Vasilika ( Greek : Βασιλικά ) is a small village in the prefecture of Boeotia , Greece . It is about 150 kilometers (ca. 90 miles) NW of Athens, and about 25 kilometers (ca. 15 miles) from the prefecture's capital, Livadeia . The village was originally called Kravasaras (Κραβασαράς). References to that name go back to the middle of the 17th century.
4-448: Vasilika (Greek: Βασιλικά ) is a Greek toponym, meaning "royal place/land". It can refer to: Vasilika, Boeotia Vasilika, Euboea Vasilika, Heraklion Vasilika, Lesbos Vasilika, Phthiotis Vasilika, Thessaloniki Vasilika refugee camp See also [ edit ] Vasiliki (disambiguation) Vasiliko (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
8-562: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Vasilika, Boeotia Vasilika is built at the foot of the hill of Philoboiotos (Φιλοβοιωτός), where the Roman general Sulla assembled his troops prior to the Battle of Chaeronea , in 86 BC. There, Sulla was victorious against the forces of Taxiles, who was fighting for the King of Pontus Mithridates . To
12-471: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vasilika&oldid=1254377926 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Greek-language text Short description
16-498: The west, about 400 meters away, scant ruins possibly indicate the temple of Asklepios Archagetes, mentioned by Pausanias . The place is still called "The Columns". To the east of the village there used to be, until recently, the Inn of Katoikou where, according to Ioannis Makrygiannis , in 1823 during the Greek War of Independence , a small contingent of Greek fighters attacked and captured
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