Mavrovouni Ymittou
Mavrovouni ( gr, Μαυροβούνι, ), meaning ''black mountain'', may refer to several places in Greece: * Mavrovouni, Ioannina, a village in the Ioannina regional unit, part of the municipal unit Kalpaki *Mavrovouni, Laconia, a village in Laconia, part of the municipal unit Gytheio * Mavrovouni, Larissa, a village in the Larissa regional unit, part of the municipal unit Krannonas * Mavrovouni, Pella, a village in the Pella regional unit, part of the municipality Skydra * Mavrovouni Mountain, a mountain in Thessaly * Mavrovouni Ymittou, a peak of the Hymettus Hymettus (), also Hymettos (; el, Υμηττός, translit=Ymittós, pronounced ), is a mountain range in the Athens area of Attica, East Central Greece. It is also colloquially known as ''Trellós'' (crazy) or ''Trellóvouno'' (crazy mountain) ...

Kalpaki
Kalpaki ( el, Καλπάκι) is a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pogoni, of which it is a municipal unit. It is situated about northwest of Ioannina, and southwest of Konitsa. The municipal unit has an area of 116.756 km2, the community 13.189 km2. Population 1,719 (2011). The Greek National Road 20 connects Kalpaki with Ioannina and Konitsa. The GR-22 connects Kalpaki with Kakavia, the border crossing into southern Albania. Subdivisions The municipal unit Kalpaki is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *Kalpaki (Kalpaki, Lioumpa) *Ano Ravenia *Chrysorrachi *Doliana (Doliana, Agios Georgios Dolianon) *Geroplatanos *Kato Ravenia *Mavrovouni *Negrades Population History Kalpaki joined Greece after the Balkan Wars of 1913. The Battle of Elaia–Kalamas took place in the area in November 1940, during the Italian invasion o ...
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Mavrovouni, Laconia
Mavrovouni (Greek: Μαυροβούνι, "the black mountain") is a village (population approximately 500) in the Mani Peninsula, Greece, south of Gytheio town. Geography Mavrovouni is a village about 2 km south of the town of Gytheio, in Laconia, Greece. It is located on a steep hill of dark rock between the hill of Kumaros above Gytheio and the alluvial plain of the Vardhounia river lies a belt of low sandy hills. The district is rich in wines, olives and oranges. The village's economy is based on olive oil production, fishing and tourism. History The hill of Mavrovouni was settled in the early Bronze Age, were Early Helladic ceramics were found here. Waterhouse & Hope-Simpson, pp. 114–118. (with map & plans of the graves) One sherd with a cable pattern is from a pithos of a micaceous fabric found at Mavrovouni. During the Mycenaean period ( LHIII), seven chamber graves were carved into the rock on the slopes below the summit. South of it are remains of a tholos, a ref ...
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Krannonas
Krannonas ( el, Κραννώνας) is a village and a former municipality in the Larissa regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kileler, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located southwest of the regional capital Larissa. In 2011 its population was 109 for the village, 177 for the community and 2,289 for the municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 205.242 km2. The seat of the municipality was Agioi Anargyroi. It is located north of Farsala and NNE of Palamas and Karditsa. The municipal unit boundaries extend as far south as the Fyllio Mountains where its highest point is 533 m, as far north as Koilada and Larissa and as far east as Nikaia. In the west it borders the Karditsa regional unit. In the territory of Krannonas, at a place called Palealarissa, is the site of the ancient city of Crannon, the site of the decisive battle of the Lamian War between Macedon and Athens with its allies. Su ...
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Skydra
Skydra ( el, Σκύδρα, in modern Greek, before 1926: Βερτεκόπ - ''Vertekop'', Slavic: Вртикоп, ''Vrtikop'') is a municipality in the Pella regional unit of Macedonia in Greece. Municipality The municipality Skydra was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units: *Meniida *Skydra The municipality has an area of 239.525 km2, the municipal unit 120.963 km2. Municipal unit of Skydra Division of the municipal unit Skidra with total population 15,613 (2011). The 11 communities of Skydra are: History In Skydra there is an ancient settlement in Mandalo. The foundations of a monumental building that probably was a temple of Zeus have been uncovered. Oral History Ioannis Chrissochoidis on Pontian Greeks ...
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Mavrovouni Mountain
Mavrovouni ( gr, Μαυροβούνι, ), meaning ''black mountain'', may refer to several places in Greece: * Mavrovouni, Ioannina, a village in the Ioannina regional unit, part of the municipal unit Kalpaki *Mavrovouni, Laconia, a village in Laconia, part of the municipal unit Gytheio * Mavrovouni, Larissa, a village in the Larissa regional unit, part of the municipal unit Krannonas * Mavrovouni, Pella, a village in the Pella regional unit, part of the municipality Skydra * Mavrovouni Mountain, a mountain in 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, Thes ... * Mavrovouni Ymittou, a peak of the Hymettus mountain in Attica. {{geodis ...
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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 ...
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Mavrovouni Ymittou
Mavrovouni ( gr, Μαυροβούνι, ), meaning ''black mountain'', may refer to several places in Greece: * Mavrovouni, Ioannina, a village in the Ioannina regional unit, part of the municipal unit Kalpaki *Mavrovouni, Laconia, a village in Laconia, part of the municipal unit Gytheio * Mavrovouni, Larissa, a village in the Larissa regional unit, part of the municipal unit Krannonas * Mavrovouni, Pella, a village in the Pella regional unit, part of the municipality Skydra * Mavrovouni Mountain, a mountain in Thessaly * Mavrovouni Ymittou, a peak of the Hymettus Hymettus (), also Hymettos (; el, Υμηττός, translit=Ymittós, pronounced ), is a mountain range in the Athens area of Attica, East Central Greece. It is also colloquially known as ''Trellós'' (crazy) or ''Trellóvouno'' (crazy mountain) ...