Domokos is a town and a municipality in Phthiotis

Phthiotis

Phthiotis is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece. The capital is the city of Lamia. It is bordered by the Malian Gulf to the east, Boeotia in the south, Phocis in the south, Aetolia-Acarnania in the southwest, Evrytania in the west,...

, Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

. The town Domokos is the seat of the municipality of Domokos and of the former Domokos Province

Domokos Province

Domokos Province was one of the provinces of Greece, at time of abolishment of the provinces it belonged to Phthiotis Prefecture in Central Greece....

. The town is built on a mountain slope overlooking the plain of Thessaly

Thessaly

Thessaly is a traditional geographical region and an administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessaly was known as Aeolia, and appears thus in Homer's Odyssey....

, 36km from the city of Lamia

Lamia

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Battle of Domokos

In 1897, during the Greco-Turkish War

Greco-Turkish War (1897)

The Greco-Turkish War of 1897, also called the Thirty Days' War and known as the Black '97 in Greece, was a war fought between the Kingdom of Greece and Ottoman Empire. Its immediate cause was the question over the status of the Ottoman province of Crete, whose Greek majority long desired union...

, some Italian

Italy

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 volunteers helped Greeks in the battle of Domokos: among them there was also one of the members of Italian Parliament, Antonio Fratti, who heroically died in fightening.

Municipality

The municipality Domokos was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:

• Domokos
• Thessaliotida
  Thessaliotida
  Thessaliotida is a former municipality in Phthiotis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Domokos, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 4,705 . The seat of the municipality was in Neo Monastiri....
  
  
• Xyniada
  Xyniada
  Xyniada is a village and a former municipality in Phthiotis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Domokos, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 4,396 . The seat of the municipality was in Omvriaki....