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==Sights== In the area from the Frourio hill to the Central square is located the old part of the city where some of its main landmarks are. Sights of the city are: * The [[Frourio Hill]] and the adjacent First Ancient Greek Theatre area. * The [[Pineios (Thessaly)|Pineios]] river that crosses the city center near the St. Achillios church and the Alkazar Park next to the lush river banks of Pineios river. * The [[First Ancient Theatre, Larissa|First Ancient Greek Theatre]] of Larissa, built in the 3rd c. BC. * The [[Second Ancient Theatre, Larissa|Second Ancient Theatre]], built in the 1st c. BC. * The [[Basilica of St. Achillios]]. Early Byzantine basilica ruins dedicated to the city's patron saint, St. Achillios. * The church of St. Achillios Cathedral. * The [[Bezesten of Larissa]]. Built in the 15th c. was an Ottoman enclosed market and also used in the 19th c. as a gunpowder magazine and fort. * The [[Yeni Mosque, Larissa|Yeni Mosque]], a rare example of 19th c. mosque built in neoclassical style, now used as a museum. * The [[Ottoman baths of Larissa|Ottoman Baths]] probably built in the 15th c. * The Cenotaph monument of Hippocrates, the 4th c. B.C. votive stele dedicated to Poseidon and many other ancient ruins and monuments. * The [[Diachronic Museum of Larissa]] with finds that cover all history of Larissa since antiquity. * Historical buildings that have been listed as architecturally preserved, such as the Mill of Pappas, the Cine Palace (architect Colonello), the Charokopos Tower (arch. [[Anastasios Metaxas]], buit in 1902, endangered to collapse as of 2022) and the neoclassical complex of the Averofeios Agricultural School (built in 1908).
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