Farsala Attractions
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The Thessalian town of Fársala, on a site which has been continuously occupied since Neolithic times, was destroyed by an earthquake in 1954 and thereafter rebuilt in modern style.
The only evidence of its long past is an ancient tomb on the western outskirts of the town, a circular structure surrounded by large slabs of stone.
Fársala is notable mainly as the scene of the battle of Pharsalos in the summer of 48 B.C., in which Caesar defeated Pompey. This was the first of three battles fought in Greece in the first century B.C. which had decisive effects on the history of Rome; the others were Philippi in 42 B.C. and Aktion (Actium) in 31 B.C. (see Nikópolis). From the hill (348m/1,142ft) above the town there is a view of the battlefield in the Enipefs valley to the north.
Station on the Athens-Salonica railroad line (13km/8mi west).
The only evidence of its long past is an ancient tomb on the western outskirts of the town, a circular structure surrounded by large slabs of stone.
Fársala is notable mainly as the scene of the battle of Pharsalos in the summer of 48 B.C., in which Caesar defeated Pompey. This was the first of three battles fought in Greece in the first century B.C. which had decisive effects on the history of Rome; the others were Philippi in 42 B.C. and Aktion (Actium) in 31 B.C. (see Nikópolis). From the hill (348m/1,142ft) above the town there is a view of the battlefield in the Enipefs valley to the north.
Station on the Athens-Salonica railroad line (13km/8mi west).
