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Makrynitsa or Makrinitsa (Greek: Μακρυνίτσα) is the balcony of Mt.Pelion which is its nickname, 25 km from Volos, Magnesia, Greece. One of the most characteristic traditional settlements, full of mansions and houses that look like hanging ornaments on the green mountain side and are colorful but not as Portaria. It sits of a slope of the Pelion range and another mountaintop to the east with forests.
Makrynitsa
The square with the age - old plane trees lends a panoramic view of Volos and the Pagasetic Gulf. In one of the traditional coffee houses there is a big fresco by Theofilos. T
The picturesque cobbled paths of Makrinitsa are scattered with traditional water fountains.
| Communal Statistics |
| Prefecture: |
Magnesia prefecture |
| Province: |
Volos |
Location:
Latitude:
Longitude: |
39.3975/39 °23'54' N
22.98/22 °58'49' E |
| Population: (2001) |
898 |
Elevation:
-lowest:
-centre:
-highest: |
about 400 m
600 m(centre)
about 1,000 to 1,200 m |
| Postal code: |
370 11 |
| Area/distance code: |
11-30-24280 (030-24270)-99
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| Municipal code: |
3714 |
| Car designation: |
BO |
| 3-letter abbreviation: |
MKV Makrynitsa Volou |
| Website: |
www.magnesia.gr |
Makrynitsa has a school, a lyceum, a church, a post office and a square (plateia) with few tall trees.
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