Thiva
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Thiva Θήβα |
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| Basic data | |||
| Country |
 Greece
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| region | Central Greece | ||
| Regional district | Boeotia | ||
| local community | Thiva | ||
| Parish | Thiva | ||
| Geographic coordinates | 38 ° 19 ′ N , 23 ° 19 ′ E | ||
| Height above d. M. |
215 m |
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| Residents | 22883 (2011) | ||
| Local division | 1 | ||
| Post Code | 32200 | ||
| Telephone code | (+30) 22620 | ||
| Website: | www.thiva.gr | ||
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Thiva ( pronunciation : [ ˈθiva ], Greek Θήβα ( f. Sg. ) Thiva , outdated also Θήβαι ( f. Pl. ) Thive ) is a city in Greece on the site of ancient Thebes in the Boeotia region .
geography
Thiva is 90 km northwest of Athens on the southern edge of the fertile Boeotian plain, north of the Kithairon .
history
→ For prehistory and ancient history see Thebes (Boeotia)
Already in the 3rd century BC A largely destroyed city flourished again in the Roman Empire and developed into the economic center of Central Greece in the Middle Ages. However, under Ottoman rule it largely lost its importance. During the Greek liberation struggles , it was the scene of acts of war several times and was devastated. It suffered further devastation from earthquakes in 1853 and 1893. Thebes was then rebuilt.
Economy and Transport
The rural middle center forms a trading center primarily for the agricultural products of the surrounding area. Although the city and its surroundings are home to numerous ancient sites, the importance of tourism is low due to the proximity of more well-known attractions such as Athens and Delphi .
Thiva is connected to Athens and Thessaloniki by Highway 1 . The train station of Thiva is situated on the railway line Piraeus and Thessaloniki .
Attractions
- Thebes Archaeological Museum
- Mycenaean tombs
- Ruins of the Temple of Apollon Isminios
- Source of Agii Theodori, known in ancient times as the source of Odipus .
- Source of the Dirke at the Crusader Cistern,
- Byzantine church of Agia Fotini
- underground early Christian church of Agia Katherina
- Church of the Evangelist Luke in the 1st cemetery, (with the relic from the 13th century with the corpse of the evangelist)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Results of the 2011 census at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
- ↑ Karin Braun: Thebes. In: Siegfried Lauffer (Hrsg.): Greece, Lexicon of historical sites. CH Beck, Munich 1989, pp. 662-667.