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Velventos
Velventos () or Velvento (Βελβεντό) is a town and municipality in Kozani regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece. The 2021 census recorded 2,949 people in the community of Velventos and 3,057 in the municipality. The municipality has an area of 126.516 km2, the community 54.573 km2. Administration The municipality of Velventos is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *Velventos (Velventos, Paliogratsano) * Agia Kyriaki * Katafygio * Polyfyto The community of Velventos (before 1940: Velvendos; Βελβενδός) was created in 1918. It absorbed the former community Paliogratsano in 1951. The municipality of Velventos was formed in 1985 by the merger of the communities of Velventos and Agia Kyriaki. The community of Polyfyto was absorbed in 1994, and Katafygio in 1997. At the 2011 Kallikratis reform, it became part of the new municipality Servia-Velventos. In 2019 the municipality of Velventos was recreated in its pre-2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kozani (regional Unit)
Kozani () is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia. Its capital is the city of Kozani. Geography Kozani borders the regional units of Kastoria to the west and northwest, Florina to the north, Pella to the northeast, Imathia and Pieria to the east, Larissa (part of Thessaly) to the southeast, and Grevena to the south. The main mountain ranges are Askio in the northwest, Voio in the west, Vermio in the northeast and the Pierian Mountains in the southeast. The river Aliakmon flows through the southern part, and through the large reservoir Lake Polyfytos. Lignite is mined in the north, around Ptolemaida. Climate Its climate ranges from continental to mountainous. Kozani has warm to hot summers and cool winters, cooler than Thessaloniki, the mountainous, the western and the eastern portions receive cold winters and features snow. Its sunshine days are days shorter than the south and b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Servia-Velventos
Servia–Velventos (, ''Sérvia-Velventós'') is a former municipality in the Kozani regional unit, Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ..., that existed between 2011 and 2019. The seat of the municipality was the town Servia. The municipality has an area of 728.166 km2. Municipality The municipality Servia–Velventos was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 4 former municipalities, that became municipal units: * Kamvounia * Livadero * Servia * Velventos At the 2019 local government reform, the municipality was split into two municipalities: Servia (containing the municipal units Servia, Kamvounia and Livadero) and Velventos. References Former municipalities in Western Macedonia Populated places in Kozani (regional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agia Kyriaki, Kozani
Agia Kyriaki (, ''Agía Kyriakí'') is a village in the Kozani regional unit, Greece. It is part of the Velventos Velventos () or Velvento (Βελβεντό) is a town and municipality in Kozani regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece. The 2021 census recorded 2,949 people in the community of Velventos and 3,057 in the municipality. The municipality has an a ... municipality. References Populated places in Kozani (regional unit) Velventos {{WMacedonia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katafygio, Kozani
Katafygio () is a village and a community in the regional unit of Kozani, northern Greece. It is part of the municipality of Velventos. The 2021 census recorded 57 inhabitants in the village. Birth place of John Zizioulas John Zizioulas (; ; 10 January 1931 – 2 February 2023) was a Greek Orthodox bishop who served as the Metropolitan of Pergamon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople from 1986 until his death in 2023. He was one of the most influent ..., Metropolitan of Pergamon. References Populated places in Kozani (regional unit) Velventos {{WMacedonia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyfyto
Polyfyto () is a village and a community in the regional unit of Kozani, northern Greece. It is part of the municipality of Velventos Velventos () or Velvento (Βελβεντό) is a town and municipality in Kozani regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece. The 2021 census recorded 2,949 people in the community of Velventos and 3,057 in the municipality. The municipality has an a .... The 2021 census recorded 14 inhabitants in the village. It lies near the river Aliakmon, and the dam in that river which created Lake Polyfyto. References External links Seismic hazard assessment in Polyphyto Dam area (NW Greece) and its relation with the "unexpected" earthquake of 13 May 1995 (Ms = 6.5, NW Greece),by Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 13, 141–149, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-13-141-2013, 2013.) Populated places in Kozani (regional unit) Velventos {{WMacedonia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panajot Papakostopulos
Panajot Papakostopoulos (Velventos, Ottoman Empire, 1820 – Belgrade, Serbia, 29 May 1879) was a prominent doctor, professor at the First Belgrade Gymnasium and one of the founders Serbian Medical Society. Early life Panajot Papakostopoulos was born in 1820 in the small town of Velventos in Macedonia. He finished primary school in his native Velventos, and high school and philosophy in Kozani. In 1835, he moved to Novi Sad, where he taught Greek to Serbian merchants, and for a time he was also a Greek teacher at an elementary school there.Pešić V., Pavlović B., Prvi pedijatri i prve pedijatrijske ustanove u Srbiji: prilog za istoriju pedijatrije Srbije, Beograd: Grafički atelje Bogdanović, 2006 (Beograd: Bogdanović). p. 51. While associating with Serbs, he learned to speak Serbian fluently, and in the Vojvodina environment, he also learned German. After five years, he went to Vienna, where he enrolled at the School of Medicine. In order to raise money for schooling and living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Macedonia
