Neoi Poroi

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the Neoi Poroi is part of Prefecture of Pieria .

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Castle of Platamon
Made by Ava Babili
The castle of Platamon is a fortress-town of the middle Byzantine period (10th century A.D.). It lies at the south-east foot of mount Olympos, at a strategic position which controls the route leading from Macedonia to Thessaly and South Greece. Excavations conducted in 1995 brought to light the traces of a Hellenistic fortification, dated to the 4th century B.C. This confirms the suggestion that the site of the castle was occupied by the ancient city of Herakleion, the first city of Macedonia... after the Tempe valley, according to an ancient literary source dated to 360 B.C. Habitation on the site continued until the 4th century A.D. The Byzantine wall was restored by the Franks after 1204 and again by the Byzantines in the 14th century. At the end of the 14th century the fortress was captured by the Turks and was again rebuilt but its inhabitants continued to be Christians. In the Second World War (1941) it was bombed by the German army. More info here

Beach cleaner
Made by Zorbette1969
5 August 2009 Out for a walk one afternoon, I came across this sign ... the bike rider/beach cleaner seemed to have forgotten his plastic bag on the handle bars !