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Greek National Road 38 ( abbreviated as EO38 ) is a single carriageway road in western and central ___MASK36___ . It connects Thermo with Lamia , via Agrinio and Karpenisi . It passes through the regional units Aetolia - Acarnania , Evrytania and Phthiotis . The section between Agrinio and Lamia coincides with the European route E952 . ___MASK36___ (' ), officially the Hellenic Republic ( Greek : ' ), historically also known as Hellas ("" ), is a country in southeastern Europe . ___MASK36___ ' s population is approximately 10 . 955 million as of 2015 . ___MASK6___ is the nation ' s capital and largest city , followed by Thessaloniki . Ano Lechonia is a town in the Magnesia regional unit , ___MASK36___ . 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 ___MASK74___ , 3 km southwest of Agios Georgios Nileias , 4 km southeast of Agria and southeast of Volos . ___MASK4___ (" Thessalía "; ancient Thessalian : , " Petthalía ") 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 , ___MASK4___ was known as Aeolia , and appears thus in Homer ' s " Odyssey ". A port is a location on a ___MASK74___ or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land . Port locations are selected to optimize access to land and navigable water , for commercial demand , and for shelter from wind and waves . Ports with deeper water are rarer , but can handle larger ships . Since ports throughout history handled every kind of traffic , support and storage facilities vary widely , may extend for miles , and dominate the local economy . Some ports have an important military role . Nikolaos Pavlopoulos ( Agios Georgios Nileias , 1909 - ___MASK6___ , October 10 , 1990 ) was a Greek sculptor and writer . His education in his years in Volos , he learned himself with calligraphy , music and theatre . When he finished at the Practical Lyceum at Volos , he moved to ___MASK6___ where he became a sculptor at the school where his teacher was Thomas Thomopoulos . He was an academic wood and marble sculptor . Works that had presented in Greece and around the world ( London , Washington D . C ., Montreal , Tokyo , Sydney , etc .). He was awarded at international event which happened in Paris , Rome , Florence , etc . After his death , the " Sculptor Nicolas Public Museum " is named after himself which features some of his great works . Ancient Greek includes the forms of Greek used in ancient ___MASK36___ and the ancient world from around the 9th century BC to the 6th century AD . It is often roughly divided into the Archaic period ( 9th to 6th centuries BC ), Classical period ( 5th and 4th centuries BC ), and Hellenistic period ( 3rd century BC to the 6th century AD ). It is antedated in the second millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek . ___MASK13___ is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of ___MASK54___ . ___MASK13___ is bordered by the ___MASK49___ to the north , the ___MASK44___ to the west , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the east and southeast , ___MASK13___ is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of ___MASK13___  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to ___MASK13___ also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . Volos is a coastal port city in ___MASK4___ situated midway on the Greek mainland , about north of Athens and south of Thessaloniki . It is the capital of the Magnesia regional unit . Volos is the only outlet to the sea from ___MASK4___ , the country ' s largest agricultural region . With a population of 144 , 449 ( 2011 ), it is an important industrial centre , while its port provides a bridge between Europe , the Middle East and Asia . The euro ( sign : €; code : EUR ) is the official currency of the eurozone , which consists of 19 of the member states of the European Union : Austria , ___MASK55___ , Cyprus , Estonia , Finland , France , ___MASK81___ , ___MASK36___ , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , the Netherlands , Portugal , ___MASK34___ , Slovenia , and Spain . The currency is also officially used by the institutions of the European Union and four other European countries , as well as unilaterally by two others , and is consequently used daily by some 337 million Europeans . Outside of Europe , a number of overseas territories of EU members also use the euro as their currency . Thessaloniki is the second - largest city in ___MASK36___ and the capital of Greek Macedonia , the administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace . Its nickname is   (" Symprotévousa "), literally " the co - capital ", a reference to its historical status as the  (" Symvasilévousa ") or " co - reigning " city of the Eastern Roman ( Byzantine ) Empire , alongside Constantinople . Katharevousa (, literally " purifying [ language ]"), is a form of the Modern Greek language conceived in the early 19th century as a compromise between Ancient Greek and the Demotic Greek of the time . Originally , it was widely used both for literary and official purposes , though seldom in daily language . In the 20th century , it was increasingly adopted for official and formal purposes , until Demotic Greek became the official language of ___MASK36___ in 1976 and Andreas Papandreou abolished the polytonic system of