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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Modern"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Modern</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Modern-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Geography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Geography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Geography</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Geography-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Geography subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Geography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Climate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Climate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Climate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Climate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Demographics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Language" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Language"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Language</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Language-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Major_settlements" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Major_settlements"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Major settlements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Major_settlements-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Transport</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Transport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Administration" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Administration"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Administration</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Administration-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ancient_coinage" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ancient_coinage"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Ancient coinage</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ancient_coinage-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Popular_Culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Popular_Culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Popular Culture</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Popular_Culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>Sources</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7" title="ثيساليا – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ثيساليا" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periferia_de_Tesalia" title="Periferia de Tesalia – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Periferia de Tesalia" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fessaliya_(periferiya)" title="Fessaliya (periferiya) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Fessaliya (periferiya)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessalia_T%C5%8Da-khu" title="Thessalia Tōa-khu – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Thessalia Tōa-khu" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%8D%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%8F_(%D0%BF%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%84%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%8F)" title="Тэсалія (пэрыфэрыя) – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Тэсалія (пэрыфэрыя)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessalia" title="Thessalia – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Thessalia" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thes%C3%A1lie" title="Thesálie – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Thesálie" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessalia" title="Thessalia – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Thessalia" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessalien" title="Thessalien – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Thessalien" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessalien_(griechische_Region)" title="Thessalien (griechische Region) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Thessalien (griechische Region)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessaalia_piirkond" title="Tessaalia piirkond – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Tessaalia piirkond" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%86%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1_%CE%98%CE%B5%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Περιφέρεια Θεσσαλίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Περιφέρεια Θεσσαλίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periferia_de_Tesalia" title="Periferia de Tesalia – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Periferia de Tesalia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesalio" title="Tesalio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Tesalio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C" title="تسالی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="تسالی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessalia" title="Thessalia – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Thessalia" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessalie_(p%C3%A9riph%C3%A9rie)" title="Thessalie (périphérie) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Thessalie (périphérie)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesalia" title="Tesalia – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Tesalia" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%85%8C%EC%82%B4%EB%A6%AC%EC%95%84%EC%A3%BC" title="테살리아주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="테살리아주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periferija_Tesalija" title="Periferija Tesalija – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Periferija Tesalija" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessalia" title="Thessalia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Thessalia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eessal%C3%ADa" title="Þessalía – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Þessalía" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessaglia_(periferia)" title="Tessaglia (periferia) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Tessaglia (periferia)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%AA%D7%A1%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%94" title="תסליה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="תסליה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesalonika" title="Tesalonika – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Tesalonika" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesalya_(par%C3%AAzgeh)" title="Tesalya (parêzgeh) – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Tesalya (parêzgeh)" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessalia_(regio_Graeciae)" title="Thessalia (regio Graeciae) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Thessalia (regio Graeciae)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tes%C4%81lijas_perif%C4%93rija" title="Tesālijas perifērija – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Tesālijas perifērija" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesalijos_periferija" title="Tesalijos periferija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Tesalijos periferija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Тесалија – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Тесалија" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%97%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="თესალია – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="თესალია" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessaly" title="Thessaly – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Thessaly" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessali%C3%AB" title="Thessalië – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Thessalië" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%83%83%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2" title="テッサリア – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="テッサリア" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a 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aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">39°36′N</span> <span class="longitude">22°12′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">39.6°N 22.2°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">39.6; 22.2</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Administrative region of Greece</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the historical and geographical region of Greece. For the ancient region, see <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Thessaly" title="Ancient Thessaly">Ancient Thessaly</a>. For the Vertigo Comics character, see <a href="/wiki/Thessaly_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thessaly (comics)">Thessaly (comics)</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Thessalia" redirects here. For the namesake butterfly genus, see <a href="/wiki/Chlosyne" title="Chlosyne"><i>Chlosyne</i></a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Thessalian" redirects here. For the ancient Thessalian dialect, see <a href="/wiki/Aeolic_Greek" title="Aeolic Greek">Aeolic Greek</a>.</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Place in Thessaly and Central Greece, Greece</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1043192559">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement{width:23em;border-collapse:collapse;line-height:1.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement td,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement th{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-label,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-below{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-label{border:0;padding:0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Thessaly</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><span title="Greek-language text"><span lang="el">Θεσσαλία</span></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_regions_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Administrative regions of Greece">Administrative region of Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_geographic_divisions_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Traditional geographic divisions of Greece">Traditional region of Greece</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thessalia_in_Greece.