Top 10 Sights & Landmarks in Phthiotis Region, Central Greece

April 23, 2022 Weston Hennigan

Discover the best top things to do in Phthiotis Region, Greece including Neromylos Dikastrou, Mykinaiko Nekrotafio Elatias, Iera Moni Agathonos, Moni Antinitsis, Gorgopotamos Bridge, Lianokladi Train Station, Leonidas Monument, Battlefield of Thermopylae, Ieros Naos Agias Varvaras, Statue of Aris Velouchiotis.
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1. Neromylos Dikastrou

Dikastro 35017 Greece http://www.dikastro.gr/neromulos.html
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Neromylos Dikastrou

2. Mykinaiko Nekrotafio Elatias

Elateia 35004 Greece
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5.0 based on 1 reviews

Mykinaiko Nekrotafio Elatias

3. Iera Moni Agathonos

Loutra Ipatis Greece
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5.0 based on 25 reviews

Iera Moni Agathonos

4. Moni Antinitsis

Lamia 351 00 Greece +30 2231 096720
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Moni Antinitsis

5. Gorgopotamos Bridge

Gorgopotamos Greece
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4.5 based on 20 reviews

Gorgopotamos Bridge

6. Lianokladi Train Station

Eparchiaki Odos Kompotadon Mexiaton-Amfisas, Lianokladi 351 00 Greece +30 2231 061061
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Lianokladi Train Station

7. Leonidas Monument

Lamia, Thermopylae 350 09 Greece +30 2231 093054 http://culture.lamia.gr/en/blog/thermopylae-monument-leonidas
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Leonidas Monument

This small monument commemorates the battle in 480 B.C. in which a small band of about Spartan soldiers held off a huge Persian army for three days. The delay was long enough to allow for the successful defense of Athens against the Persians.

Reviewed By DirkW107 - Alexandra Headland, Australia

For most tourists (certainly for bus-trippers), this monument will only be a quick stop and a group photo. For me this spot was an important tick off my bucket list ; I have been reading for years about this important period in Hellenistic and European history. It does take a little imagination to picture the battlefield as it was 2,500 years ago, because the sea has retreated a couple of kilometers ; it is easier to visualize it if you cross the busy motorway and climb up the mountain flank to where the plaque "go tell the Spartans" is. The monument is only a symbolic effort to memorize this symbol of ultimate courage, sacrifice and patriotism ; I'm sure the statue is more based on the movie "300" than on the King of the Spartans. But I find that rather irrelevant. The monument is there to make you stop and think - that works for me. PS Off to the side of the larger statue of Leonidas at Thermopylae, there is a monument to the 700 Thespians who died alongside the Spartans ; go and salute them too . . .

8. Battlefield of Thermopylae

Thermopylae Greece http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp
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Battlefield of Thermopylae

Reviewed By cswd2014

The Spartans have been romanticised through the lens of history. But rather than mere hyperbole, this archeological site lays out a historic fact: the Spartan warriors were highly trained, well armed, and highly disciplined; loyal to not only their king (in this instance Leonidas I), but loyal to the ideals that distinguished them as a people - classical Greek ideals embracing philosophy, virtue, simplicity, intense training, and justice. After the Greeks were betrayed by a traitor, which was the only thing that compromised their task of holding out against the Persians until reinforcements came, Leonidas allowed other forces sent by other Greek city-states to return home and escape inevitable doom. But he said that he and his 300 men would fight to the end. This has been memorialized by a plaque on top of the burial mound where the 300 were laid to rest. Very profound to contemplate. Also allow time for the museum across the road.

9. Ieros Naos Agias Varvaras

Konstantinoupoleos 5, Lamia 351 00 Greece +30 2231 033798
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Ieros Naos Agias Varvaras

10. Statue of Aris Velouchiotis

Plateia Laoy, Lamia 351 00 Greece
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Statue of Aris Velouchiotis

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