Argalasti () is a village and a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in Magnesia,

Thessaly Thessaly ( ; ; ancient Aeolic Greek#Thessalian, Thessalian: , ) is a traditional geographic regions of Greece, geographic and modern administrative regions of Greece, administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient Thessaly, a ...

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

South Pelion South Pelion (, ''Notio Pilio'') is a municipality in the Magnesia regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Argalasti. The municipality has an area of 368.539 km2. It comprises the southern part of Mount Pelion. ...

, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 74.820 km². It is built on a fertile plateau, 40 km southeast of

Volos Volos (; ) is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about north of Athens and south of Thessaloniki. It is the capital of the Magnesia (regional unit), Magnesia regional unit of the Thessaly Region. Volos ...

. It is an important commercial and

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center of the area with a rich cultural tradition. Argalasti is a stopping point for those headed for the nearby beaches of the

Pagasetic Gulf The Pagasetic Gulf () is a rounded gulf (max. depth 102 metres) in the Magnesia regional unit (east central Greece) that is formed by the Mount Pelion peninsula. It is connected with the Euboic Sea. The passage into the Euboic Sea is narrow an ...

(Chorto, Kalamos, Lefokastro) or the

Aegean Sea The Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia. It is located between the Balkans and Anatolia, and covers an area of some . In the north, the Aegean is connected to the Marmara Sea, which in turn con ...

(Potistika, Melani, Paltsi, Mikro). An example of the

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of the beginning of the 20th century is the church tower of Sts. Apostles.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Argalasti is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *Argalasti (Argalasti, Kalamos, Kallithea, Lefokastro, Myriovryti, Paltsi, Paou,

Chorto Chorto () is a seaside village is the municipal unit of Argalasti in Magnesia, Greece. Chorto is located by the Pagasetic Gulf, 4 km south of Argalasti. The ancient city of Spalathra was situated near Chorto, most likely on the Chortokas ...

) * Metochi *

Xinovrysi Xinovrysi (, before 1927: Μπεστίνικα - ''Bestinika'') is a village in the Pelion area in Magnesia (regional unit), Magnesia, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Argalasti. Xinovrysi is 3.5 km northeast of Argalasti, 7 km ...

(Xinovrysi, Potistika)

History

This

Pelion Pelion or Pelium (Modern , ''Pílio''; Ancient Greek/Katharevousa: Πήλιον, ''Pēlion'') is a mountain at the southeastern part of Thessaly in northern Greece, forming a hook-like peninsula between the Pagasetic Gulf and the Aegean Sea. Its ...

town is known for its buildings of architectural interest. Embedded into the walls of several buildings in the village are find pieces of

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and

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buildings. The monastery of Saint Nicolas provides views of the town. Close to the town square, is the church of

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Apostles

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and

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built in 1886, with a

marble Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals (most commonly calcite (CaCO3) or Dolomite (mineral), dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2) that have recrystallized under the influence of heat and pressure. It has a crystalline texture, and is ty ...

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tower built in 1913.

Historical population

References

{{South Pelion div Populated places in Pelion South Pelion