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

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.

this entity surface form: Thessaly periphery
Pharsalus → locatedInRegion → Thessaly ⓘ
Pineios River → locatedInRegion → Thessaly ⓘ
Karditsa → locatedInValley → Thessaly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thessalian Plain
this entity surface form: Thessalian plain
Pharsalus → locatedOn → Thessaly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thessalian plain
Pharsalus → location → Thessaly ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Pharsalus
Centauromachy → location → Thessaly ⓘ
Third Sacred War → location → Thessaly ⓘ
Olympus region (nearby) → near → Thessaly ⓘ
Meteora → overlooks → Thessaly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plain of Thessaly
Agria → partOf → Thessaly ⓘ
Kalambaka → partOf → Thessaly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Region of Thessaly
Larissa regional unit → partOf → Thessaly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thessaly region
Magnesia → partOf → Thessaly ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Thessaly
Karditsa regional unit → region → Thessaly ⓘ
Pindus Mountains → region → Thessaly ⓘ
Skiathos → region → Thessaly ⓘ
Skopelos → region → Thessaly ⓘ
Pharsalus → regionInAntiquity → Thessaly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thessaliotis
GR-F → represents → Thessaly ⓘ
Aeolic Greek → spokenIn → Thessaly ⓘ
Gorgias → taughtIn → Thessaly ⓘ
Ulm → twinCity → Thessaly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trikala