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Velestino (Gr****: Βελεστίνο; Aromanian: Velescir) is a town in the
Magnesia regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. It is the seat of the muni****lity Rigas...
- The
Battle of
Velestino (Gr****: Μάχη του Βελεστίνου, Turkish:
Velestin Muharebesi)
comprised two
separate combats,
which took
place on 27 April [O.S....
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reorganised behind the
strategic lines of
Velestino, in Farsala. Nevertheless, a
division was
ordered to head for
Velestino, thus
cutting Gr****
forces in two...
- with his
native village of
Velestino being predominantly Aromanian.
Although his
family usually overwintered in
Velestino, it had its
roots in Perivoli...
- Gulf of
Pagasae (Geography 9.5). The site is in the
modern community of
Velestino. In
Homer Pherae was the home of King
Admetus and his wife, Alcestis,...
- of the
Thessalian Plain to
Velestino,
formerly a
junction with the now
disused Volos–Palaiofarsalos section. From
Velestino it
descends rapidly to the...
-
Almyros plains,
while the
plains northwest of the Gulf are
called the Volos-
Velestino plain. The
hydrological network of
Magnesia is not
particularly rich and...
- Almyros,
Velestino, Larissa, Tempe, Katerini, Alexandreia, Chalkidona,
Gefyra and Polykastro. The EO1
overlapped with the EO6 from
Velestino to Larissa...
- The
Velestino–Kalambaka
railway (Gr****: Σιδηροδρομική γραμμή Βελεστίνου - Καλαμπάκας, romanized: Sidirodromikí grammí
Velestino - Kalambákas) was an unelectrified...
- Greco-Turkish War of 1897,
where he led the Gr****
defenders at the
Battle of
Velestino. This
rendered him a
national hero and
earned him
widespread po****rity;...
