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Kissos () is a mountain village in the municipal unit of Mouresi, in the eastern part of Magnesia, 
The church of Agia Marina, which dates back to the 17th century, is located in Kissos. The church was built in 1650 during the Turkish occupation of Greece. The size of the church and the fact that it was built in the main square of the village suggest that the church was built with the permission of the Turks. The church is beautifully decorated inside with frescoes and wooden carved iconostases.
The village is also the site of the Ecclesiastic Museum of Aghia Marina.
Homepage of Kissos on its municipality's homepage
* {{Zagora-Mouresi div Populated places in Pelion Zagora-Mouresi
Greece
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. It sits on the eastern slopes of the forested Pelion
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mountains, at about 500 meters elevation, 3 km from the Aegean Sea
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to the northeast. It is located 3 km west of Mouresi, 5 km southeast of Zagora and 17 km east of the city 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 ...
(Magnesia's capital).
Kissos was the original home of Kyriazis Hadji-Kyriazis (b. 1817), founder of the dynasty of tobacco
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merchants and producers which eventually got to great prominence in Egypt
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as " Kyriazi freres".
The church of Agia Marina, which dates back to the 17th century, is located in Kissos. The church was built in 1650 during the Turkish occupation of Greece. The size of the church and the fact that it was built in the main square of the village suggest that the church was built with the permission of the Turks. The church is beautifully decorated inside with frescoes and wooden carved iconostases.
The village is also the site of the Ecclesiastic Museum of Aghia Marina.
Population
See also
* List of settlements in the Magnesia regional unitReferences
External links
Homepage of Kissos on its municipality's homepage
* {{Zagora-Mouresi div Populated places in Pelion Zagora-Mouresi