Pherae
Vanished settlement · Greece
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 39.379, 22.754
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Thessaly
History
Pherae was a city and polis (city-state) in southeastern Ancient Thessaly. One of the oldest Thessalian cities, it was located in the southeast corner of Pelasgiotis. According to Strabo, it was near Lake Boebeïs 90 stadia from Pagasae, its harbor on the Gulf of Pagasae. The site is in the modern community of Velestino.