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Gold olive wreath with a semi-precious stone set in a “knot of Hercules” at its center. From a tomb at Kassandreia, Chalkidiki. 3rd century BC – Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki.

In 317 BC, the King of Macedonia, Kassandros (Cassander), established the city of Kassandreia in the area of Potidaia, aiming to control and exploit the wealthy peninsula of Cassandra. Thus, a new era began for the entire region of Chalkidiki.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/archaeologion/

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Kassandra Tour

  • Guided tour
  • Visit to the monasteries of the peninsula
  • Beautiful beaches
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Thessaloniki is the second largest city in Greece, after Athens, and the largest in both area and population in the region of Macedonia. It serves as the seat of the Municipality of Thessaloniki and is the capital of the Regional Unit of Thessaloniki, the Thessaloniki metropolitan area, as well as the administrative center of the Region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace.

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Together with its lake, a well-known feature of the city is the activity of its inhabitants for more than five hundred years in the art of fur (the first written testimony can be found in the Patriarchal sigil of the year 1574, with which the Patriarch Jeremiah II entrusted the control of the property of the Holy Monasteries of Mount Athos to the famous guild of Kastorian furriers of the Constantinople parish). , the composition of which is traced by researchers to the 16th century. In 1780, the patriarch Sophronios, at the request of the monks of Agios Ioannis Theologos of Patmos, assigned to the furriers the care of the historic monastery. The Greek furriers took advantage of the show-off of the administrative and economic aristocracy of Constantinople and created the lucrative profession and trade that spread beyond the borders of the empire, to Austria, Hungary, and the faraway Netherlands. Among them, of course, the first place is held by Manolakis Kastorianos, protector of letters and amplifier of schools, the first master Athanasios, who allocated, in 1720, a large amount for the repair of the patriarchal church

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The Meteora (Greek: Μετέωρα, pronounced me’teora) is a rock formation in central Greece hosting one of the largest and most precipitously built complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries, second in importance only to Mount Athos. The six (of an original twenty-four) monasteries are built on immense natural pillars and hill-like rounded boulders that dominate the local area. It is located near the town of Kalambaka at the north western edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Pineios river and Pindus Mountains. Meteora is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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The town is believed to be located on the site of ancient Aigai, capital of ancient Macedonia, and became world famous in 1977, when the University Excavation of Aristotle University, under the professor of archaeology Manolis Andronikos and his associates, discovered the sites of the ancient among the other tombs and a burial monument which, according to Andronikos’s argument, belonged to King Philip II, father of Alexander the Great. The discovery of these findings is considered by many to have confirmed the location of the ancient city of Aigai, the first capital of the Macedonian kingdom.

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Kerkini is an artificial lake that was formed in 1932 with the creation of a dam on the river Strymon. In 1982, due to the reduction of the lake capacity due to the sediments from Strymon, a new dam was built. The area of the lake varies from 54,250 to 72,110 acres depending on the season. It is a highly protected wetland and landscape of rare beauty overlooking the mountain Beles and the valley of Serres. Admire the riparian forests, water lilies, and the variety of fish that are a source of income for many residents of the area.

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Stageira (372 inhabitants in 2001) is a village located at the foot of Mount Stratonikos (Strebenikos), at an altitude of about 500 meters, on the northeastern side of Halkidiki. Their distance from the city of Thessaloniki is 73 km. They took their name from the ancient city of Stageira, which is located on a coast 10 km east and is the birthplace of the great philosopher and scientist Aristotle.

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