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Thessaly within Greece"><img alt="Thessaly within Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Thessalia_in_Greece.svg/250px-Thessalia_in_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Thessalia_in_Greece.svg/375px-Thessalia_in_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Thessalia_in_Greece.svg/500px-Thessalia_in_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1003" data-file-height="825" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Thessaly within Greece</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Thessaly&params=39.6_N_22.2_E_type:city(688255)_region:GR"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">39°36′N</span> <span class="longitude">22°12′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">39.6°N 22.2°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">39.6; 22.2</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Decentralized Administration</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Decentralized_Administration_of_Thessaly_and_Central_Greece" title="Decentralized Administration of Thessaly and Central Greece">Thessaly and Central Greece</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cession</th><td class="infobox-data">1881</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Larissa" title="Larissa">Larissa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Port city</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Volos" title="Volos">Volos</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regional_units_of_Greece" title="Regional units of Greece">Regional units</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Karditsa_(regional_unit)" title="Karditsa (regional unit)">Karditsa</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Larissa_(regional_unit)" title="Larissa (regional unit)">Larissa</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Magnesia_(regional_unit)" title="Magnesia (regional unit)">Magnesia</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Trikala_(regional_unit)" title="Trikala (regional unit)">Trikala</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Sporades" title="Sporades">Sporades</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Regional governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dimitris_Kouretas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dimitris Kouretas (page does not exist)">Dimitris Kouretas</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%94%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%AE%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%AD%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%82" class="extiw" title="el:Δημήτρης Κουρέτας">el</a>]</span> (<span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/PASOK_%E2%80%93_Movement_for_Change" title="PASOK – Movement for Change">PASOK – Movement for Change</a></span>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">14,036.64 km<sup>2</sup> (5,419.58 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2021)<sup id="cite_ref-2021census_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">688,255</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">49/km<sup>2</sup> (130/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Thessalian" class="extiw" title="wikt:Thessalian">Thessalian</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">GDP<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data">€9.337 billion (2021)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Time" title="Eastern European Time">EET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B3" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+3">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Summer_Time" title="Eastern European Summer Time">EEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">GR-E</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> (2022)</th><td class="infobox-data">0.880<sup id="cite_ref-GlobalDataLab_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GlobalDataLab-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#090">very high</span> · <a href="/wiki/List_of_Greek_regions_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of Greek regions by Human Development Index">4th of 13</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pthes.gov.gr/">www<wbr />.pthes<wbr />.gov<wbr />.gr</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Thessaly</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/θ/: 'th' in 'thigh'">θ</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">THESS</span>-ə-lee</i></a>; <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Θεσσαλία</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Greek" title="Romanization of Greek">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Greek-language romanization"><i lang="el-Latn">Thessalía</i></span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="el-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Greek" title="Help:IPA/Greek">[θesaˈli.a]</a></span>; ancient <a href="/wiki/Aeolic_Greek#Thessalian" title="Aeolic Greek">Thessalian</a>: <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Πετθαλία</span></span>, <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><i lang="grc-Latn">Petthalía</i></span>) is a traditional <a href="/wiki/Geographic_regions_of_Greece" title="Geographic regions of Greece">geographic</a> and modern <a href="/wiki/Administrative_regions_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Administrative regions of Greece">administrative region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>, comprising most of the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Thessaly" title="Ancient Thessaly">ancient region</a> of the same name. Before the <a href="/wiki/Greek_Dark_Ages" title="Greek Dark Ages">Greek Dark Ages</a>, Thessaly was known as <b>Aeolia</b> (<a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">Αἰολία</span>, <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><i lang="grc-Latn">Aiolía</i></span>), and appears thus in <a href="/wiki/Homer" title="Homer">Homer</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Odyssey" title="Odyssey">Odyssey</a></i>. </p><p>Thessaly <a href="/wiki/Convention_of_Constantinople_(1881)" title="Convention of Constantinople (1881)">became part</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Modern_Greek_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Modern Greek state">modern Greek state</a> in 1881, after four and a half centuries of <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Greece" title="Ottoman Greece">Ottoman rule</a>. Since 1987 it has formed one of the country's 13 <a href="/wiki/Modern_regions_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Modern regions of Greece">regions</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is further (since the <a href="/wiki/Kallikratis_reform" class="mw-redirect" title="Kallikratis reform">Kallikratis reform</a> of 2011) sub-divided into five <a href="/wiki/Regional_units_of_Greece" title="Regional units of Greece">regional units</a> and 25 <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipalities of Greece">municipalities</a>. The capital of the region is <a href="/wiki/Larissa" title="Larissa">Larissa</a>. Thessaly lies in northern central Greece and borders the regions of <a href="/wiki/Macedonia_(Greece)" title="Macedonia (Greece)">Macedonia</a> to the north, <a href="/wiki/Epirus_(region)" title="Epirus (region)">Epirus</a> to the west, <a href="/wiki/Central_Greece_(geographic_region)" title="Central Greece (geographic region)">Central Greece</a> to the south, and the <a href="/wiki/Aegean_Sea" title="Aegean Sea">Aegean Sea</a> to the east. The Thessaly region also includes the <a href="/wiki/Sporades" title="Sporades">Sporades</a> islands. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name_and_etymology">Name and etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thessaly&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name and etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thessaly is named after the <i>Thessaloi</i>, an <a href="/wiki/List_of_ancient_Greek_tribes" title="List of ancient Greek tribes">ancient Greek tribe</a>. The meaning of the name of this tribe is unknown, and many theories have been made about its etymology. According to the Dutch linguist <a href="/wiki/Robert_S._P._Beekes" title="Robert S. P. Beekes">Robert S. P. Beekes</a>, the name predates Greek presence in the region and could come from the <a href="/wiki/Pre-Greek_substrate" title="Pre-Greek substrate">Pre-Greek</a> form reconstructed as *Kʷʰeťťal-.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Greek linguist <a href="/wiki/Georgios_Babiniotis" title="Georgios Babiniotis">Georgios Babiniotis</a> also assigns the origin of the name of the Thessalians to pre-Greek times, although he does not try to explain its etymology.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Aromanian_language" title="Aromanian language">Aromanian</a> it is referred to as <span title="Aromanian-language text"><i lang="rup">Tesalia</i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mythology">Mythology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thessaly&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Mythology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Homer" title="Homer">Homer</a>'s epic, the <i><a href="/wiki/Odyssey" title="Odyssey">Odyssey</a></i>, the hero <a href="/wiki/Odysseus" title="Odysseus">Odysseus</a> visited Aeolia, the kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Aeolus_(son_of_Hellen)" title="Aeolus (son of Hellen)">Aeolus</a>, which was the old name for Thessaly.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Plain of Thessaly, which lies between <a href="/wiki/Mount_Oeta" title="Mount Oeta">Mount Oeta</a>/Othrys and <a href="/wiki/Mount_Olympus" title="Mount Olympus">Mount Olympus</a>, was the site of the <a href="/wiki/Titanomachy" title="Titanomachy">battle</a> between the <a href="/wiki/Titan_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Titan (mythology)">Titans</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Twelve_Olympians" title="Twelve Olympians">Olympians</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to legend, <a href="/wiki/Jason" title="Jason">Jason</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Argonauts" title="Argonauts">Argonauts</a> launched their search for the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Fleece" title="Golden Fleece">Golden Fleece</a> from the Magnesia Peninsula. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thessaly&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Thessaly" title="History of Thessaly">History of Thessaly</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thessaly.