Elassona

Elassona is a small town in in northern Thessaly, at the foothills of the southern slopes of Mount Olympus. It acts as a quiet regional centre for surrounding farming and pastoral communities, and is best known as a gateway to the monasteries and hiking routes of the Olympus range.
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  • Town with about 7,180 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 280 metres (930 feet)
  • …is also known as “Elassón”
  • …was formerly known as “Ελασσόν”
  • Description: town in Thessalia, Greece
  • Postal code: 40200

Places of Interest

Highlights include Panagia Olympiotissa Monastery and Church of Eisodion Theotokou, Elassona.
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The is a Greek Orthodox monastery in Elassona, , .
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tsaritsani and Drymos.
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or Tsiaritsiani is a village and a community of the Elassona municipality. is situated 3½ km southeast of Elassona.
, known before 1958 as Drianovo, is a village and a community of the Elassona municipality. is situated 4 km northwest of Elassona.

Elassona

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Latitude
39.8946° or 39° 53′ 41″ north
Longitude
22.1886° or 22° 11′ 19″ east
Open location code
8GF4V5VQ+VF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 139558964
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
262784
Wiki­data ID
Q940804

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Elassona” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Allasonja”
  • Arabic: “ألاصونيا”
  • Arabic: “ألاصونية”
  • Arabic: “إلاسونا”
  • Armenian: “Էլասոն”
  • Asturian: “Elassona”
  • Bulgarian: “Еласона”
  • Cebuano: “Dimos Elassona”
  • Cebuano: “Elassóna”
  • Chinese: “埃拉松”
  • Dutch: “Elassona”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الاسونا”
  • Finnish: “Elassóna”
  • French: “Elassóna”
  • German: “Elassona”
  • Greek: “Ελασσόνα”
  • Greek: “Ελασσών”
  • Italian: “Elassona”
  • Japanese: “エラソナ”
  • Korean: “엘라소나”
  • Latin: “Elassona”
  • Macedonian: “Еласона”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elassóna”
  • Persian: “الاسونا”
  • Polish: “Elassona”
  • Romanian: “Elassona”
  • Russian: “Еласοна”
  • Russian: “Елассοна”
  • Russian: “Эласон”
  • Russian: “Элассона”
  • Serbian: “Еласона”
  • Spanish: “Elassona”
  • Swedish: “Dimos Elassona”
  • Swedish: “Elassóna”
  • Turkish: “Alasonya”
  • Vietnamese: “Elassona”
  • “Elasóna”

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