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Paralia Achlidas
Paralia ( el, Παραλία, ''Paralía'') is a Greek term meaning "beach" or "coastline". Towns * Paralia, Achaea * Paralia, Pieria * Paralia Distomou * Paralia Lygias * Paralia Skotinas * Paralia Avdira * Paralia Panteleimonos * Paralios Kaisareia, the Greek name for Caesarea Maritima Beaches * Paralia Chiladou * Paralia Koulouras * Paralia Sergoula * Paralia Platanos Historical places * Paralia (Attica), region of Attica * Paralia (Seleucid eparchy) The Paralia ( el, Παραλία - ''beach''), also known as Medinat HaYam ( he, מדינת הים - ''country by the sea'') was a coastal eparchy in Palestine during Hellenistic and Roman times, ruled by the Seleucid Empire between 197 and 99 B ... * Phoenice Paralia Animals * '' Agdistis paralia'' {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paralia, Achaea
Paralia ( gr, Παραλία, ''Paralía'', meaning "beach") is a town and a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Patras, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 11.978 km2. It is a suburb of Patras, about 6 km southwest of the city centre. The town population is about 6,500. It was a popular beach resort for residents of Patras till mid '80s. The new Greek National Road 9 (Patras - Pyrgos) runs south of the town. The railway Patras - Pyrgos runs parallel to the coast, at about 200 m from the shore. Population history Subdivisions The municipal unit Paralia is subdivided into the following communities: *Mintilogli *Paralia * Roitika See also *List of settlements in Achaea This is a list of settlements in Achaea, Greece: * Achaiko * Agia Marina * Agia Varvara, Akrata * Agia Varvara, Tritaia * Agios Konstantinos * Agios Nikolaos Kralis * Agios N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paralia, Pieria
Paralia ( el, Παραλία, ''Paralía'', meaning "beach") is a tourist seaside settlement and a former municipality in the eastern part of the Pieria regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Katerini, of which it is a municipal unit. The seat of the municipality was in Kallithea. The 2011 census reported a population of 1,124 for the village of Paralia, and 6,803 for the municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 24.344 km2, the community 1.849 km2. Paralia Katerinis actually translated "Beach of Katerini" and is the closest beach to the capital city of Katerini. Geography Paralia is situated on the west coast of the Thermaic Gulf. It lies 2 km east of Kallithea, 5 km south of Korinos and 8 km east of Katerini's city centre. Motorway 1 (served by Katerini's North & South Interchanges) and the Piraeus–Platy railway (served by Katerini RR station) pass west of the settlement. Paralia has a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paralia Distomou
Aspra Spitia ( el, Άσπρα Σπίτια) is a town in the municipal unit Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra, in Boeotia, Greece. In 2011, its population was 1,578. History Aspra Spitia was founded in 1960, planned by Doxiadis Associates to house industrial workers for Aluminum of Greece's nearby aluminum plant. Its alternate name is "Paralia Distomou". Aspra Spitia is situated on the north coast of the Corinthian Gulf, 2 km northeast of Antikyra, 10 km southwest of Distomo and 25 km west of Livadeia. The 2010 film ''Attenberg'' was shot in Aspra Spitia. Population Persons * Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis Constantinos A. Doxiadis (); also spelled Konstantinos. (14 May 1913 – 28 June 1975), often cited as C. A. Doxiadis, was a Greek architect and urban planner. During the 1960s, he was the lead architect and planner of Islamabad, which was t ... External links Constantinos A. Doxiadis: Aspra Spitia. A New "Greek" CityMunicipality of Distomo-Arachova-Antik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paralia Lygias
Lygia ( el, Λυγιά) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Vartholomio, Elis, Greece. Its population in 2011 was 286 for the village and 787 for the community, which includes the villages Arkoudi, Glyfa, Ioniki and Paralia. Lygia is situated in the low hills of the southern part of the Kyllini peninsula, 3 km from the Ionian Sea. It is 4 km southeast of Kastro, 4 km east of Loutra Kyllinis and 4 km west of Vartholomio. Arkoudi is the westernmost village of the community, 4 km southwest of Lygia, on the coast near Loutra Kyllinis. Its population was 77 in 2001. Glyfa is 2 km southwest of Lygia, and had 249 inhabitants in 2001. Paralia is 3 km south of Lygia, on the coast. It had 96 inhabitants. The village Ioniko is adjacent to the east of Paralia, and has no permanent residents. Population Train station The village had a train station on the Vartholomio-Loutra Kyllinis Line, operated by the Hellenic State Railways. It wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paralia Skotinas
Paralia Skotinas () is a seaside settlement which is part of the municipality of Dio-Olympos, in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. It is 6 κm from Leptokarya, 1 km from Paralia Panteleimonos (Castle) and 1κm from Skotina. In this point its view of the Castle of Platamon The Platamon Castle ( el, Κάστρο του Πλαταμώνα), an important part of the history of Pieria, is a Crusader castle (built between 1204 and 1222) in northern Greece (Macedonia) and is located southeast of Mount Olympus, in a stra ..., is unique. External linksSkotina on wikimapia {{coord, 40, 02, N, 22, 35, E, display=title, region:GR_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Beaches of Greece Populated places in Pieria (regional unit) Tourist attractions in Central Macedonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paralia Avdira
