The archaeological site of Dion is located on the north-eastern slopes of Mount Olympus and at a distance of only 5 kilometers from the coast. The ancient Dion, "the city of Zeus", the sacred city of the ancient Macedonians, even if today it is in ruins, conveys to the visitor admiration. In the
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At a distance of 1 km south of Makrygialos, in the place of Louloudies Kitrou, where according to historians E. Heuzeu and N. Hammond the battle of Pydna took place in 168 BC, the consequence of which was the submission of Macedonia to the Romans, are preserved east of the new railway line Katerinis
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Levithra, a famous ancient city with an acropolis, the birthplace of the mythical Orpheus, is built between Old Leptokarya and Skotina, at the entrance of the great fold that separates Kato from Upper Olympus. In the area, successive streams flow that contribute to the common bed of the stream of
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To the west of ancient Pydna and southwest of the current village, stretches the Neolithic settlement of Makrygialos, one of the largest prehistoric settlements in Greece. It is a flat and extremely extensive settlement of the latest Neolithic period (5300 - 4500 BC) which developed in two distinct
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The ancient city of Pydna, located south of Makrygialos, has been inhabited for centuries. The city was first inhabited at the end of the Late Bronze Age and expanded during the Early Iron Age and the Archaic. It continued its course during the Roman period, gradually decreasing until the early
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