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Thessalian Colonies
Thessaly ( ; ; 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 central Greece and borders the regions of Macedonia to the north, Epirus to the west, Central Greece to the south, and the Aegean Sea to 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 unknown, and many theories have been made a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decentralized Administration Of Thessaly And Central Greece
The Decentralized Administration of Thessaly and Central Greece () is one of the seven Decentralized administrations of Greece, decentralized administrations of Greece, consisting of the Administrative regions of Greece, peripheries of Thessaly and Central Greece (administrative region), Central Greece. Seated in Larissa, Thessaly, it is currently led by Acting Secretary-General Ilias Tseligas. Formation and tasks Decentralized Administrations were created in January 2011 as part of a far-reaching reform of the country's administrative structure, the Kallikratis reform (Law 3852/2010). They enjoy both administrative and financial autonomy and exercise devolved state powers in urban planning, environmental policy, environmental and energy policy, forestry, Human migration, migration and citizenship. Beyond that, they are tasked with supervising the first and second-level self-governance, self-governing bodies: the Municipalities of Greece, municipalities and Administrative regions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
