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The Best Attractions In Skra

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Museum of the First World War and Battle of Skra

Skra Waterfalls

Loutra Pozar

Edessa Waterfalls

Kaimaktsalan Ski Center - Voras

Archaeological Museum of Pella

Kerkini Lake

Museum of the Royal Tombs of Aigai (Vergina)

The Battle of Skra di Legen was a two-day battle which took place at the Skra fortified position, located northeast of Mount Paiko, which is north-west of Thessaloniki, on May 29–30, 1918, on the Macedonian front of World War I. The battle was the first large-scale employment of Greek troops of the newly established Army of National Defence on the front, and resulted in the capture of the heavily fortified Bulgarian position. The Allied force comprised three Greek divisions of the National Defence Army Corps under Lieutenant General Emmanouil Zymvrakakis, plus one French brigade. The three Greek divisions included the Archipelago Division under Major...
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1. Skra Waterfalls Skra
Skra , before 1926 Loumitsa is a village of a Vlach community in the municipality of Paionia, Kilkis regional unit of Greece. In 2011 the population was 187 for the village, and 234 for the community, including the village Koupa. It is situated 10 km south of the border with the Republic of Macedonia and its altitude is 548 m. The village is best known for the Battle of Skra-di-Legen of May 1918. The village has a monument and museum dedicated to the battle. Before the First World War, the village was much larger and inhabited mainly by Megleno-Romanians. According to the book Macedonia — ethnography and statistics by Vasil Kanchov, there were 2,600 Megleno-Romanian inhabitants in the village in 1900.
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2. Museum of the First World War and Battle of Skra Skra
Eleftherios Kyriakou Venizelos was an eminent Greek leader of the Greek national liberation movement and a charismatic statesman of the early 20th century remembered for his promotion of liberal-democratic policies. As leader of the Liberal Party, he was elected several times, in total eight, as Prime Minister of Greece, serving from 1910 to 1920 and from 1928 to 1933. Venizelos had such profound influence on the internal and external affairs of Greece that he is credited with being the maker of modern Greece, and is still widely known as the Ethnarch. His first entry into the international scene was with his significant role in the autonomy of the Cretan State and later in the union of Crete with Greece. Soon, he was invited to Greece to resolve the political deadlock and became the count...
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3. Edessa Waterfalls Edessa
Edessa , is a city in northern Greece and the capital of the Pella regional unit, in the Central Macedonia region of Greece. It was also the capital of the defunct province of the same name. Edessa holds a special place in the history of the Greek world as, according to some ancient sources, it was here that Caranus established the first capital of ancient Macedon. Later, under the Byzantine Empire, Edessa benefited from its strategic location, controlling the Via Egnatia as it enters the Pindus mountains, and became a center of medieval Greek culture, famed for its strong walls and fortifications. In the modern period, Edessa was one of Greece's industrial centers until the middle of the 20th century, with many textile factories operating in the city and its immediate vicinity. Today howe...
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4. Museum of the Royal Tombs of Aigai (Vergina) Vergina
Thessaloniki (Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη, Thessaloníki [θesaloˈnici] , also familiarly known as Thessalonica, Salonica, or Salonika is the second-largest city in Greece, with over 1 million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of Greek Macedonia, the administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace. Its nickname is η Συμπρωτεύουσα , literally the co-capital, a reference to its historical status as the Συμβασιλεύουσα or co-reigning city of the Eastern Roman Empire, alongside Constantinople.Thessaloniki is located on the Thermaic Gulf, at the northwest corner of the Aegean Sea. It is bounded on the west by the delta of the Axios/Vardar. The municipality of Thessaloniki, the historical ce...
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5. Loutra Pozar Loutraki Pella Region Central Macedonia
6. Kerkini Lake Kerkini
Lake Kerkini , is an artificial reservoir that was created in 1932, and then redeveloped in 1980, on the site of what was previously an extremely extensive marshland. Before 1932, there were irregular marsh lakes on Strymon, one of them called Podkova Ottoman Turkish: ݒودقوه كولي Podkova Gölü.Lake Kerkini is now one of, if not the, premier birding site in Greece, and, as it is situated along the migratory flyway for migratory birds en route to the Aegean Sea, the Balkan region, the Black Sea, the Hungarian steppes and beyond it experiences an interesting migration. In the flat and semi-mountainous area, important hydrobiospheres are developing which are of great international significance and acceptance. The most essential hydrobiosphere is the one in Kerkini lake. It is a mira...
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7. Archaeological Museum of Pella Pella
The Archaeological Museum of Pella is a museum in Pella in the Pella regional unit of Central Macedonia. The building was designed by architect Kostas Skroumpellos and is on the site of the ancient city of Pella. It was completed in 2009 with the support of the Greece's Third Community Support Framework. It is situated near the archaeological site of the ancient Macedonian palace. The building has a rectangular atrium, as a reference to the central peristyle courtyard of ancient houses in Pella. The information section provides texts, photographs, maps, drawings a model of the archaeological site and a short video about Pella. In the entrance there are two important exhibits: A head considered a portrait of Alexander the Great and a statuette with the characteristic attributes of the god P...
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8. Kaimaktsalan Ski Center - Voras Edessa

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Skra is located only 4km away from the boarders of FYROM and extends over the NE slopes of Paiko mountain at an altitude of 520 m. Its former name was Lioumnitsa, while its present name was taken from the nearby mountain top Skra di Legen where the homonym battle (Skra-Ravine) took place during the First World War. This battle was of great importance for the course of Greek State and the First World War.

