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14 unusual facts about Larissa


Agostino Ciasca

In 1891 he was created Titular Archbishop of Larissa with the appointment to the office of prefect of the Vatican Archives; in the same year he was sent by the Holy See to preside over the Ruthenian synod at Lemberg.

Astyplaz

Astyplaz also performed as headline act in concerts throughout Athens and in other cities of Greece such as Patras, Thessaloniki and Larissa.

Carl Haller von Hallerstein

Johann Carl Christoph Wilhelm Joachim Haller von Hallerstein (10 June 1774, Burg Hilpoltstein, Hiltpoltstein, Principality of Bayreuth – 5 November 1817, Ampelakia, Thessaly, Ottoman Greece) was a German architect, archaeologist and art historian.

Chalkiades

Chalkiades, Larissa, a village in the Larissa regional unit, part of the municipal unit Polydamantas

Dilofo

Dilofo, Larissa, a village in the Larissa regional unit, in the municipal unit Nikaia

Evrymenes

Evrymenes, Larissa, a municipal unit in Larissa regional unit, Greece

Koilada

Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Larissa, of which it is a municipal unit.

Kokkino Nero

Kokkino Nero (Greek: Κόκκινο Νερό) is a beach located at the foot of Mount Ossa in the municipal unit of Evrymenes, Thessaly, Greece.

Lakereia

Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Agia, of which it is a municipal unit.

Larissa, Texas

Larissa lies west of US Hiway 69, off Farm Road 855 and approximately half-way between Jacksonvile and Bullard, Texas.

Name conflicts with minor planets

1162 Larissa, discovered 1930, was named for the Thessalian town Larissa and Larissa, a moon of Neptune, discovered 1989, was named after the nymph Larissa.

Nikaia, Larissa

Located 4 km south of Larissa city, it forms a part of Larissa's metropolitan area, that lies in the vast Thessalian plain.

The Last Drive

They performed live in Athens on May 11, 12 and 13th -all three dates being sold out- in Thessaloniki on the 19th and in Larissa on June 2.

Victor Anichebe

In the UEFA Cup Anichebe scored four times, against Metalist Kharkiv, Larissa, FC Nuremberg and SK Brann of Norway after coming on as a late second half substitute in many of the games.


Abigail Levine

Levine has performed recently with Marina Abramović in her retrospective at the New York MoMA, with performance artist Carolee Schneemann, and with choreographers including: Jennifer Monson, koosil-ja hwang, Alan Good, Marianela Boán, Pat Catterson, Larissa Velez, Despina Stamos, Pele Bauch, Wendy Osserman and the Denishawn Repertory Dancers.

Acharnes Railway Center

The main Piraeus–Platy railway line from Piraeus and Athens Central (Larissa station) to Oinoi and Thessaloniki.

Aetorrachi

Aetorrachi, Larissa, a village in the Larissa regional unit, part of the municipal unit Elassona

Anastasios Kyriakos

Born in Giannouli, Larissa, Kyriakos started his career at his hometown with Apollon Larissa and he later moved to the local giants Larissa, then playing in Beta Ethniki.

Armenians in Greece

Proof of their presence in Greece can be found in several historical testimonies, the genealogical history of certain old Armenian families and the names of some towns or villages that have Armenian names, such as an old village of Thessalia that was named Armenos, a village between the cities of Larissa and Volos that is called Armenio and other settlements in various places of mainland Greece and in the islands.

Bohdan X

Bohdan lasted on 3RRR for 17 years, interviewed in November 2006, he reflected on being a radio presenter and told Larissa Dubecki of The Age, "I said I wanted a punk show. Greig Pickhaver (later known as the comic HG Nelson) said to come down. They got me to come in at 11am and I was on air that afternoon. Volunteers were a lot harder to come by in those days. But I fitted right in; it was like a family".

David Embé

He played in various countries throughout his career, including for Belenenses of Portugal, Larissa of Greece, Tecos UAG of Mexico, Shanghai Shenhua of China, Deportivo Municipal of Peru, Chernomorets Novorossiysk of Russia and New England Revolution of America.

Dionysiakos

Dionysiakos and its forms revived today in many areas of Greece like Peloponnese, central Greece and Crete with the most well-known the Phallus festival one, in the area of Tyrnavos, Larissa.

