Askos (Thessaloniki), Greece
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Askos is a small mountain village in northern Greece
, part of the municipality Sochos
. It is located approximately 60 kilometers from Thessaloniki
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The village is known for the carnival that it organizes every year to advertise the wines and cheese that it produces.
There is also the historical mountain Tempelis in Askos. The football team Of Askos is Makedonikos and its colours are green and white.
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, part of the municipality Sochos
Sochos
Sochos is a village and a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lagkadas, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 5,773 .-Subdivisions:...
. It is located approximately 60 kilometers from Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...
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The village is known for the carnival that it organizes every year to advertise the wines and cheese that it produces.
There is also the historical mountain Tempelis in Askos. The football team Of Askos is Makedonikos and its colours are green and white.