Tyrnavos

Tyrnavos () is a town and a municipality in the Larissa regional unit of the Thessaly region of Greece. According to the 2021 census, the municipality has a population of 22,280, of whom 11,210 live within the town of Tyrnavos, making it the second-largest town in the regional unit. The river Titarisios, a tributary of the Pineios, flows through the town.

== History == left|thumb|The market of Tyrnavos depicted on a postcard, Tyrnavos was first established by the Slavs as a pastoral settlement with huts in the 7th or 8th century AD. Its name is derived from the Slavic name Trnovo, a common place name throughout the Balkans meaning "place of thorns". In 1423 the Turkish general Turahan Bey conquered Thessaly. Turahan re-founded Tyrnavos as a formal urban center, gathering the local inhabitants and settling them in the new town, which he adorned with several buildings and which he granted extensive privileges. In 1770 there were 16 churches and 6 mosques in the town. Following the Convention of Constantinople in 1881, Greece annexed Tyrnavos along with the rest of Thessaly. Some Ottoman-era buildings have been preserved, most notably the Turkish baths. On March 3, 2021, a 6.3 earthquake struck the region of Thessaly between the towns of Elassona and Tyrnavos. At least a hundred homes and other buildings in the area, including churches, were damaged. A disabled man was rescued with serious head injuries after being trapped in his house in the village of Mesochori and 10 other people were slightly injured.