The defense of the city was naturally a major concern through the ages. From the Hellenistic times until the post-Byzantine
Polygyros, built at an altitude of 500m, is the capital of the prefecture of Halkidiki. Archaeologists believe that a little
Built on the mountainside, with many old houses and streets through which a car can hardly pass, the village of
Vikos, through which the Voidomatis River flows, is the deepest gorge in Europe. The view from Vikos village, built at
An important religious site of pilgrimage lies 2 km from the village of Melissotopos and 24km from Kastoria. This is
Portitsa bridge, built at the root of the gorge under the village of Spileo, prevails the stone landscape of the
Old baths and the ruins of a spectacular building called the Hana still survive at Traianoupolis spa; the Hana, which
Aslan Mosque, dominating the Ioannina castle, was built in the early 17th century (1618) by Aslan Pasha. Since 1930, the
A traditional, two-storey stone building built in 1860 houses Thomaidio Highschool of Vlasti. Its construction was funded by Constantinos Thomaidis,
River Aliakmonas is the biggest Greek river which springs from and flows into Greek territory. The river delta, covering an