With its characteristic proud old plane tree in the center of the village, Skra is considered to be a place of celebration in honor of the homonym battle, while every year on 17th of May a memorial ceremony for the officers and the soldiers of that battles belonging to the so called Greek Division of Crete and Archipelago is held at the Monument to those who died in 1918.

Since May 2002, the Museum of the First World War- Skra Battle has been operating in Skra, housed in a specially constructed area. The Museum exhibition presents relics, photos and historic documents from the Macedonian battles of the First World War, as well as from the victorious Skra battle. The well known victorious battle took place on May 17, 1918.

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Edessa, known as city of waters, is a city in northern Greece and the capital of the Pella regional unit, in the Central Macedonia region of Greece. It was also the capital of the defunct province of the same name.

Edessa holds a special place in the history of the Greek world as, according to some ancient sources, it was here that Caranus established the first capital of ancient Macedon. Later, under the Byzantine Empire, Edessa benefited from its strategic location, controlling the Via Egnatia as it enters the Pindus mountains, and became a center of medieval Greek culture, famed for its strong walls and fortifications.In the modern period, Edessa was one of Greece's industrial centers until the middle of the 20th century, with many textile factories operating in the city and its immediate vicinity. Today however its economy mainly relies on services and tourism. Edessa hosts most of the administrative services of the Pella regional unit, as well as some departments of the Thessaloniki-based University of Macedonia.

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Μέσα σε ένα υπέροχο ορεινό τοπίο, η παραδοσιακή ταβέρνα Το κάτι άλλο αποτελεί προορισμό για ταξιδιώτες, περαστικούς, ντόπιους ή ξένους που θέλουν να απολαύσουν τις τοπικές παραδοσιακές συνταγές, μαγειρεμένες με αγνά, ποιοτικά υλικά δικής μας παραγωγής και με την ιδιαίτερη φροντίδα της κυρίας Ανθούλας και το μεράκι του κυρ Πέτρου.
Η μεγάλη ποικιλία από παραδοσιακά πιάτα, κρεατικά, σαλάτες και γλυκά, εξασφαλίζουν σε κάθε επισκέπτη στιγμές πραγματικής απόλαυσης σε ένα υπέροχο και ζεστό περιβάλλον.

Amazing Water Spots in Greek Mountains

Beautiful water spots, rivers, waterfalls and lakes, that amazed us, in mountain Olympus and mountain Paiko, in Greece!

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Travel in mountain Paiko - Ecotourism in chestnut forest of Glykomageia artisanal, video:3'39''

Hello from Danos and Magia, an adventurous nature loving couple in Northern Greece. We own a chestnut forest in mountain Paiko (very close to Thessaloniki), out of our passion for Greek nature and Dano's experiences in nature as a travel journalist.
Pictures and experiences from this mountain magic, we live throughout the year, and share together with our small and older visitors of our chestnut forest. We offer a wide range of activities, that combine enjoyment with educational elements. Our visitors participate in team building activities, walks in the forest, studying the flaura and fauna, outdoor picnic and degustation of local handmade products, getting to know the local villages, walking in marked paths by the river and others.
Get in touch with us today, in order to prepare in the best possible way your own visit in our chestnut forest. A visit that you will remember for a long time to come!
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Filmed on the island of Skiathos in August 2018 with one of my best friends Nikolai Furniss.

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Εκδρομή όρος Πάικο - Οικοτουρισμός - Καστανεώνας Γλυκομαγεία, βίντεο: 3'39''

Ο επισκέψιμος καστανεώνας της οικοτεχνίας «Γλυκομαγεία», του Δάνου, της Μάγιας και του... Γκόραν του λαμπραντόρ, βρίσκεται στο χωριό Καστανερή, του νομού Κιλκίς, στο όρος Πάικο. Δεχόμαστε σχολεία πρωτοβάθμιας και δευτεροβάθμιας εκπαίδευσης, φοιτητές, σπουδαστές, καθώς και γκρουπ ενηλίκων. Πραγματοποιούμε βιωματικές δραστηριότητες (παρατήρηση χλωρίδας-πανίδας, γευσιγνωσίες, βόλτες στο δάσος και στο ποτάμι, ομαδικά παιχνίδια κ.ά.), που συνδυάζουν την ψυχαγωγία με τη γνώση.
Το όρος Πάικο βρίσκεται σε απόσταση αναπνοής από τη Θεσσαλονίκη (70χλμ.-90χλμ.), διαθέτει ένα ήπιο φυσικό ανάγλυφο και ήπια καιρικά φαινόμενα, στοιχεία που το καθιστούν φιλικό και εύκολα προσβάσιμο σε μικρούς και μεγάλους. Σας περιμένουμε στο μαγικό βουνό!
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