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 Historical, Folk Art and Natural History Museum of Kozani is divided according to floors. The basement houses the Natural History Department, with herbs, fossils, rocks, minerals, and other geological exhibits.
The ground floor is dedicated to traditional rural life. The upper two floors contain the historical portion of the museum.
Address: Historical, Folk Art and Natural History Museum of Kozani, 9-11 I. Dragoumi Street, 50100 Kozáni, Greece
Prominently situated on a hill on the northwestern outskirts of the town of Kozáni stands the church of the Metamórfosis tou Sotíros, from which there are views over the town into the wide river valley to the southeast, with a large artificial lake formed on the river Aliakmon.
Although Kozáni is not generally regarded as a place of great tourist interest, it is worth taking a stroll through the irregular streets and lanes in the town center with their old houses, part stone-built and part half-timbered, set round inner courtyards and gardens. The best starting-point is the town's central square, Platía Níkis (Victory Square; partly pedestrianized), with a clock-tower of 1855. This was formerly the point from which main roads radiated in all directions.
The metropolitan church of Áyios Nikólaos at Kozáni (1664-1721), a low squat church partly built of wood, has fine carving on the iconostasis and choir-stalls.
Siatista has long been associated with the fur industry which prospered in the 18th and 19th Centuries. The town has many splendid homes with carved wooden ceilings and ornate windows and fireplaces.
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