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Thessaly.jpg/220px-Thessaly.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="198" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Thessaly.jpg/330px-Thessaly.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Thessaly.jpg/440px-Thessaly.jpg 2x" data-file-width="894" data-file-height="806" /></a><figcaption>Map of ancient Thessaly</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a 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It was constructed inside the ancient city's centre during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Antigonus_II_Gonatas" title="Antigonus II Gonatas">Antigonus II Gonatas</a> towards the end of the 3rd century BC. The theatre was in use for six centuries, until the end of the 3rd century AD</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ancient_history">Ancient history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thessaly&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ancient history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Thessaly" title="Ancient Thessaly">Ancient Thessaly</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roman_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Greece">Roman Greece</a></div> <p>Thessaly was home to extensive <a href="/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">Neolithic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chalcolithic" title="Chalcolithic">Chalcolithic</a> cultures around 6000–2500 BC (see <a href="/wiki/Cardium_pottery" title="Cardium pottery">Cardium pottery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dimini" title="Dimini">Dimini</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sesklo" title="Sesklo">Sesklo</a>). <a href="/wiki/Mycenaean_Greece" title="Mycenaean Greece">Mycenaean</a> settlements have also been discovered, for example at the sites of <a href="/wiki/Iolcos" class="mw-redirect" title="Iolcos">Iolcos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dimini" title="Dimini">Dimini</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sesklo" title="Sesklo">Sesklo</a> (near <a href="/wiki/Volos" title="Volos">Volos</a>). In Archaic and <a href="/wiki/Classical_Greece" title="Classical Greece">Classical</a> times, the lowlands of Thessaly became the home of baronial families, such as the <a href="/wiki/Aleuadae" title="Aleuadae">Aleuadae</a> of <a href="/wiki/Larissa" title="Larissa">Larissa</a> or the Scopads of Crannon. </p><p>In the summer of 480 BC, the <a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Persians</a> <a href="/wiki/Second_Persian_invasion_of_Greece" title="Second Persian invasion of Greece">invaded Thessaly</a>. The Greek army that guarded the <a href="/wiki/Vale_of_Tempe" title="Vale of Tempe">Vale of Tempe</a> was alerted by <a href="/wiki/Alexander_I_of_Macedon" title="Alexander I of Macedon">Alexander I of Macedon</a> and evacuated the road before the enemy arrived. Not much later, Thessaly surrendered to the Persians.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Thessalian family of <a href="/wiki/Aleuadae" title="Aleuadae">Aleuadae</a> joined the Persians subsequently. The following year, the Persians were decisively defeated at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Plataea" title="Battle of Plataea">Battle of Plataea</a> and withdrew from all of their European possessions, including Thessaly.<sup id="cite_ref-RoismanWorthington2010_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RoismanWorthington2010-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 4th century BC, after the <a href="/wiki/Greco-Persian_Wars" title="Greco-Persian Wars">Greco-Persian Wars</a> had long ended, <a href="/wiki/Jason_of_Pherae" title="Jason of Pherae">Jason of Pherae</a> transformed the region into a significant military power, recalling the glory of Early Archaic times. Shortly after, <a href="/wiki/Philip_II_of_Macedon" title="Philip II of Macedon">Philip II of Macedon</a> was appointed <i>Archon</i> of Thessaly, and Thessaly was thereafter associated with the Macedonian Kingdom for the next centuries. </p><p>Thessaly later became part of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a> as part of the province of <a href="/wiki/Macedonia_(Roman_province)" title="Macedonia (Roman province)">Macedonia</a>; when that was broken up, the name resurfaced in two of its late Roman successor provinces: <a href="/wiki/Thessalia_Prima" class="mw-redirect" title="Thessalia Prima">Thessalia Prima</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thessalia_Secunda" class="mw-redirect" title="Thessalia Secunda">Thessalia Secunda</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Byzantine_period">Byzantine period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thessaly&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Byzantine period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Greece" title="Byzantine Greece">Byzantine Greece</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:59._%CE%92%CF%85%CE%B6%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%8C_%CE%9A%CE%AC%CF%83%CF%84%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%A4%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AC%CE%BB%CF%89%CE%BD,_%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%AC_%CF%80%CF%8C%CE%BB%CE%B7_%CE%92%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%83%CE%B9_GR-E44-0002.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/59._%CE%92%CF%85%CE%B6%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%8C_%CE%9A%CE%AC%CF%83%CF%84%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%A4%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AC%CE%BB%CF%89%CE%BD%2C_%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%AC_%CF%80%CF%8C%CE%BB%CE%B7_%CE%92%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%83%CE%B9_GR-E44-0002.jpg/440px-59._%CE%92%CF%85%CE%B6%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%8C_%CE%9A%CE%AC%CF%83%CF%84%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%A4%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AC%CE%BB%CF%89%CE%BD%2C_%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%AC_%CF%80%CF%8C%CE%BB%CE%B7_%CE%92%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%83%CE%B9_GR-E44-0002.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Part of the Byzantine <a href="/wiki/Trikala_Castle" title="Trikala Castle">castle</a> of Trikala</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MakElassona04.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/MakElassona04.jpg/180px-MakElassona04.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="276" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/MakElassona04.jpg/270px-MakElassona04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/MakElassona04.jpg/360px-MakElassona04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2114" data-file-height="3236" /></a><figcaption>View of the <a href="/wiki/Panagia_Olympiotissa_Monastery" title="Panagia Olympiotissa Monastery">Panagia Olympiotissa Monastery</a> in <a href="/wiki/Elassona" title="Elassona">Elassona</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Thessaly remained part of the East Roman "Byzantine" Empire after the collapse of Roman power in the west, and subsequently suffered many invasions, such as by the Slavic tribe of the <a href="/wiki/Belegezites" title="Belegezites">Belegezites</a> in the 7th century AD.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Avars_(Caucasus)" title="Avars (Caucasus)">Avars</a> had arrived in Europe in the late 550s.<sup id="cite_ref-Fine83_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fine83-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 29">: 29 </span></sup> They asserted their authority over many Slavs, who were divided into numerous petty tribes.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine199130_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine199130-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many Slavs were galvanized into an effective infantry force, by the Avars. In the 7th century the Avar-Slav alliance began to raid the Byzantine Empire, <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Thessalonica_(617)" title="Siege of Thessalonica (617)">laying siege</a> to Thessalonica and even the imperial capital <a href="/wiki/First_Siege_of_Constantinople" class="mw-redirect" title="First Siege of Constantinople">Constantinople</a> itself. </p><p>By the 8th century, <a href="/wiki/Slavs" title="Slavs">Slavs</a> had occupied most of the Balkans from Austria to the Peloponnese, and from the Adriatic to the Black seas, with the exception of the coastal areas and certain mountainous regions of the Greek peninsula.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine199136_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine199136-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Relations between the Slavs and Greeks were probably peaceful apart from the (supposed) initial settlement and intermittent uprisings.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine199163_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine199163-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Being agriculturalists, the Slavs probably traded with the Greeks inside towns.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine199161_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine199161-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is likely that the re-<a href="/wiki/Hellenization" title="Hellenization">Hellenization</a> had already begun by way of this contact. This process would be completed by a newly reinvigorated Byzantine Empire. </p><p>With the abatement of <a href="/wiki/Arab-Byzantine_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab-Byzantine Wars">Arab-Byzantine Wars</a>, the Byzantine Empire began to consolidate its power in those areas of mainland Greece occupied by Proto-Slavic tribes. Following the campaigns of the Byzantine general <a href="/wiki/Staurakios_(eunuch)" title="Staurakios (eunuch)">Staurakios</a> in 782–783, the Byzantine Empire recovered Thessaly, taking many Slavs as prisoners.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine199179_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine199179-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Apart from military expeditions against Slavs, the re-Hellenization process begun under Nicephorus I involved (often forcible) transfer of peoples.