43 km northeast of Larissa. The town is well known for its vast natural springs and its the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larissa Railway Station
Larissa railway station ( el, Σιδηροδρομικός σταθμός Λάρισας, Sidirodromikós stathmós Larísas) is the main station for Larissa in Thessaly, Greece. Located in a residential area, close to the city centre, it is served by InterCity trains between Athens and Thessaloniki, Express services to Kalambaka, Regional services to Volos and (since 2008) the southern terminus for Line 1 of Proastiakos services to Thessaloniki.TrainOSE 2013 timetable Larissa railway station should not be confused with in Athens (now known as Athens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
