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The monastery of Timios Prodromos (Saint John the Baptist) is the
most important of the monastic settlements ('sketai') in the area around Beroia.
A number of remarkable monks - who were canonised afterwards -- were at one time
members of its community.
The local saint of Beroia, Antonios (nicknamed "crazy for God"),
was a monk there in the late 10th century. So, too, were Athanasios, founder in
the 14th century of the monastery of the Metamorphosis (Transfiguration) on the
Meteora; Grigorios Palamas
at the beginning of the 14th century; and Saint Dionysios of Olympos
before the mid-16th century. The skull of Clement, a famous 9th century saint
and missionary to the Slavs, used to be preserved at this monastery.
Today, following the destruction of the monastery in 1822 during the
Greek revolution, almost nothing is left to indicate the former glory of the 'skete'.
Only the chapel of the Transfiguration of Christ with its 18th- century wall-paintings
survived the destruction intact.
By kind permission of:Ekdotike Athenon
This text is cited Nov 2003 from the Macedonian Heritage URL below.
The Jewish quarter of Barbouta is located outside the walls on the
southwest side of the Byzantine city of Veria. It forms a rough triangle defined
by the river, the Byzantine walls and Merarchias street. It is defended by the
steep river bank to the west, the Byzantine walls to the north, and a protective
wall of houses facing Merarchias street to the east.
The defensive and introvert character of the Jewish quarter is similar
to that of the Greek quarters of Veria. An open, semi-public, courtyard was surrounded
by houses, which formed a protective wall around it. Access was afforded by a
single opening from Merarchias street to the east and a gate from the bridge over
the Tripotamos to the southeast.
The houses in the Jewish quarter have certain characteristics that
distinguish them from those in other Verian quarters, such as a closed ground
floor, fewer roofed balconies (hayati), greater height, rooms and facades organized
in a very symmetrical manner, and decorations that suggest baroque influences
from abroad.
This text (extract) is cited November 2003 from the Greek
National Tourism Organization tourist pamphlet (1998).
Today the fortification
surrounds the city on the southwest, south, east, and north sides. It follows
the plan of the earlier walls, dated to the 3rd century A.D., which were extensively
reconstructed and reinforced, when the city was endangered by the invasions of
German tribes. Parts of the even earlier, Hellenistic walls, were then included
in the new structure or went out of use.
This fortification of the 3rd century underwent further reconstructions
and repairs, during the following centuries. It was rebuilt in 1016 by the Emperor
Basil II and was again repaired by the ruler of Epirus, Theodoros Komnenos Doukas,
after the liberation of Veroia, at the end of 1214 or the beginning of 1215. Three
main gates serve as the starting points of roads connecting Veroia with the other
cities of Macedonia.
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