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TRAVEL GUIDE | 2015 Our Land Is Located in the Third Peninsula of Ηalkidiki, Known As the Gate of Mount Athos Discover with all your senses the land of Aristotle MUNICIPALITY OF ARISTOTLE The land of the greatest philosopher of all times Aristotle park in Stagira he 4th century Stagira was a small city of Ηalkidiki, which was under the jurisdiction of the king of Macedonia. He was born in 384 BC Aristotle, who was to become one of the most important Greek philosophers of antiquity. After Socrates and Plato, Aristotle was the great philosopher who influenced the thinking of the ancients. He was the first to systematically worked on logic, Tmetaphysics, physics, ethics, political philosophy, zoology, psychology, literature and aesthetics, and have rescued more than 200 titles of works attributed to the great philosopher.Today 2000 years later, the famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has classified Aristotle first in the list of names with the most famous names around the world from 4000 BC to 2010, surpassing Jesus and other eminent people such as Plato, Alexander the Great and Leonardo Da Vinci. A unique park of Aristotle is located at an altitude of about 500 meters, in the historical village of Stagira. It is worth visiting not only for its interesting instruments but lso for the great view to the gulf of Ierissos. The park preexisted and the wonderful location was chosen in 1956 to host the statue of Aristotle, made by sculptor Nicholas, in honor of the great philosopher who was born in Ancient Stagira. The unique interactive instruments were placed there in 2003. They are experimental instruments, operating by rules of physics that are mentioned in Aristotle’s textbooks and especially in the one called “The Naturals and combines recreation, entertainment and education. The tower of Madem Agas is also located there, with the house that was the administrative center of Sidirokafsia mines during years of the Ottoman Empire. MUNICIPALITY OF ARISTOTLE | TRAVEL GUIDE | 2015 Our land is located in the third Peninsula of Ηalkidiki, known as the Gate of Mount Athos. It is the place where the great philosopher Aristotle was raised and taught. We invite you to explore the heavenly coasts, the amazing landscapes, the flavors and discover how the essence of life was really discovered here The Municipality is the last area of the Greek State before Mount Athos. It is commonly known as Holy Mountain, and it is the most important center of orthodox monasticism since late 10th century and one of the top monuments of the world’s cultural heritage. It occupies the northern part of Halkidiki’s peninsula. Initially, cenobitic monasticism appeared in 963 during Byzantine Empire when the first monastery of Megisti (Great) Lavra was founded. Later on, in 972, the first first “typicon” was signed which constitutes the Athonite monasticism, bearing the rules of organizing and operation of the cenobitic communities. Avaton, is one of the most ancient and unbreakable rulesm which means, the non-accessibility of Mount Athos to eunuchs, beardless children and women. The 20 “Dominant”, “Royal”, Patriarchal” and “Stavropegial” holy monasteries comprising the Monastic State of Mount Athos, continue to support and spiritually reinforce the Church and the Greek society with the ascetic lifestyle. Many people from all the Christian Orthodox community commute from the Ports of Ouranoupoli, Tripiti and Ierissos in order to visit the monasteries of this sacred land. Learn more about Municipality of Aristotle Monastery of Mount Athos SIGHTSEEING Every part of the Municipality has its own long history; many parts of it can be seen even today. You can explore ruins of ancient cities, visit castles and byzantine churches or even walk around the neighborhoods of every village, and find the beauty and the grace of a truly blessed land MUNICIPALITY OF ARISTOTLE | TRAVEL GUIDE | 2015 The tower of Prosforio Ancient Stagira Ancient Stagira was. The visitor can nowadays see the remains The most important historic site in Halkidiki is of some buildings on the northern slope of the ancient Stagira, located beside Olympiada, is archaeological site, as well as the small part of mainly known for being the birthplace of Aristotle, the byzantine walling. the great Greek philosopher and teacher of Alexander the Great. The tour takes up to 3 hour Canal of Xerxes walk and walking the seaside path, is a must. Ionian settlers who came from the island of Andros founded the city in 655 B.C. while colonists from Chalkida settled a little later on. Xerxes I of Persia occupied it in 480 BC. The city later joined the Delian League, led by Athens. During the Peloponnesian War, Stagira sided with Sparta against the Athenians. In 348 BC, Philip II of Macedon occupied and Canal of Xerxes destroyed the city. In return for Aristotle’s tutoring of his son Alexander, Philip later rebuilt the city and resettled the old city’s inhabitants. When