Volosball

Volos is a coastal port city in Thessalyball situated midway on the Greek mainland, about 330 kilometres (205 miles) north of Athens and 220 kilometres (137 miles) south of Thessaloniki. It is the capital of the Magnesia regional unit. Volos is the only outlet to the sea from Thessaly, the Greeceball Greeceball 's largest agricultural region. It is one of the largest cities of Greeceball Greeceball and is very important for having mountain and sea combined.

Antiquity:
Modern Volos is built on the area of the ancient cities of Demetrias, Pagasae and Iolcos. Demetrias was established by Demetrius Poliorcetes, King of Macedon. Iolkos or Iolcus, was the homeland of mythological hero Jason, who boarded the ship Argo accompanied by the Argonauts and sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece to Colchis. To the west of Volos lie the Neolithic settlements of Dimini, with a ruined acropolis, walls, and two beehive tombs dating to between 4000–1200 BC, Sesklo, with the remains of the oldest acropolis in Greeceball Greeceball (6000 BC), and also the foundations of a palace and mansions, among its most characteristic examples  of Neolithic civilisation. === Byzantineball and Ottoman Empireball era:=== During the course of the 8th century, mainland Greeceball Greeceball was subjected to numerous  Bulgariaball raids. At the end of the century, a large scale  Bulgariaball military expedition headed by the chieftain Akamir was launched from Belasica. Bulgariaball plundered Thessalyball, from their encampment which was located between modern day Volos and Velestino. Byzantineball called those Bulgarians Velegizitas or Vielesti. Volos, Velestino, Zagora and many other placenames in Magnesia originate from that period and are of Slavic origin. The first reference to Golos comes from a  Byzantineball document dated to 1333, while Volos appears to be a later corruption of the term. Golos probably originated from the Slavic word gološ'seat of administration', or perhaps from gol bald, naked, as the area has sparse vegetation. In the 14th century Volos came under the control of  Serbiaball, subsequent conquest by  Venetoball and ​​​​​​​Catalan Republicball led to a large drop in the local population.

Volos was held by Ottoman Empireball from 1393–1397 and the in 1403, and finally conquered in 1423. The Ottoman name of the city was قلز "Quluz"; it marked the southern border of the Vilayet-i Rumeli-i Şarki. Later, it was a center of a kaza in the Sanjak of Tirhala, which was part of Jannina Vilayet.

At the beginning of the Greek Revolution, the provisional government of Greece claimed Volos as part of Greek national territory, but the Treaty of Constantinopleball, which established a Greek independent state, set its northern boundary between Arta and Volos.[5] However, Volos was incorporated into​​​ Kingdom of Greeceball in 1881 with the rest of Thessalyball.

Modern era:
Volos is a relatively new city, beginning its strongest growth in the mid-19th century. The locality of its castle was previously known as Golos by Ottoman Empireballs and locals, while Ano Volos was known as Gkolos.

After its incorporation into the Kingdom of Greeceball from Ottoman Empireball in 1881, the town had a population of only 4,900, but grew rapidly in the next four decades as merchants, businessmen, craftsmen and sailors gravitated toward it from the surrounding area. In the 1920s a large influx of refugees to the settlement took place, especially from Ionia, but also from Antigonidsball, Cappadociaball and East Thraceball. In 1882, Andreas Syngros established the Privileged Bank of Epirus and Thessaly, which the National Bank of Greece acquired in 1899 after its founder's death. Volos was occupied by Ottomans on 8 May 1897, during the Greco Turkish War.

The city had a vibrant Jewishball community in the early 20th century: from ca. 500 in 1896, it rose to ca. 2,000 in 1930, before falling drastically to 882 members in 1940, because of emigration to the great cities of Thessalonikiball and  Athensball or abroad. During the ​​​​​​ Nazi Germanyball occupation of Greeceball Greeceball ​​​​​​,the prompt actions of the local chief rabbi, Moshe Pessach, and the Greek authorities, saved about 700 of the local Jewishball  community from deportation to the ​​​​​​ Nazi Germanyball death camps.

Volos is also well known for its assortment of mezedes and a clear, alcoholic beverage known as tsipouro.(it often holds it in his hands)

A street in a sister city, Rostov-on-Donball, bears the name Улица Греческого Города Волос (Street of the Greek City of Volos), weaving through a mix of early 20th century buildings with characteristic inner yards, tiered balconies and open iron stairs that lend Rostov-on-Donball its characteristic Mediterranean look.

Personality
Volosball will always strive to find ways to chill and go out with his twin cities to drink tsipouro. Also he will be very likely to host sport and all other kinds of events so as to show off that it is better than Larissaball and that Volos should have been the capital of Thessalyball not Larissaball. Volos likes both summer and winter due to the fact that it has mountain and sea as well so it can relax in both seasons.

Relations:

 * Friends:


 * Greeceball


 * EUball


 * Thessalyball


 * Antofagastaball (city)


 * Batumiball


 * Le mansball


 * Plevenball


 * Rostov-on-Donball


 * Smederevoball


 * Franceball


 * Italyball


 * Germanyball


 * Netherlandsball


 * Belgiumball


 * Denmarkball


 * Enemies:


 * Slavsball


 * Nazi Germanyball


 * Ottoman Empireball


 * Turkeyball


 * Larissaball


 * Catalan Republicball


 * Venetoball


 * Bulgariaball













