Philippi & Thasos

Thásos island and Kavála gulf

View of Thásos, from N The history of eastern Macedonia was shaped by the dynamic interaction between land and sea, and nowhere is this more clearly expressed than in the relationship between Philippi and Thasos. One city was inland, fortified, and strategic; the other insular, maritime, and outward-looking. Together, they formed a complementary historical system…

Kavala

Thásos island and Kavála gulf

Kavala old town and castle Kavala is a city whose destiny has been shaped by geography. Built amphitheatrically on a peninsula with a naturally protected harbour facing the North Aegean, it has, since antiquity, functioned as a key point of control over maritime and land routes linking Macedonia with Thrace and the wider Eastern Mediterranean.…