• Kolindros is a historical and traditional town in the north of Pieria and its altitude is 350m. The first written evidence about Kolindros was reveald in 1294 a.C. Kolindros is situeted in a panoramic position, next to Highway among Thessaloniki (49th Km) and Katerini   (35th km).
• The glorious revolution of Kolindros took place in this area (1878 a.C) and its leader was the bishop N. Lousis. Also in Kolindros one can find the house where Zorbas the Greek was born.
• There are two primary schools,functioning in Kolindros. The building of the 1st primary school is a very beatiful, neoclassic one, in the centre of the town. The second one is almost at the highest part of the town. From this school, there is a wonderful view of the surrounding area and the magnificent natural environment.
• The two kindergartens  the 1st and the 2nd share the same space with the primary schools. At the outskirts of the town there  a nursery school, a high school ans a lyceum.

• In the last few years, there has been a rapid development in the area. In the Athletic Center - the pride of northern Pieria - there is a swimming pool, a gymnasium, a stadium, a basketball field, a football and a volleyball ground, a tennis court, a cafeteria, an ope theatre which is being visited by lots of people.

• The majority of the inhabitans are farmers. They cultivate tobacco and wheat trees (the cherries from Kolindros are famous and taste), peach trees and other tree cultivations.

• The two parish churches, one of St Georgios (an old church with an excellent carved iconostasis and the other of St. Theodora, where 400 Byzantine and Post-Byzantine priceless and precious treasures are kept St.Athanasios is nowadays a magnificent monastery.

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