Old Prison of Trikala (Prison of Trikala)

The Old Prison of Trikala (referred to in sources as the prison of Trikala or Filakes Trikalon) is documented in late 20th- and early 21st-century activist, solidarity and reportage sources as an operational state detention facility. The site is cited in prisoner address lists and in accounts of prison-related events, including the 1988 imprisonment of Nikos Palaiokostas and solidarity actions and hunger-strike support reported in 2010. Sources also place the prison within discussions of prison education and outreach programs in Greece (2015). The supplied materials do not specify construction date, architectural details, ownership changes, or precise coordinates beyond an address anchor appearing in one source (Filakes Trikalon 42100 Trikala). Reported phenomena: none reported. The researcher corpus contains no eyewitness accounts, folkloric tales, apparitions, poltergeist reports, or other supernatural claims linked to this facility. References in the sources are secular and concern penal, political, and activist contexts rather than paranormal interpretation. Cultural and historical context: Within the provided documents the prison's significance is primarily political and penal: it serves as a locus for incarceration of individuals noted by activist communities, appears in international lists of prisoner addresses, and is the focus of solidarity demonstrations and reportage. The alternative name “Diavatopoulos Mansion” appears in the research target label but is not corroborated in the supplied sources and is treated as uncertain.