Larissa is the city of Thessaly, the seat of the municipality of Larissa and the capital of the Regional Unity of Larissa. It is also the seat of the Region of Thessaly. It counts 144,651 permanent residents, occupying an area of approximately 88 sq. Km. and has a weighted average altitude of 70 meters. It is an important shopping mall and a communications and communications hub.
Larissa is an ancient city and has been inhabited for almost 4,000 years. Archaeological research shows that the area of Larissa was inhabited during the Palaeolithic period. [Pending citation] The power of the city until the end of the Macedonian rule was held by the Thessalians Aleuades. During the times of the Persian Wars the inhabitants fought against the other Greeks alongside the foreign invaders. During the Peloponnesian War he was battling at the side of the Athenians. Larisa had cut a coin and several ancient coins have survived. In Larissa he lived and died, at the age of ninety years, the father of medicine, Hippocrates, who was buried somewhere between Girtonis, Tyrnavos and Larissa.
