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for destination:  "PORTARIA , Village , PELION " .
 
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Biographies (3)
 Historians
     ZAGORA (Small town) PELION
Kordatos Giannis ,  1891 - 1961
 Related to the place
     KISSOS (Village) PELION
Rigas Feraios
Rigas Feraios (see Velestino). He was a teacher in this village during the turkish domination in Greece. His bust is placed in the school yard.
     MAKRINITSA (Village) PELION
Theofilos Hajimichael
  Theofilos Hajimichael was born round 1868 in Varia in Mitilini. Travelling in search of a job reaches Volo and Pelion in about 1899 where he stays for 30 years. Theofilos paints in the town of Volos, mainly in cafenia1, taverns, inns and in the villages round Volos in mansions, churches and shops.
  In Makrinitsa he paints in a cafenio2 named after him and is dated since 1910. In the eastern wall on the right of the entrance of the cafenio, there is a fresco-painting with dimensions 3,15x2,50m with a theme of Katsadoni in Joumerka. The painting represents a feast of Katsadoni with his brave men in a mountainous landscape.
1-2 : Cafenia - Cafenio (Small cafeteria)
This text is cited September 2004 from the Community of Makrinitsa URL below, which contains images
http://users.otenet.gr/~makrin/theo_en.htm (2 img.) English Greek
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