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The prefecture of Kozani is characterized from an effective cluster of bright – green mountains – Pieria, Vourinos, Ascio, Vermio, Voio – vales and by a lake expanses with a surprising alternation of landscapes, microclimates, which are rich in flora and fauna. The mountain hunts, the monasteries and exquisites mountaineers traditional settlements by stony-building houses of folk architecture, as the manor houses, pulling in large visitors during of the year.
The Aliakmona’s river and the Polyfitos Lake are afforded for the liquid element friends and of watery sports too.
The historical image of Kozani and its organized settlement structural up to present compose the Palaeontological and Prehistorically finds treasures of classical antiquity, Byzantine and Post-Byzantine, but also newer monuments.
The Folkloric Historical and Natural Historic Museum in the city center of Kozani, lead the visitor at its first association acquaintance with the Prefecture, its history, its folklore.
The Archaeological Museum of Eani will travel you, mentally, in time, in capital of ancient Elimia.
The Anthropological and Folkloric Museum of Ptolemaida has interests Palaeontological and folkloric exhibits of large historic and scientific meaning.
The museum of Macedonian Struggle on Vourino’s mountain, a half hour distance from Eani, it is the singular of its kind in an open-air area in Greece.
The Botanical museum of Siatista presents a peculiarity interest with samples rare flora of Vourinos area.
The Kovedarios Popular Library of Kozani has over 150.000 books and between them there are rare editions, valuable codex’s from the 11th century, historic manuscripts and one of the least extant originals of Map of Rigas Phereos.
A lot of Byzantine and After-Byzantine monuments are seeded in every corner of the prefecture of Kozani. Visit the Metropolitan church of St. Nikolaos in city of Kozani with its important murals and its woodcut screen, the Castle of Servia, which dominates on the hill over the vale of Aliakmona river. In neighboring Velvedo, Byzantine and After-Byzantine monuments adorn the settlement and wider area between of Polyfitos lake and the ridges of Pieria mountains.
In Eani the latter archaeological gleams, between others, gives the church of Madonna and the church of St. Dimitrios. In Voio, samples of this very important period, which demonstrate the continual and unfailing presentation and development of its settlements, in latest millenniums, there are in Siatista and Eratyra with their important after-Byzantine churches and near them the Madonna’s Microcastron monastery, which revamp invite to visit it. In neighboring Sissani is excavating an Episcopal church of 11th century, beside the Dormition of Madonna monastery. |
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