Agios Georgios Nilias of the Prefecture of Magnesia is the old village of Pelion. Formerly an independent community. In 1998, it became a municipal department of the Municipality of Milies, and since 2011 it joined the Municipality of Southern Pelion. Agios Georgios Nilias is built at an altitude of 700 m in an amphitheatrical location overlooking the Pagasitic Gulf, about 20 km east of Volos, between Agios Vlasios and Pinakates. According to the census of 2011, the inhabitants of the settlement of Agios Georgios are 142. However, according to the same census, the residents of the Municipal District (former community) of Agios Georgios Nilias are 963 (2001: 1,092) and are divided into five agglomerations as follows: Agios Georgios (800 m altitude) 142 per. Two Roads (500 m high) 23 acres Agia Triada (350 m altitude) 141 ca. Ano Gatzea (150 m high) 297 inhabitants. Kato Gatzea (seaside settlement) 360sq. According to the tradition, Agios Georgios Nilias was built around the 15th century. by shepherds who found in a bush the image of the saintly commander. The two shepherds built a church in honor of the saint and around the church was built the homonymous village. In Agios Georgios, there is also a second church dedicated to Agios Athanasios, which was built by the craftsman, the Municipality of Zipaniotis or Zapaniotis in 1795 and is one of the most beautiful examples of folk architecture of the 18th century. Because the first inhabitants of the village were shepherds and because the winter is heavy at the altitude where the village is built, the Aegirigeans had the habit of staying in Agios Georgios during the summer and winter to descend to their lower huts (Agia Triada , Ano Gatzea and Kato Gatzea). Even the Community Authority moved twice a year: on 10 April the community shop was going to St. George and on 10 November it was going down to Ano Gatzea. This habit was maintained until the late 20th century, when the community of St. George was dissolved. During the Greek Revolution of 1821, the inhabitants of Agios Georgios rose, but in 1822 Dramalis broke down the revolution and burned the village. For this reason, the oldest houses of the village – what they survive – are of the late 19th century. The identifying nickname “Nilia” entered the name of the village with the liberation of Thessaly, when the Municipality of Nile was established. (The Nile Municipality, which was dissolved in 1914, consisted of the villages of Ano and Kato Lehonia, Agios Vlasios (Karambassi), Agios Georgios, Drakeia, Agios Lavrentios and Agria. Nileia was an ancient city probably close to today’s Volos.) The village has enjoyed great acne since the late 19th century. until the Second World War. Agios Georgios Nilias, a fertile site with plenty of water, was rich in the production and trade of olives and apples. He also received much money from the Egyptians who had been hospitalized in Egypt and elsewhere. During the Occupation and then during the Civil War, the village experienced difficult days. Many residents were forced to abandon it because of the raids of the Germans and the presence of local paramilitary groups. With the end of the Civil War, Agios Georgios Nilias began to decline. Many residents stopped moving to stay permanently in the lower settlements of the same community. Today, there are few residents living in Agios Georgios, but many houses have been restored by wealthy foreigners who use them as country houses. The “Aloni” Theater in Agios Georgios Nilias: Its stone-built stands are overlooking the Pagasitic Gulf. New Martyr Stamatios (martyred in Constantinople in 1680 and his memory is celebrated on the first Sunday after August 16), painters Yannis Poulakas (1863-1942) and Chrysoula Zogia (1914-1992), as well as the sculptor Nicholas (Nikolaos Pavlopoulos, 1909-1990). The latter donated a large part of his works to the then Agios Georgios Nilias community, as well as a large sum of money, and so today in the village operates the Municipal Museum of Sculpture Nikolas. Just outside Agios Georgios Nilias, in the old village threshing floor, there is also the outdoor “Aloni” Theater, founded in 1995, aiming at the cultural development of the area of ​​Pelion. In this unique open-air theater of the Prefecture of Magnesia, every summer there are important theatrical performances and musical concerts. Also in Agios Georgios Nilias is the famous Holy Monastery of Pammegiston Taxiarchon of Pelion, one of the largest women’s monasteries in Greece, with rich activity and its own radio station with great scope for the data of the province.