Thessaly

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geographical region historical region region of Greece

Thessaly is a historical and geographical region in central Greece known for its fertile plains, ancient cities, and proximity to landmarks like Mount Olympus and Meteora.

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Observed surface forms (15)

Surface form	Occurrences
Thessalian Plain	6
Region of Thessaly	3
Thessalian plain	3
Greek region of Thessaly	2
Plain of Thessaly	2
Thessaly periphery	2
Thessaly region	2
ancient Thessaly	2
eastern Thessaly	2
Ancient Thessaly	1
Thessalians	1
Thessaliotis	1
Thessaly region of Greece	1
Trachis	1
Trikala	1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ historical region ⓘ region of Greece ⓘ
ancientDialect	Aeolic Greek ⓘ surface form: Thessalian Greek
annexationYear	1881 ⓘ
annexedTo	Kingdom of Greece ⓘ
associatedWith	Achilles ⓘ Argonautica ⓘ surface form: Jason and the Argonauts
borders	Aegean Sea ⓘ central Greece ⓘ surface form: Central Greece Epirus ⓘ Macedonia (Greece) ⓘ
capital	Larissa ⓘ
contains	Pelion Peninsula ⓘ Pindus Mountains ⓘ surface form: Pindus Mountains (eastern slopes) Pineios River ⓘ Tempe Valley ⓘ
containsCity	Demetrias ⓘ Karditsa ⓘ Larisa (ancient city) ⓘ Larissa ⓘ Pharsalus ⓘ Pherae ⓘ Thebes ⓘ surface form: Phthiotic Thebes Trikala ⓘ Volos ⓘ
containsPlain	Thessaly self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Thessalian Plain
containsRegion	Karditsa regional unit ⓘ Larissa regional unit ⓘ Magnesia ⓘ Trikala regional unit ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
governedAs	administrative region of Greece ⓘ
hasClimate	Mediterranean climate ⓘ continental influences ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn	Aegean Sea ⓘ
hasLandform	mountains ⓘ plain ⓘ river valleys ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Classical Greece ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ
ISOCode	GR-F ⓘ
knownFor	agriculture ⓘ fertile plains ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ
largestCity	Larissa ⓘ
locatedIn	central Greece ⓘ mainland Greece ⓘ
mentionedIn	Homeric epics ⓘ
near	Meteora ⓘ Mount Olympus ⓘ
partOf	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Macedonia (Greece) ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Macedonia (historically) Ottoman Empire ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ
religiousSite	Meteora ⓘ surface form: Meteora monasteries
tourismAttraction	Meteora ⓘ Mount Pelion ⓘ Olympus region (nearby) ⓘ
traditionalProduct	cotton ⓘ grain ⓘ livestock ⓘ tobacco ⓘ

Referenced by (79)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pelion Peninsula → administrativeRegion → Thessaly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Region of Thessaly

Lycus → associatedWith → Thessaly ⓘ

Pineios River → associatedWith → Thessaly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek region of Thessaly

First Sacred War → belligerent → Thessaly ⓘ

Macedon → borderedBy → Thessaly ⓘ

central Greece → bordersRegion → Thessaly ⓘ

subject surface form: Central Greece

Epirus → bordersRegion → Thessaly ⓘ

Macedonia (Greece) → bordersRegion → Thessaly ⓘ

Greece → contains → Thessaly ⓘ

Thessaly → containsPlain → Thessaly self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thessalian Plain

Larissa → countrySubdivision → Thessaly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Region of Thessaly

Pineios River → drainageBasin → Thessaly ⓘ

Pineios River → flowsThrough → Thessaly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thessalian Plain

Karditsa regional unit → hasGeography → Thessaly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thessalian Plain

Trikala regional unit → hasGeography → Thessaly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thessalian Plain

Amphictyonic League → hasMember → Thessaly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thessalians

Larissa → hasNearbyRegion → Thessaly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Plain of Thessaly

Third Sacred War → hasParticipant → Thessaly ⓘ

Larissa regional unit → hasPlain → Thessaly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thessalian Plain

St. Stephen Monastery → hasView → Thessaly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thessalian plain

Duchy of Neopatras → historicalRegion → Thessaly ⓘ

Tempe Valley → historicalRegion → Thessaly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Thessaly

Trikala → historicalRegion → Thessaly ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Thessaly

Volos → historicalRegion → Thessaly ⓘ

Magnetes → inhabitedRegion → Thessaly ⓘ

this entity surface form: eastern Thessaly

Larissa → isCapitalOf → Thessaly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thessaly region

Pineios River → isMajorRiverOf → Thessaly ⓘ

Ceyx → kingOf → Thessaly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trachis

Duchy of Neopatras → locatedIn → Thessaly ⓘ

Holy Trinity Monastery → locatedIn → Thessaly ⓘ

Kalambaka → locatedIn → Thessaly ⓘ

Karditsa regional unit → locatedIn → Thessaly ⓘ

Larisa (ancient city) → locatedIn → Thessaly ⓘ

Larissa → locatedIn → Thessaly ⓘ

Larissa regional unit → locatedIn → Thessaly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek region of Thessaly

Magnesia → locatedIn → Thessaly ⓘ

this entity surface form: eastern Thessaly

Magnesia → locatedIn → Thessaly ⓘ

Magnetes → locatedIn → Thessaly ⓘ

Meteora → locatedIn → Thessaly ⓘ

Mount Pelion → locatedIn → Thessaly ⓘ

Pelion Peninsula → locatedIn → Thessaly ⓘ

St. Nicholas Anapausas Monastery → locatedIn → Thessaly ⓘ

St. Stephen Monastery → locatedIn → Thessaly ⓘ

Tempe Valley → locatedIn → Thessaly ⓘ

Ceyx → locatedIn → Thessaly ⓘ

subject surface form: Trachis

Trikala regional unit → locatedIn → Thessaly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thessaly periphery

Volos → locatedIn → Thessaly ⓘ

Agria → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Thessaly ⓘ

Agria → locatedInHistoricRegion → Thessaly ⓘ

Demetrias → locatedInModern → Thessaly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thessaly region of Greece