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At the exit of the Ag.Theodoroi ravine you can find Kerke, a small village that is surrounded by hills. This settlement is well known thanks to the tasteful wine that is produced in the region and the taverns. The name Kerke comes originally from the Turkish word kirk-ka, which means translated to Greek the forty inns or the nice inns, in the past when the country was under the domination of the Ottoman empire this settlement was used as replenishment station on the way to Konstantinoples. At a small hill close to the settlement a prehistoric Thracian open-air sanctuary was found, also at the archaeological museum of Komotene, you can see a rock with incised traces, which is from the area of the settlement and it’s dated from the end of the bronze age and the beginning of the iron age.
This extract is cited Sept 2003 from the Development Company of Alexandroupolis URL below, which contains image.
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