Abdera () is a municipality in the Xanthi regional unit of Thrace, Greece. In classical antiquity, it was a major Greek ''polis'' on the Thracian coast. The ancient polis is to be distinguished from the municipality, which was named in its honor. The polis lay 17 km east-northeast of the mouth of the Nestos River, almost directly opposite the island of Thasos. It was a colony placed in previously unsettled Thracian territory, not then a part of Hellas, during the age of Greek colonization. The city that developed from it became of major importance in ancient Greece. After the 4th centuryAD it declined, contracted to its acropolis, and was abandoned, never to be reoccupied except by archaeologists. Meanwhile, life went on as the changing population settled in other communities in the region. One named Polystylus changed its name to Abdera. In 2011 the municipality of Abdera was synoecized from three previous municipalities comprising a number of modern settlements. The anci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paralia Panteleimonos
Paralia Panteleimonos () is a settlement of the former municipal district of Panteleimonas, the former municipality of East Olympos, which belongs to the municipality of Dio-Olympos, and is one of the 16 total coast of the regional unit. It is about 36 km from Katerini, 56 km from Larissa and is southeast of the county. According to recent archaeological excavations in the area during the construction of the railway tunnel under the castle, were findings of ancient Greek town Ηράκλεια (Heracleia). There is a summer residence of the inhabitants of Neos Panteleimonas and tourist resort, which is flooded with tourists during the period May and June. It is located just below of the castle of Platamon, and for this reason sometimes is called "Κάστρο", ''Kastro'' (Castle). The coastal beach is 3 km. Each year awarded with the ''Blue Flag'' by the European Union, because of the purity of water and the sandy coast. See also *Paralia Skotinas *Neos Panteleimo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caesarea Maritima
Caesarea Maritima (; Greek: ''Parálios Kaisáreia''), formerly Strato's Tower, also known as Caesarea Palestinae, was an ancient city in the Sharon plain on the coast of the Mediterranean, now in ruins and included in an Israeli national park. For centuries it was a major intellectual hub of the Mediterranean and cultural capital of Palestine. The city and harbour were built under Herod the Great during c. 22–10 or 9 BCE near the site of a former Phoenician naval station known as ''Stratonos pyrgos'' (Στράτωνος πύργος, "Straton's Tower"), probably named after the 4th century BCE king of Sidon, Strato I. It later became the provincial capital of Roman Judea, Roman Syria Palaestina and Byzantine Palaestina Prima provinces. The city was populated throughout the 1st to 6th centuries AD and became an important early centre of Christianity during the Byzantine period. Its importance may have waned starting during the Muslim conquest of 640 in the early Middle Ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paralia Chiladou
Stropones ( el, Στρόπωνες) is a small village and a community in the island of Euboea in central Greece. It has about 500 residents and it is located in central Euboea, from Chalcis. The village is approximately above sea level. A popular beach, called Paralia Chiliadou, is located a few kilometres from Stropones. Villages *Stropones, pop. 498 *Paralia Chiliadou, pop. 63 *Lamari, pop. 66 *Agia Eirini, pop. 23 Historical population External linksStropones on GTP Travel Pages(in English and Greek) *http://www.servitoros.gr/evia-tourist-guide/en/central/steni/2.shtml *http://www.e-city.gr/evia/home/view/2304.php See also *List of settlements in the Euboea regional unit This is a list of settlements in the Euboea regional unit, Greece. * Achladeri * Achladi * Aetos * Afrati * Agdines * Agia Anna * Agia Sofia * Agios Athanasios * Agios Dimitrios * Agios Georgios * Agios Ioannis * Agios Loukas * Agios ... References Populated places in Euboea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paralia Koulouras
Paralia Koulouras ( el, Παραλία Κουλούρας) is a beach of Larissa regional unit in Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders .... The settlement has a clean beach and natural beauties. Every year attracts tourists from everywhere. External linksΠαραλία Κουλούρας Populated places in Larissa (regional unit) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paralia Sergoula
Sergoula ( el, Σεργούλα) is a settlement and a community of the municipality of Dorida, Phocis in Greece. The community Sergoula consists of three villages: Sergoula, Paralia Sergoulas ("Sergoula Beach") and Palaiochori. Sergoula was established around 17th century, and its original name was Miloi (Greek: Μύλοι=Mills). Sergoula was an independent community between 1912 and 1997, when it became part of the municipality Efpalio. The village Paralia Sergoulas is situated on the Gulf of Corinth coast, below the mountain village Sergoula. The Greek National Road 48 ( Delphi - Nafpaktos) passes through Paralia Sergoulas. Historical population Other Paralia Sergoulas has a road parallel to the seaside, built by the military MOMA construction group during the junta dictatorship. All the houses of the village provide access to the central road. This road leads to the nearby villages of Glyfada, Hania and Spilia (belonging to the Municipality of Tolofon), and is connected w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paralia Platanos
''Paralia Platanou'' (English "Platanos Beach", Greek "Παραλία Πλατάνου"), is a village situated on the seashore below Platanos village. It has to a degree assumed the name Platanos, though that term actually refers to the larger town above the shore (which is referred to as Pano or Ano (Upper) Platanos. The entrance to the village is found a short distance beyond Kryoneri Bay, on the 155th km (97th mile) of the Old National Corinth-Patras Road at a designated exit. Paralia Platanou is three times the size and twice the population of its mother village, owing its development to its proximity to the seashore and hence to the large number of people who visit it on a regular basis in the summer as well as at Easter and Christmas. Noted beaches are Avgolemono Avgolemono ( el, αυγολέμονο or literally egg–lemon) is a family of sauces and soups made with egg yolk and lemon juice mixed with broth, heated until they thicken. They are found in Greek, Arab, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
