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When the lights come on: Larissa's central square at Christmas

A fir tree of light, trees wrapped in fairy lights and a city out for a stroll. Festive Larissa from above.

Editorial team · · 1 min read · Larissa

When the lights come on: Larissa's central square at Christmas

In the depths of winter, Larissa's central square changes face. The big tree lights up, the plane trees are wrapped in fairy lights and the city comes out onto the street despite the cold of the plain.

From above

From the drone the square looks like a drawing made of light: the diagonal paths, the round flower beds, the dots of people walking. It is a view that reminds you how carefully designed the centre of a city is, a city we usually live at pavement height.

What remains

The lights go out after Epiphany. The pictures remain. We keep them in the magazine's archive, together with every season of the city.

Photographs: Tilemachos Gioglaris / ORIA FILMS

Photographs

Lit trees around the square.
Lit trees around the square.
The geometry of the square, straight from above.
The geometry of the square, straight from above.
The city centre at the holidays.
The city centre at the holidays.

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