Almyra is the capital of the homonymous province of the Prefecture of Magnesia in Greece, the center of a prosperous plains called "Krokio Pedio"
Afost an important and populous city, famous for its port and its share of the Persian wars. Because of pirate raids, they built the city in the position it is today.
Further, after the Second World War the city began to develop. In 1980 a catastrophic earthquake destroyed the whole city. In addition, the Almyra has been primarily an agricultural center and commercial importance, and then began to develop as a tourist center.
