In Byzantine times, anchorite monks sought refuge in crevices amongst the rocks and in caves on the slopes and gorges
Orlias Canyon is the paradise of Olympus. The road route is short and easy, starting from Dion and leading to
A number of traditional 19th century buildings influenced by Epirote and Ionian island architecture, can still be found in Preveza’s
The Monastery of Konstamonitou is situated in the northern part of Mount Athos, in an extremely wooded area with unique
Panagia Tsouka monastery, with a panoramic view towards Arachthos Ravine. It was founded in the 12th century and restored in
The castle at Pente Pigadia (“five wells”) in Preveza was built by Ali Pasha of Ioannina in the early 19th
According to an 1896 topographical map, the city’s West walls started from the Letaia Gate, at the beginning of Agiou
The defense of the city was naturally a major concern through the ages. From the Hellenistic times until the post-Byzantine
The palace of Galerius Maximus in Navarinou Square was the administrative and religious centre of Roman Thessaloniki. The extant central
The great cave of Makri, with its three caverns, was inhabited in Neolithic times but vestiges of worship, and everyday
