Listed 24 sub titles with search on: Sights for wider area of: "KAVALA Prefecture GREECE" .
KAVALA (Town) MAKEDONIA EAST & THRACE
This is a muslim edifice of the 19th century, which was consructed by Mehmet Ali, the founder of the Egyptian dynasty.
It was built in 1895. It used to be the residence of the Hungarian tobacco trader Pierre Herzog.
It was built in 1909. Nowadays it houses the municipal library.
Built at the end of the 19th cent., it housed the French Consulate.
This is an aqueduct of the 16th century erected by Suleiman the Magnificent.
LIMENARIA (Small town) THASSOS
The impressive "Palataki,"
dominates the rocky cape where it stands just at the end of Limenaria harbor.
It is a two-storied building, rectangular, with two little towers on its narrow
facets. As a vivid example of eclectic architecture, it is characterized by a
strict geometry and influenced from central European adherents.
It was built between 1903 and 1904 to house the administration of
Speidel, the German company which by then was exploiting the Thassos mines. In
1963 though, it stopped being used since the industrial installations were deserted.
Works to support the building so that it can be reused as a cultural center started
in 1993.
ANAKTOROUPOLIS (Castle) KAVALA
The castle of Anaktoroupolis
is one of the most important archaeological sites in the Prefecture of Kavala.
It commands the headland of Vrasidas, in the vicinity of Nea Peramos, next to
the hill of the ancient city.
The castle is located at the bay of Eleutherai, to the west of Kavala,
which was an important harbour in the North Aegean during the Byzantine period.
Anaktoroupolis first appeared in the 9th century as an episcopal see and actually
succeeded ancient Oisyme. The fortification of the city, which is dated to the
12th century, according to an inscription on clay built in the walls, is preserved
in good condition. The city ceased to exist in the 14-15th centuries with the
expansion of the Ottomans.
In the period 1974-1983, trial trenches were opened inside the castle
and in 1989 a small single-aisled Byzantine church was excavated near the SE tower.
Also uncovered were a later narthex, successive shaft graves to the east and south
of the church, and a four-sided cistern
Consolidation work is carried out from time to time at the "mantle"
of the walls, while the castle is systematically cleared every year.
KAVALA (Town) MAKEDONIA EAST & THRACE
PALEOCHORI (Small town) KAVALA
KAVALA (Town) MAKEDONIA EAST & THRACE
Mehmet Ali was the founder of the Egyptian dynasty.
Built in 1899, it used to be the residence of the German baron Adolf Wix. Nowadays, it belongs to the Municipality of Kavala.
Nowadays it houses the Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities. It was built in 1879 by the tobacco trader d. Tokou.
There is a lighthouse with marvellous view.
PALEOCHORI (Small town) KAVALA
KAVALA (Town) MAKEDONIA EAST & THRACE
It is built on a hill on the Via Egnatia, between the ancient cities
of Chrysoupolis (Eiona) and Anaktoroupolis (Oisyme). It is probably dated to the
years of the Palaiologoi.
The tower
has two vaulted floors and flat roof. It is surrounded by a small rectangular
fortification wall and other buildings. It has two arched gates, higher than ground
level, large arched windows and small openings on all sides. The floors communicated
with each other by means of a stone stairway.
Extensive consolidation work has been carried out at the monument
and the hill around the tower has been protected with a fence.
This text is cited August 2003 from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture URL below, which also contains image.
LOUTRA ELEFTHERON (Settlement) KAVALA
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