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Karditsa - Definition and Overview |
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Karditsa is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. It is within the Thessaly periphery. It is mostly an agricultural prefecture. Capital of this prefecture is the city of Karditsa, a small city of approximately 35,000 people. It is one of the prefectures that have no provinces. Karditsa is known for the beautiful countryside and friendly people. The building of Dimotiki Agora (Δημοτική Αγορά) or Public Market is found in the city and is one of UNESCO's protected cultural monuments.
The city is also an important centre of knowledge, as based there are the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Thessaly, the Faculty of Wood and Ferniture Technology and the Faculty of Forestry Technology of the Educational an Technological Institution of Larissa. There is also a police academy.
Karditsa is about 300 kilometers from Athens and can be reached by bus or train from Athens and Thessaloniki.
The western half of the prefecture is dominated by the Pindus mountains.
Places
Persons
Communities
- Amarandos
- Belokomoti?
- Edonochori
- Fountoto?
- Kali Komi
- Kastania
- Katafigi
- Marathos
- Rachoula
- Petroto
- Rentina
- Stefania
- Vathylakos
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Example Usage of Karditsa |
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piginapokegr: future live gigs (to be updated) : 03/12 VOLOS - VOX Music Stage, with Fuzzy Nerds 10/12 Karditsa - Blues Bar,... http://bit.ly/2GOqO |
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dirtypol: I am the duke of Karditsa |
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memnon: What a crappy Monday, stressful and overworked. Hitting the road tmrw for Karditsa http://www.Karditsa-net.gr/. A full 6 hour drive. |
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