There are many places to visit such as Vergina, the historical center of ancient Macedonia. Another thrilling place to visit is Seli!Seli is a very beautiful place near our hometown which has a wonderful ski center.We should not forget Naousa, an absolutely amazing traditional place, famous for its food, history and plenty of places to rest and spend some time with your relatives and friends! Furthermore many people like going to Edesa to watch the beautiful waterfall .
Museums-Churches
Veria is famous for its Museums and Churches. Veria's Museums are unbelievable because many archeologists have found many precious items.The museums contain exhibits from the Helenistic period, the Roman period and the Byzantine as well. Veria is also known for the plenty of its churches! Veria has48(!) churches and many of them are from the Byzantine and post-Byzantine period! Their icon paintings have not only a religious value but are also a cultural monument!
Vergina-Veria, the ancient capital of Macedonia
Amusements-Outdoor activities
Nearby resorts
Shopping and dining
Accommodation
There are many hotels and guestrooms that somebody can stay.Veria is famous about the traditional hotels.Veria's architecture attracts even the most demanding tourist.Really worth a visit.Some of the most famous are Aiges,Lozitsi,Makedonia,Villa Elia etc.
MUSEUMS
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
Vergina's Museum
The Museum of Vergina , which was inaugurated in 1993, was built in a way to protect the tombs, exhibit the artifacts and show the tumulus as it was before the excavations. Inside the museum there are four tombs and one small temple, the Heroon built as the temple for the great tomb of Philip II of Macedon.
The two most important graves were not sacked and contained the main treasures of the museum. Tomb II of Philip II, the father ofAlexander was discovered in 1977 and was separated in two rooms. The main room included a marble sarcophagus, and in it was the larnax made of 24 carat gold and weighing 11 kilograms. Inside the golden larnax the bones of the dead were found and a golden wreath of 313 oak leaves and 68 acorns, weighing 717 grams.
In the antechamber, there was another sarcophagus with another smaller goldenlarnax containing the bones of a woman wrapped in a golden-purple cloth with a golden diadem decorated with flowers and enamel. There was one more partially destroyed by the fire burial bed and on it a golden wreath representing leaves and flowers of Myrtle. Above the Doric order entrance of the tomb there is a wall painting measuring 5.60 metres which represents a hunting scene. In 1978 another burial site (Tomb III) was also discovered near the tomb of Philip, which belongs to Alexander IV of Macedon son of Alexander the Great. It was slightly smaller than the previous and was also not sacked. It was also arranged in two parts, but only the main room contained a cremated body this time. On a stone pedestal was found a silver hydria which contained the bones and on it a golden oak wreath. There were also utensils and weaponry. A narrow frieze with a chariot race decorated the walls of the tomb.
Churches
Veria is a town widely known for its big number of churches. 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.
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Places to visit
There are many places to visit such as Vergina, the historical center of ancient Macedonia. Another thrilling place to visit is Seli!Seli is a very beautiful place near our hometown which has a wonderful ski center.We should not forget Naousa, an absolutely amazing traditional place, famous for its food, history and plenty of places to rest and spend some time with your relatives and friends! Furthermore many people like going to Edesa to watch the beautiful waterfall .
Museums-Churches
Vergina-Veria, the ancient capital of Macedonia
Amusements-Outdoor activities
Nearby resorts
Shopping and dining
Accommodation
There are many hotels and guestrooms that somebody can stay.Veria is famous about the traditional hotels.Veria's architecture attracts even the most demanding tourist.Really worth a visit.Some of the most famous are Aiges,Lozitsi,Makedonia,Villa Elia etc.
MUSEUMS
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
Vergina's Museum
The Museum of Vergina , which was inaugurated in 1993, was built in a way to protect the tombs, exhibit the artifacts and show the tumulus as it was before the excavations. Inside the museum there are four tombs and one small temple, the Heroon built as the temple for the great tomb of Philip II of Macedon.
The two most important graves were not sacked and contained the main treasures of the museum. Tomb II of Philip II, the father ofAlexander was discovered in 1977 and was separated in two rooms. The main room included a marble sarcophagus, and in it was the larnax made of 24 carat gold and weighing 11 kilograms. Inside the golden larnax the bones of the dead were found and a golden wreath of 313 oak leaves and 68 acorns, weighing 717 grams.
In the antechamber, there was another sarcophagus with another smaller goldenlarnax containing the bones of a woman wrapped in a golden-purple cloth with a golden diadem decorated with flowers and enamel. There was one more partially destroyed by the fire burial bed and on it a golden wreath representing leaves and flowers of Myrtle. Above the Doric order entrance of the tomb there is a wall painting measuring 5.60 metres which
represents a hunting scene.
In 1978 another burial site (Tomb III) was also discovered near the tomb of Philip, which belongs to Alexander IV of Macedon son of Alexander the Great. It was slightly smaller than the previous and was also not sacked. It was also arranged in two parts, but only the main room contained a cremated body this time. On a stone pedestal was found a silver hydria which contained the bones and on it a golden oak wreath. There were also utensils and weaponry. A narrow frieze with a chariot race decorated the walls of the tomb.
Churches
Veria is a town widely known for its big number of churches. 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.