Rapsani (
Greek
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: Ραψάνη) is a town of the former municipal district of
Kato Olympos
Kato Olympos (, ) is a municipal unit in the Tempi (municipality), Tempi Municipalities and communities of Greece, municipality, within the Regional units of Greece, regional unit of Larissa (regional unit), Larissa, in the historical and Administ ...
, which is part of the municipality of
Tempi in the
Larissa regional unit,
Thessaly
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,
Greece
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.
Rapsani is sited at an altitude of 600 meters. The location of
Peneus
In Greek mythology, Peneus (; Greek: Πηνειός) was a Thessalian river god, one of the three thousand Rivers, a child of Oceanus and Tethys.
Family
The nymph Creusa bore him one son, Hypseus, who was King of the Lapiths, and three ...
river at the level of the ''station Rapsani'' is a scenic landscape. The town is close (5 km) from a
station that bears the same name.
History
The settlement is recorded as village and as "Rapşani" in the Ottoman Tahrir
Defter
A ''defter'' was a type of tax register and land cadastre in the Ottoman Empire.
Etymology
The term is derived from Greek , literally 'processed animal skin, leather, fur', meaning a book, having pages of goat parchment used along with papyrus ...
number 101 dating to 1521.
References
External links
Ραψάνη Λάρισας
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Populated places in Larissa (regional unit)
Tempi (municipality)