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The Pindus is a mountain range located in Northern Greece and Southern Albania. It is roughly 160 km long, with a maximum elevation of 2,637 metres (8652'). Because it runs along the border of Thessaly and Epirus, the Pindus range is known colloquially as the spine of Greece. The mountain range stretches from near the Greek-Albanian border in southern Albania, entering the Epirus and Macedonia regions in northern Greece down to the north of the Peloponnese. Geologically, it is an extension of the Dinaric Alps, which dominate the western region of the Balkan Peninsula.
Pindus in Epirus - The village of Anthochori resting beneath the east face of Kalogiros peak, Lakmos Mountain.
Aspropotamos valley and Milia village in Trikala regional unit
Parts of Southern Pindus
Black Pine Trees commemorative coin
Thessaly
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Thessaly is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessaly was known as Aeolia, and appears thus in Homer's Odyssey.
The first ancient theatre of Larissa. It was constructed inside the ancient city's centre during the reign of Antigonus II Gonatas towards the end of the 3rd century BC. The theatre was in use for six centuries, until the end of the 3rd century AD
Part of the Byzantine castle of Trikala
View of the Panagia Olympiotissa Monastery in Elassona
"The Hyperian Fountain at Pherae", during the Ottoman era, by Edward Dodwell.