Situated in the centre of Northern Greece, Veria is the capital city of Imathia Prefecture.
Veria is a great town filled up with restaurants and traditional dining-rooms, small shops and stores.If you want to taste the local specialties,the only thing you have to do is to visit just one of the traditional restaurants.You can visit VERIOTIKO,ELIA,ELAIS GI,MAMA'S or even fast-foods such as GOODIES,PANTHEON,ALL TIME.
On the other hand,if you want to spend your time visiting shops or having a walk in the market then places such as ELIA,PLATIA(SQUARE) OROLOGIOU and HONDOS CENTER,SPRIDER STORES,ZARA,SEPHORA,ROPTRO are ideal.
If you want to relax and spend your free time on your own or with your friends,then you can go to the Bowling Center or to the local cafes:4SEASONS,SOCIAL,LOUNGE,TABOO,COIN,RAF etc. are some of them.
In the prefecture of Imathia, there are lots of notable places to visit such as Vergina, Agios Nikolaos, Katerini, Seli, Panagia Soumela, as well as plenty of museums and churches.
Vergina (ancient name Aigai) is a small town in Northern Greece in the prefecture of Imathia in the region of central Macedonia.It became globally renowed in 1977 after the excavations of the archeologist Manolis Andronikos.
Those excavations came to light among other tombs,the magnificent royal chamber tomb of the King Philippos ll, who was the father of Alexander The Great.Besides this there have been found the tombs of one of Philippos' wives as well as Alexander's the fourth, the alleged son of Alexander The Great.
All those Ancient ruins were hailed as of invaluable historical worth as they proved with tangible evidence that Macedonia not only is the birthplace of Alexander The Great,but also a region of Greek origin.
The most significant findings are the golden Larnax of Philippos ll which bears the ''sun of Vergina"the symbol of Macedonia Kingdom in the shape of the sixteen ray star,as well as swords,armours and personal items of the Royals.
in 1996 UNESCO ranked the archeological site of Aigai in the list of the Global Heritage.
As far as churches and museums are concerned, there are 48 Byzantine and Post-Byzantine churches whereas in the past there used to be 72 of them. Some of the most famous are: The church of Christ, St.Antonios's church, St.Georgios's church, Metamorfosis's church, St.Stefanos's church, St. Paul and Peter's Church (the Metropolitan Church) and the old Metropolitan Church. In the interior of all of them there are numerous icon paintings and portable religious icons with a huge archeaological, cultural and of course religious value. Last but not least, one shouldn't fail to visit Apostle Paul's Altar, the place where Apostle Paul preached God's will and talked about Jesus Christ to the Bereans. Religion has always been a main part of Veria's citizens' life and played a major role in the town's history.
The Byzantine Museum was opened in 2002. It is housed in the old Markos mill adjacent to the city walls of Veroia, on the boundary of the listed quarter of Kyriotissa. The museum’s founding mission is to make known the great wealth of monuments in Veroia and the surrounding area, which date from Byzantine and Post-Byzantine times, to make the traditions of the area known and to collaborate with other Byzantine museums in Macedonia to organize periodic exhibitions. The museum’s three-storey building will house permanent exhibitions which will retain their artistic self-sufficiency.
The exhibition entitled ‘Veria, Part of the Byzantine Empire’ is on display on the first floor of the building. It is a particularly fine collection of portable icons (many of which are double-sided), wall-paintings, mosaic floors (from the courtyard of the church of Agios Patapios in Veroia), manuscripts and early printed works, pottery (ceramic items for everyday use and glazed pottery, Byzantine coins and wood-carvings).
Situated in the centre of Northern Greece, Veria is the capital city of Imathia Prefecture.
Veria is a great town filled up with restaurants and traditional dining-rooms, small shops and stores.If you want to taste the local specialties,the only thing you have to do is to visit just one of the traditional restaurants.You can visit VERIOTIKO,ELIA,ELAIS GI,MAMA'S or even fast-foods such as GOODIES,PANTHEON,ALL TIME.
On the other hand,if you want to spend your time visiting shops or having a walk in the market then places such as ELIA,PLATIA(SQUARE) OROLOGIOU and HONDOS CENTER,SPRIDER STORES,ZARA,SEPHORA,ROPTRO are ideal.
If you want to relax and spend your free time on your own or with your friends,then you can go to the Bowling Center or to the local cafes:4SEASONS,SOCIAL,LOUNGE,TABOO,COIN,RAF etc. are some of them.
In the prefecture of Imathia, there are lots of notable places to visit such as Vergina, Agios Nikolaos, Katerini, Seli, Panagia Soumela, as well as plenty of museums and churches.
Vergina (ancient name Aigai) is a small town in Northern Greece in the prefecture of Imathia in the region of central Macedonia.It became globally renowed in 1977 after the excavations of the archeologist Manolis Andronikos.
Those excavations came to light among other tombs,the magnificent royal chamber tomb of the King Philippos ll, who was the father of Alexander The Great.Besides this there have been found the tombs of one of Philippos' wives as well as Alexander's the fourth, the alleged son of Alexander The Great.
All those Ancient ruins were hailed as of invaluable historical worth as they proved with tangible evidence that Macedonia not only is the birthplace of Alexander The Great,but also a region of Greek origin.
The most significant findings are the golden Larnax of Philippos ll which bears the ''sun of Vergina"the symbol of Macedonia Kingdom in the shape of the sixteen ray star,as well as swords,armours and personal items of the Royals.
in 1996 UNESCO ranked the archeological site of Aigai in the list of the Global Heritage.
As far as churches and museums are concerned, there are 48 Byzantine and Post-Byzantine churches whereas in the past there used to be 72 of them. Some of the most famous are: The church of Christ, St.Antonios's church, St.Georgios's church, Metamorfosis's church, St.Stefanos's church, St. Paul and Peter's Church (the Metropolitan Church) and the old Metropolitan Church. In the interior of all of them there are numerous icon paintings and portable religious icons with a huge archeaological, cultural and of course religious value. Last but not least, one shouldn't fail to visit Apostle Paul's Altar, the place where Apostle Paul preached God's will and talked about Jesus Christ to the Bereans. Religion has always been a main part of Veria's citizens' life and played a major role in the town's history.
The Byzantine Museum was opened in 2002. It is housed in the old Markos mill adjacent to the city walls of Veroia, on the boundary of the listed quarter of Kyriotissa. The museum’s founding mission is to make known the great wealth of monuments in Veroia and the surrounding area, which date from Byzantine and Post-Byzantine times, to make the traditions of the area known and to collaborate with other Byzantine museums in Macedonia to organize periodic exhibitions. The museum’s three-storey building will house permanent exhibitions which will retain their artistic self-sufficiency.
The exhibition entitled ‘Veria, Part of the Byzantine Empire’ is on display on the first floor of the building. It is a particularly fine collection of portable icons (many of which are double-sided), wall-paintings, mosaic floors (from the courtyard of the church of Agios Patapios in Veroia), manuscripts and early printed works, pottery (ceramic items for everyday use and glazed pottery, Byzantine coins and wood-carvings).