Avra
Avra is a village in the municipality of Meteora in Trikala, Thessaly, Greece. Avra has about 339 residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 339 residents
- Description: human settlement in Greece
- Also known as: “Avra, Trikala”, “Kópraina”, and “Kóprena”
- Postal code: 42200
Places of Interest
Highlights include Theopetra Cave.
Theopetra Cave
Cave
Photo: Tolis-3kala, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Theopetra Cave is a limestone cave located in Theopetra village of Meteora municipality, Thessaly, Greece. It is situated on the northeast side of a limestone rock formation that is 3 km south of Kalambaka. Theopetra Cave is situated 3½ km south of Avra.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Spathades and Meteora.
Spathades
Village
Spathades is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Paralithaioi in the Trikala regional unit, Greece. It is located 16 km north of the city of Trikala, and 8 km east of Kalabaka. The community includes the small village Agios Nikolaos. Spathades is situated 3 km southeast of Avra.
Meteora
Photo: Wisniowy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The monastery-crowned pillars of Meteora are among the most striking geological and cultural gems of Greece. The formation consists of a number of steep and narrow rock pinnacles near the town of Kalambaka in northwestern Thessaly, topped with a total of 24 monasteries, 6 of which are still in use and open to visitors.
Kalambaka
Photo: Haneburger, CC0.
Kalambaka is a city of 11,500 people in the Thessaly region of central Greece, at the base of the Meteora monasteries. This is the hub of tourist services for the mystical clifftop refuges that loom above it.
Avra
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Kalampaka, Trikala, Thessaly, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
39.71206° or 39° 42′ 43″ northLongitude
21.68914° or 21° 41′ 21″ eastPopulation
339Elevation
249 metres (817 feet)Open location code
8GF3PM6Q+RMOpenStreetMap ID
node 1598672158OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
264303Wikidata ID
Q21519198
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Avra” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ávra”
- French: “Ávra”
- Greek: “Αύρα Τρικάλων”
- Greek: “Αύρα”
- Swedish: “Ávra”
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