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The Best Attractions In Sidirokastro

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Sidirokastro is a town and a former municipality in the Serres regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Sintiki, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It is built near the fertile valley of the river Strymonas, on the bank of the Krousovitis River. Sidirokastro is situated on the European route E79 and the main road from northern Greece to Bulgaria. It has a number of tourist sights, such as the medieval stone castle, Byzantine ruins, and natural spas.
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The Best Attractions In Sidirokastro

  • 1. Fort Roupel Sidirokastro
    Fort Roupel is a fortress at the north border of Central Macedonia, Greece, built in 1914. It became part of the fortifications of the Metaxas Line in the 1930s and became famous for its defence during the German invasion of Greece in April 1941. The Rupel fortifications are not far from the Serres-Promachonas national road, which leads to the Greek-Bulgarian border. They are just a short distance from the border in the narrow Rupel Gorge, through which the Strymon River flows. This place is of strategic importance for entry to Greek or Bulgarian territory and was fortified in 1914. During World War I, on 25 May 1916, the royal Greek government permitted the surrender of the fortress to the Germans and their Bulgarian allies. The German-Bulgarian troops then proceeded to occupy most of eas...
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  • 2. Cave of Alistrati Alistrati
    This article show a list of caves in Greece.
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  • 3. Kerkini Lake Kerkini
    Lake Kerkini , is an artificial reservoir that was created in 1932, and then redeveloped in 1980, on the site of what was previously an extremely extensive marshland. Before 1932, there were irregular marsh lakes on Strymon, one of them called Podkova Ottoman Turkish: ݒودقوه كولي Podkova Gölü.Lake Kerkini is now one of, if not the, premier birding site in Greece, and, as it is situated along the migratory flyway for migratory birds en route to the Aegean Sea, the Balkan region, the Black Sea, the Hungarian steppes and beyond it experiences an interesting migration. In the flat and semi-mountainous area, important hydrobiospheres are developing which are of great international significance and acceptance. The most essential hydrobiosphere is the one in Kerkini lake. It is a mira...
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  • 4. Aggitis Cave Aggitis
    The Angitis , also known as Angista and Dramatitsa, is a tributary of the Strymonas in Northern Greece. The river is 75 km long and an important tributary of the Strymonas. Its source is in the Falakro mountains, in the regional unit of Drama, near the town of Prosotsani. It flows south until Fotolivos, where it turns west and enters the Serres regional unit. It flows into the Strymonas near Tragilos. The river is the setting for a number of extreme sports, including rafting. The Angitis cave is 21 km long. A short distance from the cave is the gorge of the Angitis, 15 km in length with a depth that reaches 100 m down to the river bed.
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  • 5. Cave of Agios Georgios Kilkis
    This article show a list of caves in Greece.
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