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine199181_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine199181-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many Slavs were moved to other parts of the empire such as Anatolia and made to serve in the military.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine199166_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine199166-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In return, many Greeks from Sicily and Asia Minor were brought to the interior of Greece, to increase the number of defenders at the Emperor's disposal and dilute the concentration of Slavs.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine199182_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine199182-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Late_Medieval_period">Late Medieval period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thessaly&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Late Medieval period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Great_Vlachia" title="Great Vlachia">Great Vlachia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Neopatria" class="mw-redirect" title="Duchy of Neopatria">Duchy of Neopatria</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Greece" title="Ottoman Greece">Ottoman Greece</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Duchy_of_Neopatria.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Duchy_of_Neopatria.svg/100px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Duchy_of_Neopatria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Duchy_of_Neopatria.svg/150px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Duchy_of_Neopatria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Duchy_of_Neopatria.svg/200px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Duchy_of_Neopatria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="808" data-file-height="950" /></a><figcaption>Coat of arms of the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Neopatras" title="Duchy of Neopatras">Duchy of Neopatras</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 977 Byzantine Thessaly was raided by the <a href="/wiki/First_Bulgarian_Empire" title="First Bulgarian Empire">Bulgarian Empire</a>. In 1066 dissatisfaction with the taxation policy led the Aromanian and Bulgarian population of Thessaly to revolt against the Byzantine Empire under the leadership of a local lord, <a href="/wiki/Nikoulitzas_Delphinas" title="Nikoulitzas Delphinas">Nikoulitzas Delphinas</a>. The revolt, which began in <a href="/wiki/Larissa" title="Larissa">Larissa</a>, soon expanded to <a href="/wiki/Trikala" title="Trikala">Trikala</a> and later northwards to the Byzantine-Bulgarian border.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1991216_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1991216-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1199–1201 another unsuccessful revolt was led by <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Kamytzes" title="Manuel Kamytzes">Manuel Kamytzes</a>, son-in-law of Byzantine emperor <a href="/wiki/Alexios_III_Angelos" title="Alexios III Angelos">Alexios III Angelos</a>, with the support of <a href="/wiki/Dobromir_Chrysos" title="Dobromir Chrysos">Dobromir Chrysos</a>, the autonomous ruler of <a href="/wiki/Prosek,_North_Macedonia" title="Prosek, North Macedonia">Prosek</a>. Kamytzes managed to establish a short-lived principality in northern Thessaly, before he was overcome by an imperial expedition.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine199432_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine199432-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dodwell_Pherae.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Dodwell_Pherae.jpg/220px-Dodwell_Pherae.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Dodwell_Pherae.jpg/330px-Dodwell_Pherae.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Dodwell_Pherae.jpg/440px-Dodwell_Pherae.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1915" data-file-height="1185" /></a><figcaption>"The Hyperian Fountain at <a href="/wiki/Pherae" title="Pherae">Pherae</a>", during the Ottoman era, by <a href="/wiki/Edward_Dodwell" title="Edward Dodwell">Edward Dodwell</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Constantinople_(1204)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Constantinople (1204)">siege of Constantinople</a> and the dissolution of the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Crusade" title="Fourth Crusade">Fourth Crusade</a> in April 1204, Thessaly passed to <a href="/wiki/Boniface_of_Montferrat" class="mw-redirect" title="Boniface of Montferrat">Boniface of Montferrat</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Thessalonica" title="Kingdom of Thessalonica">Kingdom of Thessalonica</a> in the wider context of the <i><a href="/wiki/Frankokratia" title="Frankokratia">Frankokratia</a></i>. With his Greek ties, Boniface won the support of the Greek population and of various important Greek families.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine199463_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine199463-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine199464_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine199464-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1212, <a href="/wiki/Michael_I_Komnenos_Doukas" title="Michael I Komnenos Doukas">Michael I Komnenos Doukas</a>, ruler of <a href="/wiki/Despotate_of_Epirus" title="Despotate of Epirus">Epirus</a>, led his troops into Thessaly. Larissa and much of central Thessaly came under Epirote rule, thereby separating Thessalonica from the Crusader principalities in southern Greece.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine199468_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine199468-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Michael's work was completed by his half-brother and successor, <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Komnenos_Doukas" title="Theodore Komnenos Doukas">Theodore Komnenos Doukas</a>, who by 1220 completed the recovery of the entire region, and assigned <a href="/wiki/Pronoia" title="Pronoia"><i>pronoiai</i></a> to aristocratic Greek families.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994114_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994114-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thessalia-flag.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Thessalia-flag.jpg/160px-Thessalia-flag.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Thessalia-flag.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="184" data-file-height="129" /></a><figcaption>One of the flags used in Thessaly during the <a href="/wiki/Greek_War_of_Independence" title="Greek War of Independence">Greek War of Independence</a> (designed by <a href="/wiki/Anthimos_Gazis" title="Anthimos Gazis">Anthimos Gazis</a>).</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Vlachs" title="Vlachs">Vlachs</a> (Aromanians) of Thessaly (originally a chiefly <a href="/wiki/Transhumant" class="mw-redirect" title="Transhumant">transhumant</a> <a href="/wiki/Romance_languages" title="Romance languages">Romance-speaking</a> population)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKazhdan19912183_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKazhdan19912183-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKazhdan19912184_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKazhdan19912184-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> first appear in Byzantine sources in the 11th century, in the <i><a href="/wiki/Strategikon_of_Kekaumenos" title="Strategikon of Kekaumenos">Strategikon of Kekaumenos</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/Anna_Komnene" title="Anna Komnene">Anna Komnene</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Alexiad" title="Alexiad">Alexiad</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKazhdan19912183_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKazhdan19912183-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKazhdan19912184_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKazhdan19912184-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 12th century, the Jewish traveller <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_of_Tudela" title="Benjamin of Tudela">Benjamin of Tudela</a> records the existence of the district of "Vlachia" near <a href="/wiki/Halmyros" class="mw-redirect" title="Halmyros">Halmyros</a> in eastern Thessaly, while the Byzantine historian <a href="/wiki/Niketas_Choniates" title="Niketas Choniates">Niketas Choniates</a> places "<a href="/wiki/Great_Vlachia" title="Great Vlachia">Great Vlachia</a>" (Aromanian: <i lang="rup">Vlãhia Mari</i>) near <a href="/wiki/Meteora" title="Meteora">Meteora</a>. The term is also used by the 13th-century scholar <a href="/wiki/George_Pachymeres" title="George Pachymeres">George Pachymeres</a>, and it appears as a distinct administrative unit in 1276, when the <i><a href="/wiki/Pinkernes" title="Pinkernes">pinkernes</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Komnenos_Raoul" title="Manuel Komnenos Raoul">Raoul Komnenos</a> was its governor (<i><a href="/wiki/Kephale_(Byzantine_Empire)" title="Kephale (Byzantine Empire)">kephale</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKazhdan19912183_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKazhdan19912183-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1271 to 1318 Thessaly was an independent despotate that extended to <a href="/wiki/Acarnania" title="Acarnania">Acarnania</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aetolia" title="Aetolia">Aetolia</a>, run by the dynasty founded by <a href="/wiki/John_I_Doukas" class="mw-redirect" title="John I Doukas">John I Doukas</a>. John ruled from 1271 until his death in 1289 and was succeeded by his sons Constantine and Theodore. At this time, Thessaly came under Byzantine suzerainty, though it largely retained its independence.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994235_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994235-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Constatine's death in 1303, it was ruled by <a href="/wiki/John_II_Doukas" class="mw-redirect" title="John II Doukas">John II Doukas</a> until his death in 1318. From 1306 to 1310, the <a href="/wiki/Almogavars" title="Almogavars">Almogavars</a> or <a href="/wiki/Catalan_Company" title="Catalan Company">Catalan Company</a> of the East (<i>Societas Catalanorum Magna</i>), plundered Thessaly.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994241_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994241-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1310, they occupied a series of forts in the south.