Ftelio, as the locals call it, is a village at the southern part of the Magnesia prefecture.
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Current archaeological sites include the Venetian Castle close to Pigadi, several tombs from the Mycaenian period between Pteleos and Aghioi Theodoroi and several small churches, the oldest of which was built in the 13th century.
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After the disastrous Battle of Ankara in 1402 however, the weakened Ottomans were forced to return the eastern half of Thessaly to Byzantine rule, while the remainder reverted to virtual independence, and the two forts of Pteleos and Gardiki came under Venetian control.