Livadeia or Levadia (formerly) is a city in Central Greece and the capital of the Prefecture of Viotia. Administratively, according to the Kallikratis Program, it belongs to the Region of Central Greece, in particular to the Regional Unit of Viotia and is the seat of the Municipality of Levadea. It is also the seat of the Holy Metropolis of Thebes and Levadia.
Livadeia is located at an altitude of 160 meters, in
the northwestern part of the prefecture, 130 kilometers northwest of
Athens and about 30 kilometers from the nearest coast of the
prefecture (Distomou Beach, where the settlement of Aspra Spitia is
located).
As for the natural landscape, the location of the
city is located at the western end of the plain of Kopaida, despite
the dried lake of the same name and at the foot of Mount Elikonas,
which rises south of the city, while Parnassos is formed quite
northwest. Extremely important in the creation and development of
the city is the small river of Erkyna, which flows through the city
on an axis south to north, to join the Makrisos river and later with
the Boeotian Kifissos.
The four main squares of the city of Livadeia
are the following: Lambrou Katsoni (or Zappeion), Ethnikis
Antistaseos (the Central Square), Tabachnas Square, Agios Meletios
Square in the refugee settlement and Odysseas Androutsou Square.
Among the main buildings of the city are the Asylum for the
Infirm, the building of the National Bank of Greece and the four
main churches: Panagia Theotokou, Agios Nikolaos, Agios Georgios and
Evangelistria.
The population of Livadeia is 21,379 according
to the 2011 census.