Plastira's Lake

Plastira's lake is a successful example of the intervention of the human to the nature. It was the project of a famous man of Karditsa and of whole Greece, General Nikolaos Plastiras. In 1925, Nikolaos Plastiras had the idea to construct a dam in order to create an artificial lake that would serve the irrigation of the Thessaly plain. The project was completed in 1960 and it solved the irrigative and water supply problems and also provided electricity by exploiting the power of the water.

So, Tauropos lake was created, its length is approximately 14km, its width 4km and its capacity 365 cubic meters. Later it was renamed Plastira's lake, after its creator.