Category: Geosites 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 is located at the Tsouka site, shortly after Neraidochori (Veterniko), on the road to Pyrra. According to a stone carved inscription above the entrance, it was built in 1792 by the armatolos Georgios Chatzipetros under the episcope Paisios II. It served as the katholikon (main…

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 important Byzantine church of Porta Panagia is located on the foot of the Pindos mountain pass, in the settlement of Porta, which until recently was connected to Pyli through the arched bridge of Saint Bessarion. It was built in 1283 as the katholikon (main church) of the stauropegic Monastery…

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…