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 Prefecture
of Magnisia Volos. Volos is the capital of the prefecture of Magnisia
and of the county of Volos. The population of Volos is 90.000. Volos
lies at the cove of Pagasitikos Gulf and is the railway hub of the
Volos - Larisa and Volos - Kalabaka lines. Volos together with the
neighboring municipality of Nea Ionia is the fourth largest (as
far as population is concerned) city in Greece ( after Athens, Thessaloniki
and Patra ) . Volos is a well-planned city with wide, straight streets
and a beautiful sea-front. The city lies at the foot of the spectacular
Mount Pilio. Volos is also a trade and manufacturing center. Most
important are the food, textile, tobacco, cement, wine and engineering
industries.
The Museum of Volos houses one of the biggest collections of stone
age artifacts (found in Dimini, a village near Volos) as well as
coins and statues from the long history of Thessalia from the Mycenean
(Bronze Age civilization which existed in Greece, Crete, Asia Minor,
etc. from c. 1700-c. 1100 B.C.) to the Roman age.
 Volos
is a relatively new city, built only in 1823, where an insignificant
Turkish hamlet used to be. But long before the 13th century, there
was a village, Golos, there which was occupied by the governor of
Thessaloniki Monachos. During the Turkish occupation Golos was the
administrative center of the 24 villages of Pilion. After the successful
war of independence from the Ottoman Empire Volos become one of
the most successful cities in Greece. Merchants, businessmen, craftsmen
and sailors moved to Volos from the surrounding area. The city suffered
extensive damage during the 1955 and 1975 earthquakes, when a lot
of buildings were destroyed. Volos was quickly rebuilt, however,
and today is one of the most beautiful Greek cities.
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