Kato Olympos (Κάτω Όλυμπος, meaning "under Mount Olympus") is a municipality in the Larissa Prefecture, Greece. Population 4,375 (2001). The seat of the municipality is in Pyrgetos. Mytikas Summit, Mt Olympus Mount Olympus (also transliterated as Mount Ólympos, and on modern maps, Óros Ólimbos) is the highest mountain in Greece, at 2,919 (according to new measurements [1]) meters high and one of the highest, in real absolute altitude from base to top, of Europe since its... Larissa (Greek: ΛάÏισα, Lárisa) is a prefecture of Greece, in the periphery of Thessaly. ...
Separated by the steep gorge of the Tembi valley and the Pinios River raise the mountains of the Ossa in the south and the mighty peaks of the Olympos mountain range towards the north from the coastal plains of the Aegean Sea.
Mount Olympos’ 3000 meter high summits are said to be saturated by the nectar of the ancient Greek gods.
This ancient image of the holy mountain and its uncounted natural treasures are today protected by the Mt. Olympos National Park (since 1938) and the flanks of the mountain known as KatoOlympos or Lower Olympos has been declared a biosphere reserve.
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