Karditsa

Karditsa (Greek: Καρδίτσα, romanized: Kardítsa [karˈðitsa]) is a city in western Thessaly in mainland Greece.

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 experiences hot, dry summers and cool winters with substantial precipitation.

During the period of Ottoman rule in Thessaly, the main settlement in the location of modern Karditsa was called Sotira.

[4] 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.

View of the cathedral church of Saints Constantine and Helena.
Statue of Nikolaos Plastiras (1883-1953) in Karditsa.
Seal of Bartholomew, Latin Bishop of Karditsa and Velestino in the early 13th century