GALATADES, Small town, GIANNITSA

  The village of Galatades is built two kilometers northern of Egnatia Street, on the road axis of Giannitsa - Krya Vrysi. It is the biggest village of the area and the headquarters of the Municipality of Alexander the Great. Its residents are farmers and it consists the center of the asparagus production in Greece. At the entrance of the village there is a square dedicated to Philipimin Gratsios, the man who brought the asparagus plantation in Galatades, in the early '70s and contributed to the village's progress.
  Going through the main road of the village, we pass by the Cultural Association "Philippos" of Galatades. In the old Town Hall function the Open Protection Center for the Elderly (KAPI), the Community Clinic and the Municipal Developing Service (DEAMA). Next to it, is situeted the contemporary building of the Town Hall, headquarters and heart of the Municipality, where all the services of the Municipality are sheltered. Behind the Town Hall there are the Nursery School and the Kindergarten. Going on to the road of Krya Vrysi, we reach at a park of 50 Km², which has recently been reformed, with paving, plantations and playground for children. Across the road there is the building of the Primary School, in the same yard with the Church of Saint Athanasios.
  On the right side of the road, there is the football court which is also used for cultural activities. Within a short distance are situated the installations of the Agricultural Association of Galatades, one of the most dynamic in the area. It has ice chambers and sorting out rooms, for trading the asparagus abroad and the peaches to the local manufacturing units. At the end of the village, on the right side there is the playfield of the football team "Olympiakos" of Galatades.