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Listed 13 sub titles with search on: Sights for destination: "KAVALA Town MAKEDONIA EAST & THRACE".


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Castles, fortresses & fortifications

The Castle in Kavala

Towers

Tower of Apollonia

  It is built on a hill on the Via Egnatia, between the ancient cities of Chrysoupolis (Eiona) and Anaktoroupolis (Oisyme). It is probably dated to the years of the Palaiologoi.
  The tower has two vaulted floors and flat roof. It is surrounded by a small rectangular fortification wall and other buildings. It has two arched gates, higher than ground level, large arched windows and small openings on all sides. The floors communicated with each other by means of a stone stairway.
  Extensive consolidation work has been carried out at the monument and the hill around the tower has been protected with a fence.

This text is cited August 2003 from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture URL below, which also contains image.


Houses

Mehmet Ali's residence (18th century)

Mehmet Ali was the founder of the Egyptian dynasty.

Wix Megaron (mansion)

Built in 1899, it used to be the residence of the German baron Adolf Wix. Nowadays, it belongs to the Municipality of Kavala.

Tokou Megaron (mansion)

Nowadays it houses the Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities. It was built in 1879 by the tobacco trader d. Tokou.

Buildings

Imaret

This is a muslim edifice of the 19th century, which was consructed by Mehmet Ali, the founder of the Egyptian dynasty.

The old Tobacco Storehouse

The Town-Hall

It was built in 1895. It used to be the residence of the Hungarian tobacco trader Pierre Herzog.

Megali Leschi

It was built in 1909. Nowadays it houses the municipal library.

Moni Lazariston

Built at the end of the 19th cent., it housed the French Consulate.

Kamares

This is an aqueduct of the 16th century erected by Suleiman the Magnificent.

Lighthouses

There is a lighthouse with marvellous view.

Historical monuments

War Memorial

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