Lamía [3] ( Greek Λαμία ) is a city in Greece , the administrative center of the community of the same name , the ftyotida peripheral unit and the periphery of Central Greece . It is located on two hills at an altitude of 100 meters above sea level [1] , southwest of the Otris ridge, on the left bank of Sperkhios , near the Gulf of Maliakos of the Aegean Sea [4] , 180 kilometers northwest of Athens . The population of 52,006 people according to the 2011 census [2] .
| City | |
| Lamia | |
|---|---|
| Greek Λαμία | |
 | |
| A country |  Greece |
| Status | Administrative Center Peripherals |
| Periphery | Central greece |
| Peripheral unit | Phthiotide |
| Community | Lamia |
| History and geography | |
| Square | 56,211 [1] km² |
| Center height | 100 [1] m |
| Timezone | and |
| Population | |
| Population | 52 006 [2] people ( 2011 ) |
| Nationalities | the Greeks |
| Denominations | Orthodox |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +30 22310 |
| Postcode | |
The city is a major transportation hub. The city is the railway station line . North of Lamia, near the village of there is a narrow passage ( φούρκα ) northwest to Thessaly . On the eastern outskirts of the city passes the Levadia - Larisa . connects Lamia with Karpenisi . Southeast is the Freeway 1 Piraeus - Athens - Thessaloniki - Evzoni .
The center of a large agricultural region with fertile lands and developed animal husbandry. In Lamia, by the decree of the Greek government , the University of Central Greece was founded in April 2003 . In Lamia there is a School of Science ( Σχολή Θετικών πιστημών ) of the University of Thessaly .
In Lamia there is a department of the Metropolitan Ftootida ( Ιερά Μητρόπολη Φθιώτιδς ) of the Greek Orthodox Church , Metropolitan Nicholas (Protopapas) (1996). Catholic Church [5] .
Content
History
Founded in the V century BC. er [4] According to legend, the city was founded by , the son of Hercules and Omphala [6] , or Lamia, the queen of Trachinia . Lamia was subject to king Achilles [7] . From 413 BC. er was the capital of Malida . Was strongly fortified. Preserved ruins fortifications. Under King Philip II ( 359 - 336 BC. E. ) Fell under the influence of Macedonia . The Lamian War (323-322 BC) broke out around Lamia between the Macemodyans under the command of Antipater and the Athenians, in which the Athenian commander Leosphinus and Leonnat , Eter of Alexander the Great , were killed [7] . In the winter of 323/322 BC er Greek troops besieged the city . During the invasion of the Gauls (280 BC. E.) Entered the Thessalian union, then - in the Aetoli Union . The historian Demetrius of Callatis (about 200 BC) reports an earthquake that destroyed the city to the ground [8] . In 209 BC. er Philip V of Macedonian , during the First Macedonian War, twice defeated the leader of the Aetolian people in the first and second battles of Lamia. In 190 BC. er conquered by the Romans, after which it fell into decay. In the Byzantine period, a fortress was built, which included the walls of the ancient city. In the VIII century, it was named Zeytun (i) (Zituni (s) [9] , tour. Zeytun , Greek Ζητούνι, Ζητούνιον Ζεϊτούνιον ) from the Slavic žito “zhito”, the name was preserved until the creation of independent Greece in 1832. In the period of Francocracy, the city was part of the Duchy of Athens . Freed from Ottoman rule in 1832, the same year the ancient name was returned to the city.
In the 1970s, there were enterprises for the processing of tobacco and cotton, as well as the production of carpets in the city [4] .
Lamia Archaeological Museum
is located on the ground floor of the barracks, built under Otton I inside the walls of the Byzantine fortress on the site of an ancient acropolis that existed from the 5th century BC. er The barracks building was used until World War II . In 1871 the building was destroyed by the explosion of a powder keg. In 1973, the Ministry of Defense transferred the building to the Ministry of Culture. In 1984, the Lamia community began repairs and on September 25, 1994, a museum was opened [10] .
Important is the marble image of Artemis - of end (end of the 4th century BC), belonging to the Praxiteles school [11] .
Famous natives
- Veluhiotis, Aris (1905–1945) - Greek revolutionary, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece, commander-in-chief of the People’s Liberation Army of Greece (ELAS).
- Kutsumbas, Dimitris (born 1955) - Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece since 2013.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 πογραφ πληθυσμο - κατοικιών της 18ηα μαρτυου 2001 (μνιμος πληθυσμός) (Greek) . - Πειραιάς: Εθνιιή στατιστική υπηρεσία της Ελλάδας , 2009. - . I. - Σ. 346 . - ISSN 1106-5761 .
- ↑ 1 2 Πίνακας αποτελεσμάτων Μόνιμοο Πληθυσμύύ-Απογραφής 2011 (Greek) . Ελληνική Στατιστική Αρχή (20 Μαρτίου 2014). The appeal date is October 22, 2017.
- ↑ Greece: Reference Map: Scale 1: 1,000,000 / ch. ed. Ya. A. Topchiyan ; Ed .: G. A. Skachkova , N. N. Ryumin . - M .: Roskartografiya, Omsk cartographic factory , 2001. - (Countries of the world "Europe"). - 2000 copies
- ↑ 1 2 3 Lamia // Kuhn - Lomami. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1973. - ( Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 t.] / Ch. Ed. AM Prokhorov ; 1969-1978, v. 14).
- Ey Cheney, David M. Lamia (Titular See) (English) . Catholic-Hierarchy (2018). The appeal date is December 18, 2018.
- ↑ Stefan Byzantine . Ethnicity. Λάμια
- ↑ 1 2 Strabo . Geography. IX, 5, 10; with. 411
- ↑ Strabo . Geography. I, 3, 20; with. 67
- ↑ Lamia // Real Dictionary of Classical Antiquities / ed.-comp. F. Lubker ; Edited by members of the Society of Classical Philology and Pedagogy F. Gelbke , L. Georgievsky , F. Zelinsky , V. Kansky , M. Kutorgi and P. Nikitin . - SPb. , 1885. - p. 716.
- ↑ Καράντζαλη, Έ. Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Λαμίας. Ιστορικό (Greek) . Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού και Αθλητισμού (2012). The appeal date is December 17, 2018.
- ↑ Ζάχου, Ελένη. Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Λαμίας. Περιγραφή (Greek) . Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού και Αθλητισμού (2012). The appeal date is December 17, 2018.
Literature
- Antonov, Egor. The wine bowl hid the knowledge of the ancient Greeks about the stars? // Science and life . - 2014 .-- November 4.