PERFECTURE MAGNESIAS

Magnesia, the homeland of the centaurs, is a prefecture of Greece, located in the southeastern part of Thessaly. The Magnesia Prefecture included the Northern Sporades group of islands (Skiathos, Skopelos and Alonnisos).The capital of the prefecture is the city of Volos. A prominent geographic feature of Magnesia is the Pagasetic Gulf, a bay of the Aegean Sea. In the North section of Magnesia, Lake Karla was formerly found. The hydrological network of Magnesia is not particularly rich and is characterized by the absence of big rivers. It is worth visiting numerous antiquities, monuments and museums of Magnesia. The main archaeological sites are Dimitriada, Sesklo and Dimini and the museums of Folklore, and National Resistance.