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994241_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994241-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From there they departed to the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Athens" title="Duchy of Athens">Duchy of Athens</a>, called by the duke <a href="/wiki/Gautier_V,_Count_of_Brienne" class="mw-redirect" title="Gautier V, Count of Brienne">Walter I</a>, whom they eventually killed in battle and took over the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Athens" title="Duchy of Athens">Duchy of Athens</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994242_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994242-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1318, with the death of John II, Thessalian independence came to an end, and the Almogavars occupied Siderokastron and southern Thessaly (1319) and formed the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Neopatria" class="mw-redirect" title="Duchy of Neopatria">Duchy of Neopatria</a>. The other parts of Thessaly either came under Byzantine rule or were ruled by their own nobility.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994243_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994243-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These local magnates eventually started fighting amongst themselves. Those in the south, such as the Melissenos family of Volos, sought the help of the Catalans, while those in the north, such as the Gavrilopoulos family of Trikala, turned towards Byzantium.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994243_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994243-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At this time, some of Thessaly's ports came under Venetian rule.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994247_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994247-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1332, most of Thessaly was taken by the Byzantines following a campaign by <a href="/wiki/Andronikos_III_Paleologos" class="mw-redirect" title="Andronikos III Paleologos">Andronikos III Paleologos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994253_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994253-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He left its administration to <a href="/wiki/Michael_Monomachos" title="Michael Monomachos">Michael Monomachos</a>, who governed it for the next 10 years.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994253_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994253-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Groups of Albanians moved into Thessaly as early as 1268 as mercenaries of <a href="/wiki/Michael_II_Komnenos_Doukas" title="Michael II Komnenos Doukas">Michael Doukas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Albanians" title="Albanians">Albanian</a> tribes of <a href="/wiki/Bua_(tribe)" title="Bua (tribe)">Bua</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malakasioi" title="Malakasioi">Malakasioi</a> and Mazaraki were described as "unruly" nomads living in the mountains of Thessaly in the early 14th century in <a href="/wiki/John_VI_Kantakouzenos" title="John VI Kantakouzenos">Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos’</a> ‘History’. They numbered approximately 12,000. Kantakouzenos describes a pact they made to serve the Byzantine Emperor and pay tribute to him ca. 1332 in exchange for using the lowland areas of Thessaly in the summer months.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Albanian groups were given military holdings <a href="/wiki/Fanari,_Karditsa" title="Fanari, Karditsa">Fanari</a> in the 1330s and by the end of the 14th century and the Ottoman takeover of the region, they were an integral part of the military structures of Thessaly. Two of their military leaders known in Byzantine sources as Peter and John Sebastopoulos controlled the small towns of <a href="/wiki/Pharsala" class="mw-redirect" title="Pharsala">Pharsala</a> and <a href="/wiki/Domokos" title="Domokos">Domokos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1348, Thessaly was invaded and occupied by the <a href="/wiki/Serbian_Empire" title="Serbian Empire">Serbian Empire</a> of <a href="/wiki/Stefan_Du%C5%A1an" title="Stefan Dušan">Stefan Dušan</a>, under the general <a href="/wiki/Preljub" title="Preljub">Preljub</a>. After the latter's death in 1356, the region was conquered by <a href="/wiki/Nikephoros_II_Orsini" title="Nikephoros II Orsini">Nikephoros Orsini</a> after he won the support of the local Greek population.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFine1994347_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFine1994347-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After his death three years later, it was taken over by the self-proclaimed Serbian emperor <a href="/wiki/Simeon_Uro%C5%A1" title="Simeon Uroš">Simeon Uroš</a>. Simeon's son <a href="/wiki/John_Uro%C5%A1" title="John Uroš">John Uroš</a> succeeded in 1370 but abdicated in 1373, and Thessaly was administered by the Greek Angeloi-Philanthropenoi clan until the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> conquest c. 1393. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ottoman_period">Ottoman period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thessaly&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ottoman period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ottoman control began in the late 14th century with the capture of Larissa in 1392-93 and consolidated in the early 15th century. Nevertheless, Ottoman control was threatened throughout this era by groups of Greeks, Albanians and Aromanians who based themselves in the mountainous areas of Thessaly.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time of the Ottoman conquest, the great Eastern plain of Thessaly was almost entirely depopulated as a result of the nearly continuous warfare of the previous decades. It was resettled by Turkish settlers from Western <a href="/wiki/Anatolia" title="Anatolia">Anatolia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greeks" title="Greeks">Greeks</a> from Western Thessaly and the surrounding mountains. In the following decades, the population of this area grew very rapidly as a result of law and order.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thessaly was ruled through the <a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Tirhala" title="Sanjak of Tirhala">Sanjak of Tirhala</a> administrative division during the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Greece" title="Ottoman Greece">Ottoman period</a>. In the 1520s, <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslims</a> made up of 17.5% of the population of the Sanjak.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Failed Greek uprisings occurred in <a href="/wiki/Thessaly_Rebellion_(1600)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thessaly Rebellion (1600)">1600/1</a> and 1612, and during the <a href="/wiki/Morean_War" title="Morean War">Morean War</a> (1684–1699) and the <a href="/wiki/Orlov_Revolt" class="mw-redirect" title="Orlov Revolt">Orlov Revolt</a> (1770).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESavvides2000420–422_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESavvides2000420–422-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1780, <a href="/wiki/Ali_Pasha_of_Ioannina" title="Ali Pasha of Ioannina">Ali Pasha of Ioannina</a> took over control of Thessaly, and consolidated his rule after 1808, when he suppressed a local uprising. Heavy taxation, however, ruined the province's commerce, and coupled with the outbreak of the plague in 1813, reduced the population to some 200,000 by 1820.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESavvides2000420–422_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESavvides2000420–422-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Rigas_Feraios" title="Rigas Feraios">Rigas Feraios</a>, the important Greek intellectual and forerunner of the <a href="/wiki/Greek_War_of_Independence" title="Greek War of Independence">Greek War of Independence</a> was from the region. He was born in <a href="/wiki/Velestino" title="Velestino">Velestino</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> near the ancient town of <a href="/wiki/Pherae" title="Pherae">Pherae</a>. </p><p>When the <a href="/wiki/Greek_War_of_Independence" title="Greek War of Independence">Greek War of Independence</a> broke out in 1821, Greek risings occurred in the <a href="/wiki/Pelion" title="Pelion">Pelion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mount_Olympus" title="Mount Olympus">Olympus</a> mountains as well as the western mountains around Fanari, but they were swiftly suppressed by the Ottoman armies under <a href="/wiki/Re%C5%9Fid_Mehmed_Pasha" title="Reşid Mehmed Pasha">Mehmed Reshid Pasha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mahmud_Dramali_Pasha" title="Mahmud Dramali Pasha">Mahmud Dramali Pasha</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESavvides2000420–422_43-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESavvides2000420–422-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the establishment of the independent <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Greece" title="Kingdom of Greece">Kingdom of Greece</a>, Greek nationalist agitation continued, with further revolts in 1841, in 1854 during the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_War" title="Crimean War">Crimean War</a>, and again during the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Turkish_War_of_1877%E2%80%931878" class="mw-redirect" title="Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878">Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878</a>. In 1880 Thessaly's population consisted of approximately 285,000 Greeks, 40,000 Turks, and 40,000 Jews.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESavvides2000420–422_43-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESavvides2000420–422-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern">Modern</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thessaly&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Modern"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Volos-bynight.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Volos-bynight.JPG/220px-Volos-bynight.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Volos-bynight.JPG/330px-Volos-bynight.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Volos-bynight.JPG/440px-Volos-bynight.