Founded c. 294/293 BC
Demetrias: A Royal Macedonian City on the Pagasetic Gulf
Around 294/293 BC the Macedonian king Demetrius Poliorcetes founded Demetrias on the shore near modern Volos and gave it his own name.…
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Main Neolithic phase c. 4800–4500 BC
Dimini: A Fortified Neolithic Community
Dimini, close to Sesklo and modern Volos, is famous for its rings of stone enclosures and compact settlement plan. It also preserves…
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Makrinitsa and the Painted Walls of Pelion
The stone mansions of Makrinitsa recall the wealth of Pelion's mountain villages in the 18th and 19th centuries. In the same villages,…
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Sesklo: One of Europe’s Earliest Neolithic Settlements
Sesklo, near Volos, was inhabited for many centuries during the Neolithic period. Its houses, pottery, tools and settlement layers made the site…
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