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The '''Pineios''' (Greek: Πηνειός) is a river in [[Thessaly]], [[Greece]]. | The '''Pineios''' (Greek: Πηνειός) is a river in [[Thessaly]], [[Greece]]. | ||
| − | The river is named after the god [[Peneus]] and was known for most of the 1000s as the '''Salambria'''. It flows from the [[Pindus]] mountains and empties into the [[Aegean Sea]], northeast of [[Tempe]]. The total length is 216 km and it begins in the north at the [[Pindus]] ranges east of [[Metsovo]]. The [[Meteora]] region and the cities of [[Trikala]] and [[Larisa]] lie along the Pineios. In the [[1960s]], a freeway connecting [[Athens]] and [[Thessaloniki]] was constructed in much of the Tempe valley. | + | The river is named after the god [[Peneus]] and was known for most of the 1000s as the '''Salambria'''. It flows from the [[Pindus]] mountains and empties into the [[Aegean Sea]], northeast of [[Tempe]]. The total length is 216 km and it begins in the north at the [[Pindus]] ranges east of [[Metsovo]]. The [[Meteora]] region and the cities of [[Trikala]] and [[Larisa]] lie along the Pineios. In the [[1960s]], a freeway connecting [[Athens]] and [[Thessaloniki]] was constructed in much of the [[Tempe]] valley. |
==Miscellaneous== | ==Miscellaneous== | ||
*The battleship ''[[Pineios (battleship)|Pineios]]'' is named after the river. | *The battleship ''[[Pineios (battleship)|Pineios]]'' is named after the river. | ||
| − | *The Pineios River was the subject of a song by [[Spiros Zagoreos]] in the 1960s. | + | *The Pineios River was the subject of a song by [[Spiros Zagoreos]] in the [[1960s]]. |
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Latest revision as of 08:10, April 29, 2006
The Pineios (Greek: Πηνειός) is a river in Thessaly, Greece.
The river is named after the god Peneus and was known for most of the 1000s as the Salambria. It flows from the Pindus mountains and empties into the Aegean Sea, northeast of Tempe. The total length is 216 km and it begins in the north at the Pindus ranges east of Metsovo. The Meteora region and the cities of Trikala and Larisa lie along the Pineios. In the 1960s, a freeway connecting Athens and Thessaloniki was constructed in much of the Tempe valley.
Miscellaneous
- The battleship Pineios is named after the river.
- The Pineios River was the subject of a song by Spiros Zagoreos in the 1960s.
External links
- The Chemical position of the Pineios
- Ovide, Métamorphoses, Livre I
- Pinios River
- Pinios Pilot River Basin-Greece
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