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Namata Destination Guide

Explore Namata in Greece

Namata in the region of Thessaly is a town in Greece - some 128 mi or ( 205 km ) North-West of Athens , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Namata

Current time in Namata is now 07:02 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Athens " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Volos, Stefanavikion, Sykourion, Platikambos, and Plasia. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Volos . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Namata ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Highway A1 outside Larisa

3:37 min by Athanasios Bouliakoudis
Views: 397 Rating: 5.00

Driving at night with NET and Tsilimidis (agripnos). ..

Θεσσαλικός κάμπος Λάρισα 06.01.11 * Plain of Thessaly Larisa Greece

1:38 min by skrafnakis
Views: 176 Rating: 5.00

Ατέλειωτος σαν καταπράσινη θάλασσα απλώνεται στα βορειοανατολικά ο Θεσσαλικός κάμπος που διασχίζεται από τους παραπόταμους του Πηνειού. Η γεωγραφική θέση της περιοχής από πολύ νωρίς αποτέλεσε το πέρασ ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Lake Karla

Lake Karla is a former lake that sits at 60 to 80 m (180 to 240 ft) above sea level making it the only one in the plain of Thessaly. The lake is located at the northern end of the Magnesia regional unit in the Pineios basin, adjacent to Pelion and Maurovouni mountains. On the eastern part of the lake the lies the town of Kanalia.

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Located at 39.53 22.70 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Lakes of Greece, Mountain lakes

Larissa National Airport

Larissa Airport Thessaly (Greek: Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Λάρισσας “Θεσσαλία”) was built in 1912. It was the commercial airport of Larissa until 1997 when it closed. It's claimed that it will reopen for commercial flights in 2013. Currently the airport is being used only by military aircraft. The longest runway (08/26) is temporarily closed. The runways do not have an ILS.

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Located at 39.65 22.47 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Airports in Greece, Buildings and structures in Thessaly, Larissa

Potamia, Agia

Potamia is a village of the municipality of Agia, in the Larissa regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. The village is located 4 km southwest of Skiti and 6 km southeast of Agia. The "Folklore Museum of Potamia" is a remarkable site of the area.

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Located at 39.66 22.79 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Populated places in Larissa (regional unit)

Larissa

Larissa is the capital and biggest city of the Thessaly region of Greece and capital of the Larissa regional unit. It is a principal agricultural centre and a national transportation hub, linked by road and rail with the port of Volos, the city of Thessaloniki and Athens. Larissa, within its municipality, has 162,591 inhabitants, while the regional unit of Larissa reached a population of 284,325 (in 2011).

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Located at 39.63 22.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Greek prefectural capitals, Greek regional capitals, Larissa, Municipalities of Thessaly, Provinces of Greece, Titular sees in Europe

Battle of Callinicus

The Battle of Callinicus was fought in 171 BC between Macedon and Rome to the city "Kalliniko", near Larissa. The Macedonians were led by their king, Perseus of Macedon, while the Roman force was led by Consul Publius Licinius Crassus. The Macedonians were victorious. The battle is notable for the prevalent role of cavalry and light infantry as a combined 'task force'. Livy describes this battle at 42.58-60, and according to his account, the heavy infantry were not engaged in this battle.

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Located at 39.63 22.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: 171 BC, 2nd-century BC conflicts, Battles in Hellenistic Thessaly, Battles involving the Roman Republic, Battles of Perseus of Macedon, Third Macedonian War