Pieria
Pieria is one of the regional units of Greece located in the southern part of the Region of Central Macedonia, within the historical province of Macedonia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: regional unit of Greece with 126,000 residents
- Description: regional unit of Central Macedonia, Greece
- Also known as: “Nomos Pierias”, “Nomós Pierías”, “Piería”, and “Pieria Regional Unit”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint Ephraim Monastery and Panagia Kontariotissa.
Saint Ephraim Monastery
Monastery
Photo: Juergen Weidner, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Monastery of St. Ephrem the Syrian, named after Ephraim the Syrian, was founded in 1983, is inhabited by nuns and one of the youngest monasteries near Mount Olympus.
Panagia Kontariotissa
Church
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The Panagia Kontariotissa, also spelled as the Panagia Kountouriotissa, and officially the Holy Church of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary, is a former Greek Orthodox church, located in the Pieria region of Central Macedonia, Greece. Panagia Kontariotissa is situated 4 km southeast of Pieria.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lofos and Kontariotissa.
Lofos
Village
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Lofos is a village and a community of the Katerini municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Petra, of which it was a municipal district.
Kontariotissa
Village
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Kontariotissa is a village in the Pieria regional unit of Macedonia, Greece. It is located 9 km south of the Pierian capital, Katerini. The main occupation of the people is growing tobacco, kiwi, grapes and olive oils. Kontariotissa is situated 4½ km southeast of Pieria.
Moschochori
Village
Moschochori is a village and a community of the Katerini municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Petra, of which it was a municipal district. The 2021 census recorded 462 inhabitants in the village.
Pieria
- Location: Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Pieria” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيريا”
- Basque: “Pieria (unitate erregionala)”
- Basque: “Pieria”
- Belarusian: “Піерыя (ном)”
- Belarusian: “Піерыя”
- Catalan: “Unitat perifèrica de Pieria”
- Chinese: “皮埃里亚专区”
- Danish: “Pieria”
- Dutch: “Piëria”
- Estonian: “Piería piirkonnaüksus”
- Estonian: “Pieria”
- Finnish: “Pieria”
- Finnish: “Pierian alueyksikkö”
- French: “district régional de Piérie”
- French: “Piérie”
- German: “Pieria”
- Greek: “Νομός Πιερίας”
- Greek: “Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Πιερίας”
- Greek: “Πιερία”
- Ido: “Provinco Pieria”
- Italian: “Pieria”
- Polish: “Jednostka regionalna Pieria”
- Russian: “Пиерия”
- Serbian: “Пијерија (округ)”
- Serbian: “Пијерија”
- Spanish: “unidad periférica de Pieria”
- Spanish: “Unidad periférica de Piería”
- Spanish: “Unidad Regional Piería”
- Swedish: “Pierien”
- Tatar: “Пиерия районы”
- Turkish: “Pierya ilçesi”
- Turkish: “Pierya”
- Ukrainian: “Пієрія”
- Urdu: “پیئریا”
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