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>The port of <a href="/wiki/Volos" title="Volos">Volos</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Thessaly became part of the modern Greek state in 1881, after the <a href="/wiki/Convention_of_Constantinople_(1881)" title="Convention of Constantinople (1881)">Convention of Constantinople</a> except the area around the town of <a href="/wiki/Elassona" title="Elassona">Elassona</a>, which remained in Ottoman hands until 1912. It was briefly captured by Ottomans during the <a href="/wiki/Greco-Turkish_War_of_1897" class="mw-redirect" title="Greco-Turkish War of 1897">Greco-Turkish War of 1897</a>. After the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Constantinople_(1897)" title="Treaty of Constantinople (1897)">Treaty of Constantinople (1897)</a>, Greece was forced to cede minor border areas and to pay heavy reparations. The remaining part of Thessaly held by the Ottomans was finally regained by the Greeks during the <a href="/wiki/First_Balkan_War" title="First Balkan War">First Balkan War</a> in 1912.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESavvides2000420–422_43-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESavvides2000420–422-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1923, the entire Muslim population was sent to Turkey following the <a href="/wiki/Population_exchange_between_Greece_and_Turkey" title="Population exchange between Greece and Turkey">population exchange between Greece and Turkey</a> at the end of the <a href="/wiki/Greco-Turkish_War_(1919%E2%80%931922)" title="Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)">Greco-Turkish War</a>. </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Thessaly was occupied by the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy" title="Kingdom of Italy">Kingdom of Italy</a> from April 1941 to September 1943. After the <a href="/wiki/Armistice_of_Cassibile" title="Armistice of Cassibile">Armistice of Cassibile</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Germany</a> occupied Thessaly until October 1944. It became a major centre of the <a href="/wiki/Greek_Resistance" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek Resistance">Greek Resistance</a>, most famously seeing the desertion of the Italian <a href="/wiki/Pinerolo_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Pinerolo Division">Pinerolo Division</a> to the guerrillas of <a href="/wiki/EAM-ELAS" class="mw-redirect" title="EAM-ELAS">EAM-ELAS</a> in 1943. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thessaly&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Meteora_valley,_Meteora,_Greece.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Meteora_valley%2C_Meteora%2C_Greece.jpg/600px-Meteora_valley%2C_Meteora%2C_Greece.jpg" decoding="async" width="600" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Meteora_valley%2C_Meteora%2C_Greece.jpg/900px-Meteora_valley%2C_Meteora%2C_Greece.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Meteora_valley%2C_Meteora%2C_Greece.jpg/1200px-Meteora_valley%2C_Meteora%2C_Greece.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="560" /></a><figcaption>Panoramic view of <a href="/wiki/Meteora" title="Meteora">Meteora</a> valley</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MakTempeTal01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/MakTempeTal01.jpg/220px-MakTempeTal01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/MakTempeTal01.jpg/330px-MakTempeTal01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/MakTempeTal01.jpg/440px-MakTempeTal01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3280" data-file-height="2170" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Vale_of_Tempe" title="Vale of Tempe">Vale of Tempe</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Volos_view_from_Pelion.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Volos_view_from_Pelion.JPG/220px-Volos_view_from_Pelion.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Volos_view_from_Pelion.JPG/330px-Volos_view_from_Pelion.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Volos_view_from_Pelion.JPG/440px-Volos_view_from_Pelion.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Volos" title="Volos">Volos</a> view from <a href="/wiki/Pelion" title="Pelion">Pelion</a> mountain.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lithaiosrivertrikala.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Lithaiosrivertrikala.jpg/220px-Lithaiosrivertrikala.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Lithaiosrivertrikala.jpg/330px-Lithaiosrivertrikala.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Lithaiosrivertrikala.jpg/440px-Lithaiosrivertrikala.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2972" data-file-height="1670" /></a><figcaption>Litheos river flowing through the city of <a href="/wiki/Trikala" title="Trikala">Trikala</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Skiathos_view_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Skiathos_view_-_panoramio.jpg/220px-Skiathos_view_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Skiathos_view_-_panoramio.jpg/330px-Skiathos_view_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Skiathos_view_-_panoramio.jpg/440px-Skiathos_view_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Skiathos" title="Skiathos">Skiathos</a> island</figcaption></figure> <p>Thessaly occupies the east side of the <a href="/wiki/Pindus" title="Pindus">Pindus</a> watershed, extending south from Macedonia to the <a href="/wiki/Aegean_Sea" title="Aegean Sea">Aegean Sea</a>. The northern tier of Thessaly is defined by a generally southwest-northeast spur of the Pindus range that includes <a href="/wiki/Mount_Olympus" title="Mount Olympus">Mount Olympus</a>, close to the Macedonian border. Within that broken spur of mountains are several basins and river valleys. </p><p>The easternmost extremity of the spur extends southeastward from Mount Olympus along the Aegean coast, terminating in the <a href="/wiki/Magnesia_Prefecture" title="Magnesia Prefecture">Magnesia</a> Peninsula that envelops the <a href="/wiki/Pagasetic_Gulf" title="Pagasetic Gulf">Pagasetic Gulf</a> (also called the Gulf of Volos), and forms an inlet of the Aegean Sea. Thessaly's major river, the <a href="/wiki/Pineios_(Thessaly)" title="Pineios (Thessaly)">Pineios</a>, flows eastward from the central Pindus Range just south of the spur, emptying into the <a href="/wiki/Thermaic_Gulf" title="Thermaic Gulf">Thermaic Gulf</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Trikala" title="Trikala">Trikala</a> and <a href="/wiki/Larissa" title="Larissa">Larissa</a> lowlands form a <a href="/wiki/Thessalian_plain" title="Thessalian plain">central plain</a> which is surrounded by a ring of mountains. It has distinct summer and winter seasons, with summer rains augmenting the fertility of the plains. This has led to Thessaly occasionally being called the "breadbasket of Greece". </p><p>The region is well delineated by topographical boundaries. The <a href="/wiki/Chasia" title="Chasia">Chasia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kamvounia" title="Kamvounia">Kamvounia</a> mountains lie to the north, the Mount Olympus massif to the northeast. To the west lies the Pindus mountain range, to the southeast the coastal mountains of <a href="/wiki/%C3%93ssa" class="mw-redirect" title="Óssa">Óssa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pelion" title="Pelion">Pelion</a>. </p><p>Several tributaries of the Pineios flow through the region. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thessaly&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most of the province has a <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_climate" title="Mediterranean climate">hot summer Mediterranean climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a>: <i>Csa</i>), but also found is a <a href="/wiki/Semi-arid_climate" title="Semi-arid climate">cold semi-arid climate</a> (<i>BSk</i>) including the capital <a href="/wiki/Larissa" title="Larissa">Larissa</a> (on its <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_climate" title="Mediterranean climate">Mediterranean</a> edge of category). Even in the north of Thessaly a rare <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a> (<i>Cfa</i>) can be found, although it is different from a climate typically below or above the tropics, it also marks the limit of this rare <i>Cf</i> subtype on the <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">European continent</a> (e. g. the small village of Kalvia).<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thessaly&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The population of the region of Thessaly was 687,527 in 2021 census. The region has shrunk by 45,235 people between 2011 and 2021, experiencing a population loss of 6.2%.<sup id="cite_ref-2021census_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021census-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011, the population of the region of Thessaly was 732,762 and represented 6.8% of the total population of Greece. A 2.8% decrease in the population since 2001 was noted, but Thessaly remains Greece's third most populous region.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The population break-down is 44% urban, 40% agrarian, and 16% semi-urban. A decrease in the agrarian population has been accompanied by an increase in the semi-urban population. </p><p>The metropolitan area of Larissa, the capital of Thessaly, is home to more than 230,000 people, making it the biggest city of the region. </p><p>An Aromanian minority resides in Thessaly. This region, along with <a href="/wiki/Epirus" title="Epirus">Epirus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Macedonia_(region)" title="Macedonia (region)">Macedonia</a>, are the regions with the biggest concentrations of <a href="/wiki/Aromanians_in_Greece" title="Aromanians in Greece">Greek Aromanians</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another notable population group of Thessaly are the <a href="/wiki/Karagounides" title="Karagounides">Karagounides</a>, an ethnic Greek subgroup. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Language">Language</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thessaly&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Aeolic_Greek" title="Aeolic Greek">Aeolic</a> dialect of Greek was spoken in Thessaly. This included several local varieties, in particular the variants of <a href="/wiki/Pelasgians#Language" title="Pelasgians">Pelasgiotis</a> and Thessaliotis. The language was not written.