Monuments Come to East Macedonia and Thrace, a Mansions and Small Piazzas

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Monuments Come to East Macedonia and Thrace, a mansions and small piazzas. Do not forget place where different races, languages and to take a detour for a visit to the Archaeo- religions coexisted for centuries, and dis- logical Museum of Abdera, the birthplace cover its rich cultural mosaic. Indulge in the of Democritus, Protagoras and Leucippus. myth of Thrace, the daughter of Okeanos, After you have also philosophized “your the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, the atomic theory”, travel a short distance to joyful worship of Dionysus in the uncanny Komotini for a guided tour of the Byzantine Kaveirian mysteries. You can begin your wall remnants, since all the neighbouring journey with visiting Drama of wine, where towns in East Macedonia and Thrace are you too can honor Dionysus at his Sanctu- only a short distance apart. Do not miss the ary in Kali Vrysi and then experience the opportunity of seeing the impressive mosa- region’s rich religious closeup at Eikosiphi- ics, the Ancient theatre and the traditional nissa Monastery. Pass under the “Kamares” settlement in Maroneia. Upon arriving at (arches) in Kavala to wander amongst the the seaside Ancient Zone, you can admire city’s exceptional neoclassical buildings and the method for insulating house floors the Tobacco warehouses, which still emit with inverted amphorae or walk along the the smell of tobacco; visit the mansion of Ancient Via Egnatia. Have a close look at Mohammed Ali and discover the ancient the archaeological excavations at Doxipara splendor at the city of Philippi. Live through Tomb, where prominent people were cre- the perfect experience of a performance mated after death and buried together with at the ancient theatre of Philippi or on the their coaches and horses. In Samothraki, other side at the “balcony” of Limena at the homeland of the statue dedicated to the ancient theatre of Thasos with a view the Victory of Samothrace that is housed at of the Aegean Sea. Dive into the enchant- the Louvre, you will feel the enchantment ing Alykes beach, behind the ancient mar- of the Kaveirian mysteries, as well as the ble quarry. Lose yourself in the labyrinth of passion between Phillip and Olympias, the the old city of Xanthi with its1200 restored mother of Alexander the Great. Dra ma 1

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1 4 Sanctuary of Dionysus at Kali Vrysi

3 Holy Monastery of Eikosiphinissa

4 Tobacco Warehouses 1 2 1 Ancient Theatre at Philippi

2 The Baptistery of Lydia at Philippi

3 Old Aqueduct (Kamares)

4 Kavala Archaeological Museum

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3 1 Old city of Xanthi

2 Abdera Archaeological Museum

3 Komninon Macedonian Grave at Stavroupolis

4 Papa Stone Bridge at Oreo

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1 Maroneia Archaeological Site

2 Maroneia Ancient Theatre

3 Komotini Byzantine Wall

4 Mosaic floor at Agios Charalambos 1 2

3 Evr 1 Sealing a building floor with inverted amphorae in the ancient Evros Zone os 2 Panagia Kosmosotira at Feres

3 Bayezid Mosque in Didymoteicho

4 Mikri Doxipara burial tomb

4 1 1 Ancient Theatre at Limenas

2 Ancient Quarry of marble at Alyki Beach

3 Thasos Archaeological Museum

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1 Palaiopoli Archaeological Site

2 Sanctuary dedicated to the Great Gods

3 The Victory of Samothraki Region of East Macedonia - Thrace Department of Development Planning Emerging Evros 2nd century AD floor Mosaic Photographs: Region of E.M.T., Christos Drazos, in Ancient Plotinopolis, Panagiotis Ntoumas, Environmental education Didymoteicho of Evros center of Vistonida, Thodoros Mpatzakas OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME OF “MACEDONIA - THRACE” 2007-2013

Focusing on human and environment-oriented development

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