Vrontou, Pieria

The carnival of Vrondou.

Vrontou (Greek: Βροντού) is a town of the former Municipality of Dio, which is part of the municipality of Dio-Olympos, in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece, at an altitude of 120 meters, with 2,081 inhabitants (census 2001). There are several medieval and post-medieval churches in Vrontou.

An impressive and spectacular event is the carnival of Vrontou,, that take place every year.

References

Οικισμός Παλαιάς Βροντούς

Subdivisions of the municipality of Dio-Olympos

Municipal unit of Dio	Agios Spyridonas Dion Karitsa Kondariotissa Nea Efesos Vrontou

Municipal unit of East Olympos	Leptokarya Panteleimonas Platamon Poroi Skotina

Municipal unit of Litochoro	Litochoro

Coordinates: 40°12′N 22°26′E / 40.200°N 22.433°E / 40.200; 22.433

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