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Grizano () is a village in the Trikala regional unit,
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, part of the
Farkadona Farkadona (, ; before 1955: Τσιότι, , ) is a municipality in the southeastern Trikala regional unit, part of Thessaly in Greece. It is located about halfway between the cities Larissa to the east, and Trikala to the west, at about 30 km ...
municipality. In 2021 its population was 1,192. Grizano is located on the edge of the
Thessalian Plain The Thessalian plain () is the dominant geographical feature of the Greek region of Thessaly. The plain is formed by the Pineios River and its tributaries and is surrounded by mountains: the Pindus mountain range to the west, which separates The ...
, north of Farkadona town, and east of the city of
Trikala Trikala () is a city in northwestern Thessaly, Greece, and the capital of the Trikala (regional unit), Trikala regional unit. The city straddles the Lithaios river, which is a tributary of Pineios (Thessaly), Pineios. According to the Greek Natio ...
. With most of Thessaly, it joined Greece in 1881.


Population


History

One of the largest inland castles built in Greece is the castle of Grizano, that is located on a hill north east of the village. The castle was built during the Middle Ages but the exact date is unknown.


See also

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List of settlements in the Trikala regional unit A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...


References

Populated places in Trikala (regional unit) Farkadona {{Thessaly-geo-stub