Protochori

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Protochori is a community of the city of Kozani in northern Greece. Located south of the city centre, it has a population of 830. ()

Local name: Πρωτοχώρι ΚοζάνηςCoordinates: 40°14'40"N, 21°44'56"E

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Epirus and Western MacedoniaGreece

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Protochori – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Archaeological Museum of Kozani, Historical–Folklore and Natural History Museum of Kozani, Aiani Archaeological Museum, Museum of the Macedonian Struggle.

4.4 miNE
Archaeological museum, Museum
Archaeological Museum of Kozani, Kozani
113 min walk • The Archaeological Museum of Kozani is a museum in Kozani, Greece. The museum's collection includes finds from archaeological excavations as well as from individuals from all over Kozani prefecture, apart from the Aiani area.
4.4 miNE
Museum
Historical–Folklore and Natural History Museum of Kozani, Kozani
112 min walk • Kozani is a city in northern Greece, capital of Kozani regional unit and of Western Macedonia. It is located in the western part of Macedonia, in the northern part of the Aliakmonas river valley.
6.7 miSE
Museum, Archaeological museum
Aiani Archaeological Museum
171 min walk • The Aiani Archaeological Museum is a museum in Aiani, West Macedonia, Greece. Although the museum was inaugurated in 1970, with a collection of antiquities of the ancient city but in 1983 a number of major additional finds meant that the museum had to be expanded considerably to house the new objects.
5.6 miS
Museum
Museum of the Macedonian Struggle
143 min walk • The Museum of the Macedonian Struggle near Chromio, Kozani regional unit, Greece is an open-air museum created and landscaped over an area of 7 hectares presenting the struggles of the Greeks in Macedonia until it was united to Greece in 1912–13.
4.4 miNE
Square
Nikis Square, Kozani
114 min walk • Nikis Square is Kozani's central square. It is approximately in the middle of the town, 470 km north-west from Athens, 120 km south-west from Thessaloniki. Koventaron street is to the north, Tsontza street is to the west, Eirinis avenue is to south and Pavlou Mela street is to the east.
3.8 miW
City
Metamorfosi
96 min walk • Metamorfosi is a community of the city of Kozani in northern Greece. Located southwest of the city centre, it has a population of 346.
6.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Vourinos
159 min walk • Vourinos is a mountain range covering the eastern Grevena and southern Kozani regional units in Greece. Its highest elevation is 1,866 metres. Its length is approximately 30 km from northwest to southeast. It is drained by the river Aliakmonas and its tributaries.
6 miNW
City
Xirolimni
154 min walk • Xirolimni is a community of the city of Kozani in northern Greece. Located west of the city centre, it has a population of 388. The village was named Şahinler by Ottoman Turk inhabitants until the 1924 population exchange between Greece and Turkey.
4.6 miNE
Universities and schools
University of Western Macedonia, Kozani
118 min walk • The University of Western Macedonia, was founded in Kozani in 2003. In 2019, the University of Western Macedonia was merged with the Technological Education Institute of Western Macedonia. The new University runs 7 Schools and 22 Departments in 5 cities.
3.8 miNE
Sport, Arenas and stadiums, Sport venue
Kozani Stadium, Kozani
98 min walk • Kozani Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Kozani, Greece. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Kozani F.C. The stadium holds 4,000 and was built in 1955.