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14-521: Inhabitation is attested from 9000 BC. Karditsa ls linked with GR-30 , the road to Karpenisi , and the road to Palamas and Larissa . Karditsa is south-west of Palamas and Larissa, west of Farsala and the Volos area, north-west of Athens , Lamia , Domokos and Sofades , north of Karpenisi , north-east of Arta , and east-south-east of Trikala , Grevena , Ioannina , and Kalampaka . Karditsa has elementary schools, high schools, junior high schools,

28-567: Is active in volleyball. The municipy of Karditsa has also the famous Lake Plastiras . Greek National Road 30 National Road 30 ( Greek : Εθνική Οδός 30 , abbreviated as EO30 ) is a single carriageway road in central Greece . It connects the cities of Arta and Volos , via Trikala and Karditsa . The western end of the Greek National Road 30 is in Arta , where it is connected with GR-5 . It runs northeast through

42-528: Is an artificial lake fed by Tavropos (Megdovas) river, located in Karditsa regional unit , near the city of Karditsa , Greece . The lake is named after the Greek general and politician Nikolaos Plastiras , who was the first to visualize the construction of an artificial lake in the area. The idea of building a reservoir in the area was allegedly first conceived by general Nikolaos Plastiras who, in 1925,

56-589: Is used for irrigation and as a power source of a hydroelectric plant , but also as the main water source to the city of Karditsa . Due to its altitude (one of the highest in Europe) the Tavropos Reservoir is a popular tourist resort in Greece , as the formed landscape is quite unique. This Thessaly location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to

70-710: The University of Thessaly which is one of only two Veterinary departments in Greece and three other university departments of the University of Thessaly based in the city. Karditsa is served by trains on the Palaiofarsalos-Kalambaka line , with connections to both Athens and Thessaloniki . Karditsa has many clubs in various sport. The most of them are active in football such as Anagennisi Karditsa F.C. 1904 , A.S.Karditsa , AO Karditsa , Asteras Karditsas and Elpides Karditsas . The club SPA Karditsa

84-648: The GR-30 reaches the coast of the Pagasetic Gulf . The GR-30 ends in the centre of Volos .Near Vourgareli there are 2 tunnels (cut&cover 400m. before Scala Scorliga tunnel) and Scala Scorliga tunnel 1200m. opened in 1981. National Road 30 passes through the following places: 39°27′06″N 21°51′35″E  /  39.4518°N 21.8597°E  / 39.4518; 21.8597 Lake Plastiras Lake Plastiras ( Greek : Λίμνη Πλαστήρα ) also called Tavropos Reservoir ( Greek : Τεχνητή Λίμνη Ταυρωπού )

98-511: The Veterinary Medicine Department of the University of Thessaly which is one of only two Veterinary departments in Greece, three other university departments of the University of Thessaly , churches, banks, a post office, a railway station , a sports ground, a water tower, and squares. Karditsa is one of the most bicycle -friendly cities in Greece with an extensive network of bicycle paths . Approximately 30% of all

112-618: The city transportation, according to the National Technical University of Athens , is done by bicycles. Karditsa has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate ( Köppen climate classification : Csa ). Karditsa experiences hot, dry summers and cool winters with substantial precipitation. The origin of the name Karditsa is unclear. According to some sources, it may be a corruption of the Slavic word Gradista meaning "fortified place" while other sources suggest it derives from

126-484: The project as part of their effort to electrify the country. An international contest was held in 1953 that was won by the French Omniun Lyonnais . The building of the dam started on December 14, 1955. On October 30, 1960, the dam was officially inaugurated, although the flooding may have started as early as the last months of 1959. Today the lake holds up to 400 million cubic meters of fresh water. It

140-628: The sparsely populated Athamanika mountains, until it reaches the town Pyli , where it enters the Thessalian Plain. At Trikala it connects with the GR-6 , and turn southeast towards Karditsa , where it turns east. The section between Neo Monastiri and Farsala is shared with the GR-3 . The A1 motorway is crossed at Mikrothives , and the A3 motorway between Karditsa and Sofades. At Nea Anchialos

154-571: The word Karyditsa , which means "little walnuts" in the local Greek dialect. During the period of Ottoman rule in Thessaly , the main settlement in the location of modern Karditsa was called Sotira. In 1810, the English traveler William Martin Leake mentioned a sprawling village named Kardhítza, consisting of between 500-600 houses, of which the majority of the inhabitants were Turkish. Karditsa

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168-438: Was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 5 former municipalities, that became municipal units: The municipality has an area of 647.3878 km, the municipal unit 110.086 km. Formerly, Karditsa had a neighbourhood known as Vlachomahalas, which was populated by Vlachs ( Aromanians ). The municipal unit of Karditsa is divided into six parts (communities): Veterinary Medicine Department of

182-632: Was incorporated as a new city in 1882, the year after its liberation from the Ottoman Empire (1881). During World War II , the resistance in Thessaly was fought primarily by the ELAS . On March 12, 1943 Karditsa was liberated temporarily by ELAS after the Italian capitulation. In September 2020, the city was badly hit from catastrophic floods that resulted in 4 deaths. The municipality Karditsa

196-583: Was visiting his hometown in the area. During this time the whole area was devastated by a major flood of the river Tavropos. He exerted pressure on the Ministry of Agriculture, who by 1929 assembled a committee to investigate the situation. Politicians opposed the plan for the next years, up to the Second World War. After the war, the idea was revived by Plastiras as he was proclaimed Prime Minister . The (then newly formed) Power Corporation adopted

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