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Apart from Greek, Aromanian is also spoken in Thessaly. Some <a href="/wiki/Aromanian_dialects" title="Aromanian dialects">Aromanian dialects</a> from the region have some unique peculiarities of their own, such as that of <a href="/wiki/Krania,_Elassona" title="Krania, Elassona">Krania</a>, which is one of the few with <a href="/wiki/Differential_object_marking" title="Differential object marking">differential object marking</a> (DOM) along with those dialects spoken at the west of <a href="/wiki/Ohrid" title="Ohrid">Ohrid</a> in <a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia" title="North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_settlements">Major settlements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thessaly&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Major settlements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Karditsa" title="Karditsa">Kardítsa (Καρδίτσα)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larissa" title="Larissa">Lárisa (Λάρισα)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trikala" title="Trikala">Tríkala (Τρίκαλα)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volos" title="Volos">Vólos (Βόλος)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nea_Ionia,_Magnesia" title="Nea Ionia, Magnesia">Néa Ionía (Νέα Ιωνία)</a> (Metropolitan area of Volos)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elassona" title="Elassona">Elassóna (Ελασσόνα)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farsala" title="Farsala">Fársala (Φάρσαλα)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyrnavos" title="Tyrnavos">Tyrnavos (Τύρναβος)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalabaka" title="Kalabaka">Kalabáka/Kalampáka (Καλαμπάκα)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Almyros" title="Almyros">Almyrós (Αλμυρός)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thessaly&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The alluvial soils of the <a href="/wiki/Pineios_(Thessaly)" title="Pineios (Thessaly)">Pineios</a> Basin and its tributaries make Thessaly a vital agricultural area, particularly for the production of <a href="/wiki/Grain" title="Grain">grain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cattle" title="Cattle">cattle</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sheep" title="Sheep">sheep</a>. Modernization of agricultural practices in the mid-20th century has controlled the chronic flooding that had restricted agricultural expansion and diversification in the low-lying plains. Thessaly is the leading cattle-raising area of <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>, and Aromanian shepherds move large flocks of <a href="/wiki/Sheep" title="Sheep">sheep</a> and <a href="/wiki/Goat" title="Goat">goats</a> seasonally between higher and lower elevations. </p><p>In the last few decades, there has been a rise in the cultivation of dried nuts such as <a href="/wiki/Almond" title="Almond">almonds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pistachio" title="Pistachio">pistachios</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Walnut" title="Walnut">walnuts</a>, especially in the region of <a href="/wiki/Almyros" title="Almyros">Almyros</a>. An increase in the number of olive oil trees has been also observed. The nearly landlocked <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Pagasai" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulf of Pagasai">Gulf of Pagasai</a> provides a natural harbor at <a href="/wiki/Volos" title="Volos">Volos</a> for shipping agricultural products from the plains and chromium from the mountains. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">Gross domestic product</a> (GDP) of the province was 9.7 billion € in 2018, accounting for 5.2% of Greek economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 16,100 € or 53% of the EU27 average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 65% of the EU average.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The unemployment rate stood at 20.6% in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>2006 </th> <th>2007 </th> <th>2008 </th> <th>2009 </th> <th>2010 </th> <th>2011 </th> <th>2012 </th> <th>2013 </th> <th>2014 </th> <th>2015 </th> <th>2016 </th> <th>2017 </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>unemployment rate</b><br />(in %) </td> <td>8.2 </td> <td>7.8 </td> <td>8.3 </td> <td>9.2 </td> <td>12.1 </td> <td>16.8 </td> <td>22.6 </td> <td>25.4 </td> <td>25.4 </td> <td>26.9 </td> <td>25.5 </td> <td>20.6 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thessaly&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are a number of highways such as <a href="/wiki/European_route_E75" title="European route E75">E75</a>, and the main railway from <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a> to <a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki" title="Thessaloniki">Thessaloniki</a> (Salonika) crosses Thessaly. The region is directly linked to the rest of Europe through the <a href="/wiki/International_Airport_of_Central_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="International Airport of Central Greece">International Airport of Central Greece</a>, which is located in <a href="/wiki/Nea_Anchialos" title="Nea Anchialos">Nea Anchialos</a>, a small distance from <a href="/wiki/Volos" title="Volos">Volos</a> and <a href="/wiki/Larisa" class="mw-redirect" title="Larisa">Larisa</a>. Charter flights link the region and bring tourists to the wider area, mainly in <a href="/wiki/Pelion" title="Pelion">Pelion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Meteora" title="Meteora">Meteora</a>. The new infrastructure includes a brand new terminal ready to serve 1500 passengers per hour and new airplanes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration">Administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thessaly&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although the historical region of Thessaly extended south into <a href="/wiki/Phthiotis" title="Phthiotis">Phthiotis</a> and at times north into <a href="/wiki/West_Macedonia" class="mw-redirect" title="West Macedonia">West Macedonia</a>, today the term 'Thessaly' is identified with the modern Administrative Region which was established in the 1987 administrative reform. With the 2010 <a href="/wiki/Kallikratis_plan" class="mw-redirect" title="Kallikratis plan">Kallikratis plan</a>, the powers and authority of the region were redefined and extended. </p><p>Along with <a href="/wiki/Central_Greece_(administrative_region)" title="Central Greece (administrative region)">Central Greece</a>, it is supervised by the <a href="/wiki/Decentralized_Administration_of_Thessaly_and_Central_Greece" title="Decentralized Administration of Thessaly and Central Greece">Decentralized Administration of Thessaly and Central Greece</a>, based at <a href="/wiki/Larissa" title="Larissa">Larissa</a>. The region of Thessaly is divided into five <a href="/wiki/Regional_units_of_Greece" title="Regional units of Greece">regional units</a> (four were pre-Kallikratis <a href="/wiki/Prefectures_of_Greece" title="Prefectures of Greece">prefectures</a>), <a href="/wiki/Karditsa_(regional_unit)" title="Karditsa (regional unit)">Karditsa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Larissa_(regional_unit)" title="Larissa (regional unit)">Larissa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magnesia_(regional_unit)" title="Magnesia (regional unit)">Magnesia</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Sporades" title="Sporades">Sporades</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trikala_(regional_unit)" title="Trikala (regional unit)">Trikala</a>, which are further subdivided into twenty-five <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipalities of Greece">municipalities</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"> <caption>Municipal Populations in Thessaly </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Regional Unit </th> <th>Municipality </th> <th>Population (2011) </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Larissa</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Agia,_Larissa" title="Agia, Larissa">Agia</a> </td> <td>11,470 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Larissa</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elassona" title="Elassona">Elassona</a> </td> <td>32,121 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Larissa</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Farsala" title="Farsala">Farsala</a> </td> <td>18,545 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Larissa</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kileler" title="Kileler">Kileler</a> </td> <td>20,854 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Larissa</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Larissa" title="Larissa">Larissa</a> </td> <td>162,591 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Larissa</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tempi_(municipality)" title="Tempi (municipality)">Tempi</a> </td> <td>13,712 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Larissa</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tyrnavos" title="Tyrnavos">Tyrnavos</a> </td> <td>25,032 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Sporades</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Skiathos" title="Skiathos">Skiathos</a> </td> <td>6,610 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Sporades</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Skopelos" title="Skopelos">Skopelos</a> </td> <td>4,960 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Sporades</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alonnisos" title="Alonnisos">Alonnisos</a> </td> <td>2,750 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Magnesia</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Almyros" title="Almyros">Almyros</a> </td> <td>18,614 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Magnesia</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rigas_Feraios_(municipality)" title="Rigas Feraios (municipality)">Rigas Feraios</a> </td> <td>10,922 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Magnesia</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Pelion" title="South Pelion">South Pelion</a> </td> <td>10,216 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Magnesia</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Volos" title="Volos">Volos</a> </td> <td>144,449 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Magnesia</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zagora-Mouresi" title="Zagora-Mouresi">Zagora-Mouresi</a> </td> <td>5,809 