Kozáni, chief town of a nomos in western Macedonia, is an important regional center and traffic junction (airfield; terminus of railroad from Salonica and Flórina), where the main roads from Salonica (140km/87mi) to Ioánnina and from Flórina (and Bitola in the Republic of Macedonia) to Lárisa cross at
right angles. It lies in a wide and fertile basin and has expanded considerably in recent years. It is the seat of a Greek Orthodox metropolitan and during the centuries of Ottoman rule was an important center of Greek culture.
The town has several interesting churches, some with beautifully carved icon-screens, some with lovely frescoes, as well as a few 19th century mansion houses.
The Fanos festival is held every Sunday before Lent. Folk dances from the Pontos region are performed.