One of the biggest artificial lakes of Greece, Lake Polyfyto was created by the taming of Aliakmonas river through the
From Byzantine Maroneia, located at the site of Paleochora, an early Christian basilica with mosaic floors with plant and animal
At the entry to Velvento we find the church of Agios Minas. A single-spaced church with a wooden roof and
A fine example of Thracian architecture is the Tavaniotis mansion built in 1880-1885 and owned by the merchant of Maronia
The highest summit of Greece, Mytikas or Pantheon. Climbing up to the top of the gods mountain (2,917-m) is not
Veria, the capital of Imathia, is found built in an altitude of 170 meters. Strabo (65 BC – 25 AC)
The Monastery of Esphigmenou is built in a bay of the northeastern side of Athos peninsula, right on the shore.
Southeast of Xanthi and over the coastline there is Avdira, an important archaeological site of Thrace and the homeland of
The last village in the northern borders of the prefecture is the village of Dotsiko whose stonemasons made it one
The monastery of Agios Georgios Kamitsiani, near the village of Tsamantas. Its chapel, a cross-domed, three-aisled basilica, was built in
