This article is about a city in Greece. For other meanings see
Larissa (disambiguation). Larissa (
Greek: Λάρισα, Lárisa) is the capital city of the
Thessaly periphery of
Greece, and capital of the
Larissa Prefecture. It is a main agricultural centre and a national transportation hub, linked by rail with the port of
Volos and with
Thessaloniki and
Athens. The population of the greater area is around 250,000, and takes in the Municipalities of Nikaia, Giannouli and other smaller suburban communities. According to archaeological evidence, the capital of
Thessaly, Larissa, lies atop a site that has been inhabited since the tenth millennium before Christ. A major commercial and industrial center, Larissa sits in the middle of the plain of
Thessaly, a few kilometers off the
Athens-
Thessaloniki National Road. Tradition has it that
Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, died here.
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[Greek] In Greek mythology, a daughter of Pelasgus, whom the fortress near Argos and two cities (in Thessaly and in Peneus) are named after.
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