Volissos
Sign in to saveVolissos (Greek: Βολισσός) is the largest village in the northwest part of Chios, Aegean Islands, Greece. The village is situated 40 km away from the main town of Chios.
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Place details
- Locality
- Βολισσός
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Βόρειου Αιγαίου
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 223
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Volissos
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Βολισσός
- Greek Dimos.type
- community
- Greek Dimos.periph
- North Aegean
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Chios
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Chios
- Greek Dimos.municunit
- Amani
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 480
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 821 03
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 22740
- Greek Dimos.licence
- ΧΙ
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Volissos.JPG
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Greece
- Population
- 223
- Image
- Volissos.JPG
- Dialing code
- 2274
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- postal code
- 821 03
- located in/on physical feature
- Chios
- Commons category
- Volissos
- native label
- Βολισσός
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- The village
- The surroundings
- Festivals
- Historical population
- See also
- References
- External links
Volissos (Greek: Βολισσός) is the largest village in the northwest part of Chios, Aegean Islands, Greece. The village is situated 40 km away from the main town of Chios.
Volissos has a port called Limia that connects the island with the island of Psara.The village is built in amphitheatrical style on a hill and on top of it there is a Byzantine castle built in the medieval times. The castle has a trapezoid shape with six circular towers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Volissos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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