It is the largest technical project that took place in Halkidiki during the ancient era. According to Aristotle passed away in 322 B.C., in Halkida, Herodotus, in 480 B.C., during the Median wars, his body was transferred to Stagira, where he Xerxes, the king of Persians, wanted to lead his was buried with great honors. He was declared huge fleet from Akanthos to Thermi (the name a “founder” of the city and an altar was built on of Thessaloniki then) avoiding the danger of the his tomb and established the “Aristoteleia”, Athonite circumnavigation. So, he ordered the a celebration to honor his name. opening of a canal that extended from today’s Nea The city was deserted during the Greco-Roman Roda to Tripiti and connected the gulf of Ierrisos era. Later on a castle under the name Livasdia to Siggitikos bay. However, the project of Xerxes or Lipsasda is reported, during the medieval era, looks, probably, like an attempt to impress the close to 1000 A.D., located where the ancient city residents of Halkidiki and demonstrate power. MUNICIPALITYMUNICIPALITY OF ARISTOTLE OF ARISTOTLE | TRAVEL | TRAVEL GUIDE GUIDE| 2015 | 2015 Although the canal was mentioned in details the church of St. Nicholas, has been highlighted a by Herodotus and Thucydides, it has been an small portion of the cemetery is open to the public. object of dispute by historians. Nowadays, in the The graves are located in three successive levels, landscape there is nothing to remind the huge, dating from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period ancient construction, apart from a small valley and belong to all periods of ancient times. The in the center of the isthmus. It is visible from a burial gifts, which accompanied the deceased in high altitude, since the place has been suffered the afterlife, were usually clay pots, figurines, coins subsidence. In 2008, British and Greek engineers and jewelry. The location of the grave goods were made a research that showed the exact location not always the same and the amount or wealth is and size of the canal. not correlated with the type of the tomb, but the real or desired social status of the deceased. Ancient Akanthos Ancient Akanthos Ancient cemetery of Akanthos Ancient Akanthos was probably founded in 655 Zygou Monastery B.C stretched in three hills of the Stratoniko It is an old Athonite monastery that was founded mountain, is located near the so called Canal of in the early 10th century and was destroyed just Xerxes in the Strymonian Gulf, on the root of the before 1198. It is located approximately 2km east Athonite peninsula, in the present gulf of Ierissos of Ouranoupoli, just outside the limits of Mount and it is stated as a colony of Andros. The walled Athos. It seems to be one of the oldest monastic city of Akanthos was named after the many institutions on the Athonite peninsula and was thorns of the region or after the thorn-formed discovered in 1984. In the excavation site visitors shape of the fortification. During the visit you will admire the castle, the towers and mainly attend, the walls of the acropolis, main parts of the Catholicon of the monastery which is being the city’s fortification, ruins of walls, an impressive excavated. part of the acropolis, and scattered architectural The first report of the name Zygou is made in a parts and structural ruins of the Hellenistic period, 942 document. The first accurate report about public buildings, houses and the foundations of a its existence was in 992, when it was already temple –probably of Goddess Athena- on top of an important monastic center with a significant the hill. part in the operation of the Athonite state. It The city was famous for its wine and salt. In fact, they used to say that the crickets in ancient seems that the building complex found by the Akanthos were voiceless. Thus came the famous excavations, was built in a century. It is a five- ancient Greek proverb “Akanthios tettix”. The side castle, fortified by ten or eleven towers. coins minted by the city are an important addition The monastery was abandoned in the late 12th to its history. They are considered to be some of century for unknown reasons and it was granted the oldest and most stylish Greek coins of the by a Golden Bull, together with its dependencies, ancient era. to the reestablished Hilandariou monastery. In Underneath Ierissos lies the ancient cemetery around 1206, a Frank lord seems to have settled of Akanthos. In the center of the city, opposite in the monastery. That is why the remains of the monastery were known and are often referred to 1821 Revolution. The residents scattered in the –in maps also- as Fragokastro. nearby area and returned later in order to rebuild There are marble additions of excellent the village and the church, in which they placed craftsmanship preserved in good condition on a wooden chancel which was a donation from the floors of the Catholicon and the northern the Konstamonitou monastery.
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