In 357 bce the last Aleuads called in Philip II of Macedonia against the tyrants of Pherae, and from 344 to 196 Lárissa remained under Macedonia. Rome then made it capital of the reorganized Thessalian League. The emperor Justinian fortified the town, the name of which means Citadel, but in 985 ce it fell to the Bulgars, and in 1204 it was occupied by the Franks of the Fourth Crusade. It was conquered by the Serbs in 1348 and in 1393 by the Turks, who held it until 1881, when Thessaly was annexed to the kingdom of Greece, beginning an exodus of Turkish residents, all of whom had left by the 1920s.

Kastro Larissa Central Greece 41500 Greece Kastro is a Settlement in Larissa in the Central Greece Region of Greece.

The first introduction to the mountain of gods takes place at the Olympus National Park Information Center, located in Litochoro. Through a plethora of digital images, exhibits, multimedia apps and slideshows, visitors can derive a wealth of useful information regarding paths and routes, data ...