Western Macedonia (, ) is one of the thirteen Regions of Greece, administrative regions of Greece, consisting of the western part of Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia. Located in north-western Greece, it is divided into the regional units of Greece, regional units of Florina (regional unit), Florina, Grevena (regional unit), Grevena, Kastoria (regional unit), Kastoria, and Kozani (regional unit), Kozani. With a population of approximately 255,000 people, as of 2021, the region had one of the highest unemployment rates in the European Union. Geography The region of Western Macedonia is situated in north-western Greece, bordering with the regions of Central Macedonia (east), Thessaly (south), Epirus (region), Epirus (west), and bounded to the north at the international borders of Greece with the Republic of North Macedonia (Bitola Municipality, Bitola, Resen Municipality, Resen and Novaci Municipality, Novaci municipalities) and Albania (Korçë County). Although it covers a total su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stamatios Kleanthis
Stamatios "Stamatis" Kleanthis (; 1802–1862) was a Greek architect. Biography Stamatios Kleanthis was born to a Macedonian Greek family in the town of Velventos in Kozani, Macedonia in 1802. As a youth he moved to Bucharest where he studied at the Greek School. On 1821, as member of the Sacred Band, he fought in the insurrection against the Turks led by Alexander Ypsilanti and was captured at the Battle of Dragashani. After escaping, he traveled to Vienna, and then to Leipzig, where he studied architecture. Afterwards he pursued his studies further in Berlin with Karl Friedrich Schinkel. After graduation, he returned with his colleague and friend Eduard Schaubert to Greece, where they were appointed public engineers by Ioannis Kapodistrias Count Ioannis Antonios Kapodistrias (; February 1776 –27 September 1831), sometimes anglicized as John Capodistrias, was a Greek statesman who was one of the most distinguished politicians and diplomats of 19th-century Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Servia, Greece
Servia () is one of the main towns in the Kozani (regional unit), Kozani regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. It is one of the most historical places in the region, with a 6th-century Byzantine Empire, Byzantine castle and the Kamvounia mountain dominating the landscape. There are also a number of 10th century Byzantine cave Hermitage (religious retreat), hermitages and small churches located nearby, which add to the Byzantine atmosphere of the area. Since the local government reform of 2019, it is the seat of the extended Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality of Servia. From 2011 to 2019, the town was the seat of the Municipality of Servia-Velventos. The town itself has a population of 3,174 people (2021 census). The municipal unit Servia has an area of 400.116 km2, the community (the town proper) has an area of 51.603 km2. Etymology Its name derives from the Latin verb ''servo'', meaning "to watch over" or from the ethnonym "Serb", replacing what ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Settlements In The Kozani Regional Unit
This is a list of settlements in the Kozani regional unit, Greece. * Achladia * Agia Kyriaki * Agia Paraskevi * Agia Sotira * Agiasma * Agioi Anargyroi * Agioi Theodoroi * Agios Charalampos * Agios Christoforos * Agios Dimitrios * Agios Theodoros * Aiani * Aidonochori * Akrini * Aliakmonas * Alonakia * Amygdalea * Anarrachi * Anatoliko, Eordaia * Anatoliko, Kozani * Ano Komi * Anthochori * Anthotopos * Anthousa * Apidia * Ardassa * Argilos * Asproula * Asvestopetra * Avgerinos * Avgi * Avles * Axiokastro * Charavgi * Cheimerino * Chorigos * Chromio * Chrysavgi * Dafnero * Dafni * Damaskinia * Dicheimarro * Dilofo * Dragasia * Drepano * Drosero * Dryovouno * Elati * Emporio * Eratyra * Ermakia * Exochi * Foufas * Galateia * Galatini * Goules * Imera * Kaisareia * Kalamia * Kaloneri * Kapnochori * Kardia * Karyditsa * Karyochori * Kastania * Katafygio * Kato Komi * Kerasea * Kipos * Kleisoreia * Kleitos * Koila * Koila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Zizioulas
John Zizioulas (; ; 10 January 1931 – 2 February 2023) was a Greek Orthodox bishop who served as the Metropolitan of Pergamon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople from 1986 until his death in 2023. He was one of the most influential Orthodox Christian theologians of the 20th and 21st centuries. Early life and career Metropolitan John was born in Katafygio, now part of the municipality of Velventos. His education began with study at the Universities of Thessaloniki and Athens in 1950, and then a year at the Ecumenical Institute of Bossey in 1955. Between 1960 and 1964 Zizioulas did doctoral research under the Eastern Orthodox theologian Georges Florovsky (1893-1979; Chair of Eastern Church History at Harvard and a member of the Russian Orthodox Church) and was a Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies. He received his doctorate in 1965 from the University of Athens. Zizioulas took up a post at the University of Athens in 1964 as assistant profes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haliacmon
The Haliacmon (, ''Aliákmonas''; formerly: , ''Aliákmon'' or ''Haliákmōn'') is the longest river flowing entirely in Greece, with a total length of . In Greece there are three rivers longer than Haliacmon: Maritsa (), Struma (Strymónas), both coming from Bulgaria, and Vardar () coming from North Macedonia, but the length of each one of them in Greek territory is less than that of Haliacmon, which flows entirely in Greece. ''Haliacmon'' is the traditional English name for the river, but many sources cite the formerly official Katharevousa version of the name, ''Aliákmon''. Today, the only official variant is the demotic ''Aliákmonas''. It flows through the Greek regions of West Macedonia (Kastoria, Grevena and Kozani regional units) and Central Macedonia ( Imathia and Pieria regional units). Its drainage basin is . Name The Latin name is derived from Ancient Greek , a composite derived from (salt, sea) and (anvil). In Greek mythology, Haliacmon was one of the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
