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Kissos

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Country
  
Greece

Vehicle registration
  
ΒΟ

Local time
  
Wednesday 10:51 PM

Administrative region
  
Thessaly

Regional unit
  
Magnesia

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Elevation
  
500 m

Municipality
  
Zagora-Mouresi

Municipal unit
  
Mouresi

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Weather
  
7°C, Wind SW at 5 km/h, 95% Humidity

Kissos (Greek: Κισσός) is a mountain village in the municipal unit of Mouresi, in the eastern part of Magnesia, Greece. It sits on the eastern slopes of the forested Pelion mountains, at about 500 meters elevation, 3 km from the Aegean Sea 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 (Magnesia's capital).

Map of Kissos 370 12, Greece

Kissos was the original home of Kyriazis Hadji-Kyriazis (b. 1817), founder of the dynasty of tobacco merchants and producers which eventually got to great prominence in Egypt 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.

References

Kissos Wikipedia