Georgios Mitsibonas

On 13 September 1997 Mitsibonas was killed in a car crash near the village of Giannouli outside Larissa.

Giannis Galitsios

Giannis' son Georgios Galitsios is also a footballer, and he currently plays for K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen after spending four years with Larissa.

History of the Jews in Greece

The Jewish community in Greece currently amounts to roughly 8,000 people, concentrated mainly in Athens, Thessaloniki (or Salonica), Larissa, Volos, Chalkis, Ioannina, Trikala and Corfu, while very few remain in Kavala and Rhodes.

Ioannis Fetfatzidis

On 9 February 2011, he scored his first goal for the national team at the AEL FC Arena in Larissa in a friendly match against Canada that Greece won 1–0.

Killough massacre

The massacre took place on October 5, 1838, near Larissa (north of Jacksonville) in the northwestern part of Cherokee County.

Kim Chernin

In 1963, her only child, Larissa, was born while she was studying at Trinity College, Dublin.

Konstantinos Kaznaferis

It is important to mention that the Bulgarian team coach is Hristo Bonev, who had a remarkable career in the Super League for AEK, besides the fact that he served as a coach of Panathinaikos,Larissa and Ionikos.

Krannonas

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.

Larissa Burak

Since completing her Master of Education at the University of Sydney Larissa now teaches classical music and bandura at the Australian Institute of Music.

Manuel Komnenos Doukas

After a spell among the Seljuks of Rum and in Nicaea, Manuel returned to Greece with Nicaean support in 1239 and captured several fortresses including Larissa and Pharsalos from Theodore's son John Komnenos Doukas, establishing himself as ruler of Thessaly.

Mavrovouni

Mavrovouni, Larissa, a village in the Larissa regional unit, part of the municipal unit Krannonas

Mikhail Boyarsky

With Larissa Luppian, he has a son, Sergei Boyarsky (born in 1979), and a daughter, Elizaveta Boyarskaya (born in 20 December 1985).

Nieuport IV

In Greece a IV.G was bought privately and named Alkyon and after being the first aircraft to fly in Greece, was resold to the government which used it during the First Balkan War in 1912, flying from Larissa.

Nikos Dabizas

Nikolaos "Nikos" Dabizas (born 3 August 1973 in Amyntaio) is a retired Greek professional footballer and former Newcastle United, Leicester City, Olympiacos and Larissa defender.

Oleg Gazenko

Gazenko was born on December 12, 1918 in the village of Mykolaivka, Stavropol Territory to George and Larissa Gazenko, née Nikitin.

Olena Muravyova

From 1900 she was one of the most renown teachers of voice in Ukraine and schooled over 400 singers, among them Miliza Korjus, Zoia Gaidai, Ivan Kozlovsky, Larissa Rudenko, and Elena Petlyash.

Pelasgians

Pelasgus built the citadel Larissa of Argos on the Erasinus river, whence the name Pelasgic Argos (of the Peloponnesus), but later resettled inland, built Parrhasia and named the region or caused it to be named Pelasgia, to be renamed Arcadia with the coming of the Greeks.

Population exchange between Greece and Turkey

Ultimately, the Greek authorities decided to deport thousands of Muslims from the Çamëria region, together with myriad others from Larissa, Langada, Drama, Vodina, Serez, Edessa, Florina, Kilkis, Kavala, and Salonika.

Rakopotamos, Larissa

Rakopotamos (Greek: Ρακοπόταμος Λάρισας) is a beach of the municipal unit of Melivoia, Larissa, Greece.

Religion in Greece

The Jewish community in Greece currently amounts to roughly 7,500 people, concentrated mainly in Athens, Thessaloniki, Larissa, Volos, Chalkis, Ioannina, Trikala and Corfu, while very few remain in Kavala and Rhodes.

Spartia temple

The flask had been found several years before its value was recognized when a natural gas pipeline was built near the hill of Spartia by the Volos-Velestinos-Larissa highway (on the site of the ancient Pherae-Pagasses road).

Stathis Chaitas

Born in Istiaia, Euboea, Chaitas played football for Panionios from 1958 until 1977 with a brief interlude in 1974–1975 season when he played for Larissa.

Vasilios Rentzas

Born in Melivoia, Rentzas played as an amateur at the local team Filoktitis, until he signed a 5-year professional contract with Larissa, in June 2010.