Ancient Modern The area of Domokos became part of Greece in 1881 when the
Ottoman Empire ceded
Thessaly and a few adjacent areas to Greece. Until 1899, it was part of the
Larissa Prefecture.
Ottoman Era In 1521 (
Hijri 927) the town, known in Ottoman Turkish as , had six Muslim and 311 Christian households in nine neighborhoods. The castle of the town is mentioned as in the
Seyahatnâme of
Evliya Çelebi, which he visited in 1668. He mentions that there were around a hundred tiled houses, with Muslims constituting only one neighborhood and having a mosque, and that the inner castle was inhabited by the
Greeks since the beginning of the Ottoman conquest. He points out that the
Muslims are mixed with Christians and are unaware of their denomination, and that they are relieved of paying the
haraç tax. He also mentioned the
antisemitism of the town, saying that "they do not allow Jews in this city, and the Jews do not come out of fear".
Battle of Domokos In 1897, during the
Greco-Turkish War, about 2,000
Italian volunteers under the command of
Giuseppe Garibaldi's son,
Ricciotti Garibaldi, helped the Greeks in the
Battle of Domokos. Among them there was also a member of the Italian Parliament,
Antonio Fratti, who died in the fighting. The Turkish Army was victorious over the Greek Army. ==Transport==