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Portaria, Magnesia
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Portaria, Magnesia

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Portaria (Greek: Πορταριά) is a village and a former municipality in Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Volos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 22.754 km2. It is located on Mt. Pelion, facing the Pagasetic Gulf, north of Volos and its suburbs. The majority of the buildings are typical examples of Pelion architecture with their windows and doors decorated with a variety of colors. The mountaintop of Pelion is to the north. Portaria every year holds a traditional wedding in the main square of th

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Place details

Locality
Δήμος Βόλου
Region
Περιφέρεια Θεσσαλίας
Country
Ελλάς
Population
1,849
Timezone
Europe/Athens

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Key facts

Greek Dimos.name
Portaria
Greek Dimos.name_local
Πορταριά
Greek Dimos.type
municipal unit
Greek Dimos.image_skyline
PortariaSquare.JPG
Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
Portaria square
Greek Dimos.image_map
DE Portarias.svg
Greek Dimos.map_caption
Location within the regional unit
Greek Dimos.periph
Thessaly
Greek Dimos.periphunit
Magnesia
Greek Dimos.municipality
Volos
Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
1849
Greek Dimos.pop_community
496
Greek Dimos.population_as_of
2021
Greek Dimos.area_municunit
22.8
Greek Dimos.elevation
600
Greek Dimos.postal_code
370 11
Greek Dimos.area_code
24280
Greek Dimos.licence
ΒΟ

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
village
Country
Greece
Population
552
Elevation
620
Shares border with
Volos
Image
Πορταριά DJI 5309.jpg
Dialing code
2428
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located in/on physical feature
Thessaly
Commons category
Portaria
postal code
37011
native label
Πορταριά
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
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  • Sister cities
  • See also
  • References
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Portaria (Greek: Πορταριά) is a village and a former municipality in Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Volos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 22.754 km2. It is located on Mt. Pelion, facing the Pagasetic Gulf, north of Volos and its suburbs. The majority of the buildings are typical examples of Pelion architecture with their windows and doors decorated with a variety of colors. The mountaintop of Pelion is to the north. Portaria every year holds a traditional wedding in the main square of the village and many people from Volos and the surrounding villages drop by to learn how weddings were traditionally done in these villages.

thumb|200px|Portaria c.1820 thumb|180px|Zoulias mansion thumb|180px|Katartzis mansion

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Portaria, Magnesia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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