Elassona
Sign in to saveElassona (; ) is a town and a municipality in the Larissa regional unit of Greece. In antiquity, it was known as Oloosson (Ὀλοοσσών) and was a town of the Perrhaebi tribe. It is situated at the foot of Mount Olympus. Elassona is bypassed by the GR-3 road (Larissa–Kozani–Florina).
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Elassona
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Ελασσόνα
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipality
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- 2011 Dimos Elassonas.png
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Thessaly
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Larissa
- Greek Dimos.pop_municipality
- 25459
- Greek Dimos.area_municipality
- 1565.2
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 10183
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 291.1
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 7476
- Greek Dimos.area_community
- 102.5
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- MakElassona05.jpg
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- View of Elassona
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 308
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 402 00
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 2410
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Antiquity and Middle Ages
- Ottoman Era
- Municipality
- Subdivisions
- Municipal changes
- Province
- Population
- Geography
- Transportation
- Landmarks and monuments
- Footnotes
- References
- External links
Elassona (; ) is a town and a municipality in the Larissa regional unit of Greece. In antiquity, it was known as Oloosson (Ὀλοοσσών) and was a town of the Perrhaebi tribe. It is situated at the foot of Mount Olympus. Elassona is bypassed by the GR-3 road (Larissa–Kozani–Florina).
==History== left|thumb|An early photograph in Servet-i Fünun|Servet-i Fünûn journal with French & Ottoman Turkish captions from Elassona during the Ottoman Era: "A Valley near Elassona" Due to its location on the passes leading from the Thessalian plain to Macedonia, the site of Elassona was always of some strategic importance.