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Larissa (/ ləˈrɪsə /; Greek: Λάρισα, Lárisa, pronounced [ˈlarisa] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population of 148,562 in the city proper, according to the 2021 census. [2] It is also capital of the Larissa regional unit.
- Diachronic Museum. In 2015 Larissa moved its material history into a brand new museum amid pine trees on the Mezourlo Hill in the south of the city. The museum was many years in the making, and an initial architectural competition was held way back in 1984.
- Ancient Theatre “A” Larissa’s heavyweight monument is a theatre that took shape at the start of the 3rd century BC when Thessaly was under the yoke of the Kingdom of Macedonia.
- St Achilles Basilica. At the top of Larissa’s acropolis are the remains of a large basilica that went up in the 6th century AD. The basilica was built over the tomb of St Achilles.
- Monument to Hippocrates. The father of medicine spent the final ten years of his life in Larissa in the middle of the 4th century BC. And in 1826 his tomb was rediscovered purely by chance after a flood, and identified by an inscription in Ancient Greek.
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Lárissa, town and dímos (municipality), Thessaly (Modern Greek: Thessalía) periféreia (region), central Greece. It is located on the Pineiós (also called Peneus) Potamós (river). Since the 9th century it has been the seat of a bishop. In antiquity Lárissa was the seat of the Aleuad clan, founded by.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Larisa. In the region of Thessaly, a capital city lies surrounded by lush valleys, and some of the most imposing mountains in Greece. Larissa, with a population of approximately 130,000 residents, is a city where ancient history and long tradition in agriculture meet the modern way of living.
Larissa. Larissa (Greek: Λάρισα), has a population of 162,591 people (2011). It is the 4th largest city in Greece, and is in Thessaly, between Athens (355 km) and Thessaloniki (150 km). A lively agricultural and university town, it is visited by few tourists.
Larissa welcomes you with pedestrianised streets, cafes and bars, restaurants and ouzeries, shops, attractions and historical monuments. Just outside town, you’ll join a long line of visitors gawping at the beauty of the Vale of Tempi, the narrow pass between two mountains, Ossa and Olympus.
