Category: Sites of Historical – Cultural Interest

The railway line that would connect Kalambaka with Kozani began to be designed and built in 1920. With a 1928 contract between the Hellenic State and the "Belgian Commercial Company", the construction of the line from Kalambaka to Veria, via Grevena, Siatista, and Kozani, with a total length of 197…

The church of Agia Paraskevi was built in 1792 by Georgios Hadjipetros and is located shortly after Neraidochori (Veterniko), on the road to Pyrra. It was the catholicon of the old Monastery of Tsouka, which was destroyed and only ruins survive. The monastery had a remarkable library consisting of more…

The monastery of Dousiko (Agios Vissarionas) is located in a wonderful green area, 24 km from Trikala, and 5 km from Pyli (seat of the homonymous Municipality), and above the village of Agios Vissarionas. It is also called the monastery of the Savior of the Great Gates, due to its…

The Church of St. George is the oldest church in the village of Tzourtzia (Agia Paraskevi) in Aspropotamos. It was probably built in the 18th century or earlier, and was frescoed in 1790. Later, the stone bell tower was added to the church's enclosure. It is located at the western…

In a decree issued by the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos in 1336, the Holy Monastery of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary of Gardiki is listed as belonging to the diocese of Stagon. From Byzantine archives and oral descriptions, it is believed that the monastery flourished even before the…