It is situated at 120 metres (390 ft) elevation[2] on a hillside, at the southeastern end of the Thessalian Plain. It is 17 km (11 mi) west of Volos and 40 km southeast of Larissa. Velestino has a train station on the local line from Larissa to Volos.[3] The Motorway 1 (Athens - Larissa - Thessaloniki) passes east of the town. The Greek writer and revolutionary Rigas Feraios was born in Velestino in 1757.[4]
Historyedit
Bronze figures from the Velestino Hoard, discovered in the village of Velestino in the 1920s and dating from as early as the 7th century AD. The findings are linked to the Slavic tribe of the Belegezites.
Velestino is built on the site of ancient Pherae.[5] The ancient settlement is still attested in early Byzantine times, but was apparently abandoned following the Slavic invasions of the 7th century.[6]
The current settlement appears with its current name—probably of Slavic origin[7]—for the first time in 1208, in a letter by Pope Innocent III mentioning its Frankish ruler, Berthold of Katzenelnbogen.[6] In c. 1213 it was part of the jurisdiction of the Latin bishop of Gardiki, Bartholomew (Cardicensis episcopus et Valestinensis).[6] At about the same time, it became a Greek Orthodox episcopal see as well, being attested thereafter in episcopal lists and acts of the Patriarchate of Constantinople.[6] In 1259 an imperial estate (kouratoria) is attested in the area, as part of the province (thema) of Halmyros; by the 1280s, Velestino itself is listed as a separate thema.[6] Very few traces remain of the medieval town today.[6]
velestino, greek, Βελεστίνο, aromanian, velescir, town, magnesia, regional, unit, thessaly, greece, seat, municipality, rigas, feraios, Βελεστίνοvelescircoordinates, 3817, 7450, 3817, 7450countrygreeceadministrative, regionthessalyregional, unitmagnesiamunicip. Velestino Greek Belestino Aromanian Velescir is a town in the Magnesia regional unit Thessaly Greece It is the seat of the municipality Rigas Feraios Velestino BelestinoVelescirVelestinoCoordinates 39 22 9 N 22 44 7 E 39 3817 N 22 7450 E 39 3817 22 7450CountryGreeceAdministrative regionThessalyRegional unitMagnesiaMunicipalityRigas FeraiosMunicipal unitFeresElevation120 m 390 ft Community 1 Population3 403 2011 Time zoneUTC 2 EET Summer DST UTC 3 EEST Postal code37 500Area code s 24250Location editIt is situated at 120 metres 390 ft elevation 2 on a hillside at the southeastern end of the Thessalian Plain It is 17 km 11 mi west of Volos and 40 km southeast of Larissa Velestino has a train station on the local line from Larissa to Volos 3 The Motorway 1 Athens Larissa Thessaloniki passes east of the town The Greek writer and revolutionary Rigas Feraios was born in Velestino in 1757 4 History edit nbsp Bronze figures from the Velestino Hoard discovered in the village of Velestino in the 1920s and dating from as early as the 7th century AD The findings are linked to the Slavic tribe of the Belegezites Velestino is built on the site of ancient Pherae 5 The ancient settlement is still attested in early Byzantine times but was apparently abandoned following the Slavic invasions of the 7th century 6 The current settlement appears with its current name probably of Slavic origin 7 for the first time in 1208 in a letter by Pope Innocent III mentioning its Frankish ruler Berthold of Katzenelnbogen 6 In c 1213 it was part of the jurisdiction of the Latin bishop of Gardiki Bartholomew Cardicensis episcopus et Valestinensis 6 At about the same time it became a Greek Orthodox episcopal see as well being attested thereafter in episcopal lists and acts of the Patriarchate of Constantinople 6 In 1259 an imperial estate kouratoria is attested in the area as part of the province thema of Halmyros by the 1280s Velestino itself is listed as a separate thema 6 Very few traces remain of the medieval town today 6 Under the Ottoman Empire Velestino was called Velestin and was the seat of a kaza within the Sanjak of Tirhala citation needed With the rest of Thessaly Velestino was ceded to Greece in 1881 by the Convention of Constantinople The Battle of Velestino was fought here during the Greco Turkish War of 1897 Velestino is a village partly populated by people of Aromanian heritage Reportedly as of 1911 Velestino was predominantly Aromanian 8 References edit a b Apografh Plh8ysmoy Katoikiwn 2011 MONIMOS Plh8ysmos in Greek Hellenic Statistical Authority GTP Velestino TrainOSE 2012 schedules PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2012 05 11 Retrieved 2012 05 29 Keridis Dimitris 2009 Historical Dictionary of Modern Greece Scarecrow Press p 67 ISBN 9780810859982 Smith William 1854 Pherae Ferai 1 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography London Walton and Maber a b c d e f Koder Johannes Hild Friedrich 1976 Tabula Imperii Byzantini Band 1 Hellas und Thessalia in German Vienna Verlag der Osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften p 133 ISBN 978 3 7001 0182 6 Vasmer Max 1941 Die Slaven in Griechenland in German Berlin Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften p 108 Wace A J B Thompson M S 1911 The distribution of early civilization in Northern Greece PDF The Geographical Journal 37 6 631 636 doi 10 2307 1778256 JSTOR 1778256 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Velestino amp oldid 1160012168, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