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Karditsa</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Argithea" title="Argithea">Argithea</a> </td> <td>3,450 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Karditsa</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karditsa" title="Karditsa">Karditsa</a> </td> <td>56,747 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Karditsa</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lake_Plastiras_(municipality)" title="Lake Plastiras (municipality)">Lake Plastiras</a> </td> <td>4,635 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Karditsa</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mouzaki" title="Mouzaki">Mouzaki</a> </td> <td>13,122 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Karditsa</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Palamas" title="Palamas">Palamas</a> </td> <td>16,726 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Karditsa</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sofades" title="Sofades">Sofades</a> </td> <td>18,864 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Trikala</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Farkadona" title="Farkadona">Farkadona</a> </td> <td>13,396 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Trikala</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kalampaka" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalampaka">Kalampaka</a> </td> <td>21,991 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Trikala</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pyli" title="Pyli">Pyli</a> </td> <td>14,343 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Trikala</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trikala" title="Trikala">Trikala</a> </td> <td>81,355 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The regional governor is <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dimitris_Kouretas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dimitris Kouretas (page does not exist)">Dimitris Kouretas</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%94%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%AE%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%AD%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%82" class="extiw" title="el:Δημήτρης Κουρέτας">el</a>]</span>, who was elected in the second round of the <a href="/wiki/2023_Greek_local_elections" title="2023 Greek local elections">2023 regional election</a> and took office on 1 January 2024. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ancient_coinage">Ancient coinage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thessaly&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Ancient coinage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AR_hemidrachm_of_Pharsalos.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Silver hemidrachm of Pharsalos struck 450-400 BC"><img alt="Silver hemidrachm of Pharsalos struck 450-400 BC" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/AR_hemidrachm_of_Pharsalos.jpg/120px-AR_hemidrachm_of_Pharsalos.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/AR_hemidrachm_of_Pharsalos.jpg/180px-AR_hemidrachm_of_Pharsalos.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/AR_hemidrachm_of_Pharsalos.jpg/240px-AR_hemidrachm_of_Pharsalos.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4744" data-file-height="2372" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Silver hemidrachm of <a href="/wiki/Pharsalos" class="mw-redirect" title="Pharsalos">Pharsalos</a> struck 450-400 BC</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AR_hemidrachm_of_Trikka.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Silver hemidrachm of Trikka struck 440-400 BC"><img alt="Silver hemidrachm of Trikka struck 440-400 BC" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/AR_hemidrachm_of_Trikka.jpg/120px-AR_hemidrachm_of_Trikka.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/AR_hemidrachm_of_Trikka.jpg/180px-AR_hemidrachm_of_Trikka.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/AR_hemidrachm_of_Trikka.jpg/240px-AR_hemidrachm_of_Trikka.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5360" data-file-height="2680" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Silver hemidrachm of <a href="/wiki/Trikka" class="mw-redirect" title="Trikka">Trikka</a> struck 440-400 BC</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:M%C3%BCnze_des_Thessalischen_Bundes.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Silver hemidrachm of Thessalian League struck 470-460 BC"><img alt="Silver hemidrachm of Thessalian League struck 470-460 BC" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/M%C3%BCnze_des_Thessalischen_Bundes.jpg/120px-M%C3%BCnze_des_Thessalischen_Bundes.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/M%C3%BCnze_des_Thessalischen_Bundes.jpg/180px-M%C3%BCnze_des_Thessalischen_Bundes.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/M%C3%BCnze_des_Thessalischen_Bundes.jpg/240px-M%C3%BCnze_des_Thessalischen_Bundes.jpg 2x" data-file-width="873" data-file-height="428" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Silver hemidrachm of <a href="/wiki/Thessalian_League" title="Thessalian League">Thessalian League</a> struck 470-460 BC</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bronze_coin_of_Ekkarra.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bronze coin of Ekkarra struck 325-320 BC"><img alt="Bronze coin of Ekkarra struck 325-320 BC" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Bronze_coin_of_Ekkarra.jpg/120px-Bronze_coin_of_Ekkarra.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Bronze_coin_of_Ekkarra.jpg/180px-Bronze_coin_of_Ekkarra.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Bronze_coin_of_Ekkarra.jpg/240px-Bronze_coin_of_Ekkarra.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2960" data-file-height="1480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Bronze coin of Ekkarra struck 325-320 BC</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bronze_coin_of_Krannon.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bronze coin of Krannon struck 400-344 BC"><img alt="Bronze coin of Krannon struck 400-344 BC" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Bronze_coin_of_Krannon.jpg/120px-Bronze_coin_of_Krannon.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Bronze_coin_of_Krannon.jpg/180px-Bronze_coin_of_Krannon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Bronze_coin_of_Krannon.jpg/240px-Bronze_coin_of_Krannon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2740" data-file-height="1370" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Bronze coin of <a href="/wiki/Krannon" class="mw-redirect" title="Krannon">Krannon</a> struck 400-344 BC</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hemidrachm,_Pellina,_Thessaly,_460-420_BC.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hemidrachm coin of Pelinna struck 460-420 BC"><img alt="Hemidrachm coin of Pelinna struck 460-420 BC" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Hemidrachm%2C_Pellina%2C_Thessaly%2C_460-420_BC.jpg/120px-Hemidrachm%2C_Pellina%2C_Thessaly%2C_460-420_BC.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Hemidrachm%2C_Pellina%2C_Thessaly%2C_460-420_BC.jpg/180px-Hemidrachm%2C_Pellina%2C_Thessaly%2C_460-420_BC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Hemidrachm%2C_Pellina%2C_Thessaly%2C_460-420_BC.jpg/240px-Hemidrachm%2C_Pellina%2C_Thessaly%2C_460-420_BC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="396" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Hemidrachm coin of <a href="/wiki/Pelinna" title="Pelinna">Pelinna</a> struck 460-420 BC</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Popular_Culture">Popular Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thessaly&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Popular Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In the game, <i><a href="/wiki/Hades_II" title="Hades II">Hades II</a></i> (the sequel to <i><a href="/wiki/Hades_(video_game)" title="Hades (video game)">Hades</a></i>), "The Rift of Thessaly" is a massive water rift made on Thessaly by the sea-god, <a href="/wiki/Poseidon" title="Poseidon">Poseidon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Melino%C3%AB" title="Melinoë">Melinoë</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Protagonist" title="Protagonist">Protagonist</a>'s, paternal uncle), in an (unsuccessful) attempt to prevent the Titan of Time, <a href="/wiki/Chronos" title="Chronos">Chronos</a>'s, forces from laying siege upon <a href="/wiki/Mount_Olympus" title="Mount Olympus">Mount Olympus</a>. Here, the 'Helpful-Hand' character for Melinoë while on her quest is her fellow sorceress, Lady <a href="/wiki/Circe" title="Circe">Circe</a>, stationed up on her private <a href="/wiki/Island" title="Island">isle</a> of "<a href="/wiki/Aeaea" title="Aeaea">Aiaia</a>" prior by Lady Hecate to be her eyes and ears there.</li> <li>Thessaly appears in <i><a href="/wiki/Tom_Clancy%27s_EndWar" title="Tom Clancy's EndWar">Tom Clancy's EndWar</a></i> as the European Union's southernmost missile defense uplinks.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thessaly&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vale_of_Tempe" title="Vale of Tempe">Vale of Tempe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_traditional_Greek_place_names" class="mw-redirect" title="List of traditional Greek place names">List of traditional Greek place names</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CERETETH" class="mw-redirect" title="CERETETH">CERETETH</a>, Center of Technology Thessaly</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thessaly&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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Jr.</a> (1991) [1983]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Y0NBxG9Id58C"><i>The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century</i></a>. 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Jr.</a> (1994) [1987]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=LvVbRrH1QBgC"><i>The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest</i></a>. 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"Vlachia". In <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Kazhdan" title="Alexander Kazhdan">Kazhdan, Alexander</a> (ed.). <i><a href="/wiki/Oxford_Dictionary_of_Byzantium" title="Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium">The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium</a></i>. 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