writing both Demotic and Katharevousa in 1982 . ___MASK6___ (" Athína " ) is the capital and largest city of Greece . ___MASK6___ dominates the Attica region and is one of the world ' s oldest cities , with its recorded history spanning over 3 , 400 years , and its earliest human presence starting somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC . Classical ___MASK6___ was a powerful city - state that emerged in conjunction with the seagoing development of the port of Piraeus , which had been a distinct city prior to its 5th century BC incorporation with ___MASK6___ . A centre for the arts , learning and philosophy , home of Plato ' s Academy and Aristotle ' s Lyceum , it is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy , largely because of its cultural and political impact on the European continent , and in particular the Romans . In modern times , ___MASK6___ is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic , financial , industrial , maritime , political and cultural life in Greece . In 2015 , ___MASK6___ was ranked the world ' s 29th richest city by purchasing power and the 67th most expensive in a UBS study . The ___MASK43___ is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the Greek and Anatolian peninsulas , i . e ., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey . In the north , it is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosphorus . The Aegean Islands are within the sea and some bound it on its southern periphery , including Crete and ___MASK68___ . Pelion or Pelium ( Modern , " Pílio "; Ancient Greek / Katharevousa :  . " Plion ") is a mountain at the southeastern part of ___MASK4___ in central Greece , forming a hook - like peninsula between the Pagasetic Gulf and the Aegean Sea . Its highest summit , " Pourianos Stavros ", is amsl . The Greek National Road 38 ( GR - 38 ) runs through the southern portion of the peninsula and GR - 38A runs through the middle . Milies is a village and a former municipality in Magnesia , ___MASK4___ , Greece . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality South Pelion , of which it is a municipal unit . The municipal unit has an area of 63 . 754 km . It is a traditional Greek mountain village , at a height of 400 m on Mount Pelion . It is 28 km from Volos , the capital city of Magnesia . Milies is connected with the GR - 34A ( Volos - Promyri ) It has traditional stone houses , cobbled roads , good restaurants and accommodation in abundance . Milies is also notable for being the terminus of the narrow gauge ( 60 cm ) Pelion Railway , built between 1895 and 1903 by the Italian engineer , Evaristo de Chirico , father of the famous artist Giorgio de Chirico . This proved to be of considerable economic advantage to the region . The recently railway runs between Ano Lechonia and Milies twice a week at the weekend . The village commands striking views across the Pagasetic Gulf and benefits from the many streams and water sources for which Mt . Pelion is renowned . These result in rich vegetation and cool , forested mountain slopes . The ___MASK45___ ( Greek :   , " Pagasitikós kólpos ") is a rounded gulf ( max . depth 102 metres ) in the Magnesia regional unit ( east central ___MASK36___ ) that is formed by the Mount Pelion peninsula . It is connected with the Euboic Sea . The passage into the Euboic Sea is narrow and is about 4 km . Pinakates is a mountain village in the Magnesia regional unit , ___MASK36___ . It is part of the municipal unit of Milies . Agios Georgios Nileias is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Milies , Magnesia , ___MASK36___ . It is situated on the slopes of mount Pelion , at about 700 m elevation . Its population in 2001 was 142 for the village , and 963 for the community . Agios Georgios Nileias is 1 . 5 km east of Agios Vlasios , 3 km northwest of Pinakates , 6 km northwest of Milies and 13 km east of Volos . Agios Georgios Nileias has a municipal museum with works of the sculptor Nikolaos Pavlopoulos . Kala Nera ( Greek :   meaning `` good waters '' ) is a village in the municipal unit of Milies , Magnesia , ___MASK36___ . It is situated in the western part of the mountainous Pelion peninsula , on the Pagasetic Gulf ___MASK74___ . It is 3 km southwest of Milies , 5 km southeast of Agios Georgios Nileias and 17 km southeast of Volos . Its population was 723 in the year 2001 . Promyri is a village in Magnesia , ___MASK36___ . The stone - built village of Promyri clings to the steep hillsides of a long valley reaching the sea at Katigiorgis . The main road bypasses the village so it is quiet and free from traffic . The narrow streets are made of cobblestone and are surrounded by trees providing shade from the sun . The island of ___MASK98___ can be seen from the centre of the village . The old houses are built from stone and date from the late 19th century . Others were built at the turn of the 20th century in a neoclassical style and are linked by stone footpaths between gardens filled with flowers . Promyri has traditional grocery shops , a bakery with wood fired ovens and butchers . There is now a modern supermarket and the main square is shaded by a vast plane tree flanked by a couple of tavernas . At one time , the village had many silk weavers but as the trade diminished , this was replaced by agriculture .