Time zone EET (UTC+2) Vehicle registration BO Area code 24230 | Lowest elevation 75 m (246 ft) Postal code 370 06 Local time Sunday 4:25 AM | |
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Steam train at pelion ano lechonia milies greece
Ano Lechonia (Greek: Άνω Λεχώνια) is a town in the Magnesia regional unit, Greece. Ano Lechonia was the seat of the former municipality of Artemida. The population of the village in 2011 was 1,068, the population of the community (including the coastal village Platinidia) was 1,429. Ano Lechonia is situated in the northwestern part of the Pelion peninsula, 1.5 km from the Pagasetic Gulf coast, 3 km southwest of Agios Georgios Nileias, 4 km southeast of Agria and 11 km (7 mi) southeast of Volos.
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- Steam train at pelion ano lechonia milies greece
- Map of Ano Lechonia 373 00 Greece
- Steam excursion at pelion mountain ano lechonia milies
- History
- References
Map of Ano Lechonia 373 00, Greece
Steam excursion at pelion mountain ano lechonia milies
History
The name Lechonia may come from the Slavic word lech meaning "field". Historians say it was the ancient city Methone. At the hill named Nevestiki the ruins of an ancient wall have been found. The residents of Methone supported the Argonauts with ships.
After four centuries of Ottoman rule, Ano Lechonia became part of Greece in 1881, as a consequence of the transfer of Thessaly to Greece following the Treaty of Berlin (1878). It was connected by a railway to Volos in 1895.