"Trikala"

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Trikala () is a city in Greece, in the northwest of Thessaly. It is located at an altitude of 115 meters above sea level, on the fertile Thessaly Plain, on the left bank of Pinhos, 56 kilometers southwest of Larissa and 244 kilometers northwest of Athens. The administrative center of the eponymous community and the eponymous peripheral unit in the periphery of Thessaly. Human population according to the 2011 census.

The city has textile, food, tobacco, leather and footwear, wood and metal processing enterprises. In the city there is a chair of the Greek Orthodox Church.

History

The fortified city of Tricca of ancient Thessaly is mentioned by Homer in the Iliad and later ancient authors. It was located on the left bank of Lepheus, northeast of Gomph, in the area formerly called Dorida and later Hestieotides. It is the birthplace of the three Argonauts, as well as one of the likely birthplaces of Asclepius. Not far from the city, at the foot of Pinda, was the oldest and most famous temple of the god-doctor Asclepius, a kind of medical center, which also sent a religious cult.

At the end of the X century, Trikala was under the control of the First Bulgarian Kingdom (920–922, 977–983, 996–997) after the conquest by Simeon I and Samuel, later was under the rule of the Great Vlachia (1204–1215), the Epirus (1215–1230), the Thessaly despotate (1230–1335), the Nicean Empire (1241–1261), Byzantium (1261–1335), the Serbo-Greek Kingdom (1304–1215), the Epirus (1315–1230), the Ottoman Empire (13–1373, 1303–13–13–1394), and again (13–13–1373, 1303–13–1394) and 13–13–13–13–13–13–13–13–13–73.94.13–13–13–13–13–13–13–13–13–13–13–13–13–13–13.94.94.94.

Trikala took its modern name from the Turks and became the center of the Ottoman province of Rumelia for four centuries between 1411 and 1826. Later it was part of the Bitola Vilayet between 1826-1867 and 1873-1881. Trikala was also the center of the Thessaloniki Vilayet from 1867-1873. The city was annexed to independent Greece in 1881 after the Treaty of Berlin was signed. However, during the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, Trikala was again captured by the Ottomans on April 28 and held for six months.

During the existence of the Principality of Pindas-Meglen, the National Assembly of the State was convened in Trikal.

Attractions

The ruins of the temple of Asclepius are preserved in the city.

The city also preserved monuments of the Hellenistic and Roman periods, among them mosaics, stoi and baths. The city with the dominant, built on the site of an ancient acropolis, is divided into two parts by the river (Lefeus), a tributary of Pinhos. In the “new” city, the most interesting are the Church of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki and the Church of the Holy Unmercenaries (Ayi-Anaryiri).

Transportation
The city is served on the line. There is a daily train service to Athens.

Larissa - Ianina, part of the European route E92, passes through the city. The city is served by KTEL long-distance buses.

Population

Twin cities
The twin cities of Trikala are 11 cities and municipalities:
Amberg, Germany;