Administrative Region : North Aegean
Regional unit : Chios
Kallimasia (Καλλιμασιά) Chios
Kallimasia is a town in Chios, built 13 kilometers south of the island's capital.
General and historical data
It was one of the most important towns on the island during the Middle Ages, but was almost completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1881. It is built on a plain with olive trees. Sights of the area are the ruins of medieval towers and well-preserved and impressive churches. Kallimasia was the seat of the Municipality of Anemonas and the Municipality of Ionia.
From Kallimasia came two Ecumenical Patriarchs, Joachim II and Joachim IV, Lieutenant Colonel Costas Perrikos, head of PEAN, the founder and first president of the Association of Mastic Producers of Chios, Doctor Sylkis and Olympian George Stagoulis and the first [1].
References
Great Soviet Encyclopedia, Akadimos Publishing Company, Athens 1978, volume 4, p. 692
| Municipal unit Ionia |
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| Municipal Community Kallimasia |
| Agios Aimilianos (Άγιος Αιμιλιανός, ο) |
| Voudotopos (Βουδότοπος, ο) |
| Kallimasia (Καλλιμασιά, η) |
| Moni Panagias Koimiseos Plakidiotissis (Μονή Παναγίας Κοιμήσεως Πλακιδιωτίσσης, η) |
| Monolia (Μονολιά, η) |
| Municipal Community Nenita |
| Vokaria (Βοκαριά, η) |
| Gridia (Γρίδια, τα) |
| Moni Taxiarchon (Μονή Ταξιαρχών, η) |
| Nenita (Νένητα, τα) |
| Community Vouno |
| Agios Ioannis (Άγιος Ιωάννης, ο) |
| Vouno (Βουνό, το) |
| Lilikas (Λιλικάς, ο) |
| Community Exo Didyma |
| Exo Didyma (Έξω Διδύμα, η) |
| Community Tholopotami |
| Tholopotami (Θολοποτάμιον, το) |
| Sklavia (Σκλαβιά, τα) |
| Community Katarraktis |
| Katarraktis (Καταρράκτης, ο) |
| Community Koini |
| Koini (Κοινή, η) |
| Community Mesa Didyma |
| Mesa Didyma (Μέσα Διδύμα, η) |
| Moni Agias Matronis Chalandron (Μονή Αγίας Ματρώνης Χαλάνδρων, η) |
| Community Myrmigki |
| Myrmigki (Μυρμήγκιον, το) |
| Community Pagida |
| Pagida (Παγίς, η) |
| Community Flatsia |
| Nekta (Νεκτά, η) |
| Flatsia (Φλάτσια, τα) |
See also: Chios (island)
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