Archaeological sites

The Sanctuary was dedicated to the worship of the Great Gods- that prevailed during the ancient Greek and Roman times -and this is where the Kaviran Mysteries-ceremonies took place. We...

  The double name of the site is due to the fact that when the digging began, the location was widely known as Mesimvria, but the latest excavation data have...

The site was revealed during the 1st World War. The ongoing excavation started in 1988 and so far a Neolithic community-one of the most important in the Balkans- has...

The monument was constructed with five huge plates and the typical dolmen opening in one of its narrow side. In these tombs, big pots with the dead person’s ashes were...

The first underground tomb from the early Hellenistic period was found in Evros by accident. It is classified as a family tomb and it is equivalent to the Macedonian...

In the beginning of the 2nd century AD, four members of a rich, feudal family died one after the other. They were cremated and buried in the same spot...

On the outskirts of Alex/poli, close to the village of Avantas, lie the medieval castles of Avantas and Potamos. Three different historic eras coexist on those walls, namely the...

When talking about post-Byzantine fort architecture in Greece, we should definitely include the towers and fortifications in Samothrace. Solely standing on the cape, the mouth of the river Fonias...

The ruins of an important Roman city, Trainoupolis, are situated 14 km east of Alex/polis and south of the village Loutros. The city was founded by Emperor Markus Ulpius...