[...] the serái or παλάτι of the metropolitan bishop, situated on the right bank of the Reueius. The palace, together with the adjoining cathedral, which is remarkable neither for its size or decorations, is inclosed by a wall, serving in some measure as a protection from the Turkish insults. The upper story commons a noble view of the Larissal campus opimal, surrounded by Ossa, Olympus, and the Perrhoebian hills. Immediately about the metropolis, the river is crossed by a bridge of 9 arches, 300 feet in length, faced with large square stones, and having a road/way which, very unlike that of the narrow Albanian bridges, is wide enough for two carriages: the piers which terminate below in spurs, are pierced with Saracenic arches, curved and pointed.
