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Top 10 sights in Kavala

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   Philippi

   Philippi (; Ancient Greek: Φίλιπποι, Phílippoi) was a major mainland Greek city northwest of the nearby island, Thasos. Its original name was Crenides (Ancient Greek: Κρηνῖδες, Krēnĩdes "Fountains").

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   Halil Bey mosque

   The Halil Bey Mosque is a former mosque in the town of Kavala, in the Eastern Macedonia and Thrace region of Greece.

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   Archaeological Museum of Kavala

   The Archaeological Museum of Kavala is a museum in Kavala, Eastern Macedonia, Greece, located towards the western end of the Ethnikis Antistasis road in Kavala.

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   Dikili Tash

   Dikili Tash (also known as Dikilitaş) is a prehistoric tell settlement rising 16 m above the Drama plain in Eastern Macedonia, c. 1.5 km east of ancient Philippi.

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   St Nicola church

   The Church of Saint Nicholas is a Greek Orthodox church in the town of Kavala, in the Eastern Macedonia and Thrace region of Greece.

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   Kavala Fortress

   A medieval fortress on the hill above Kavala, Greece, kept as an archaeological site by the town.

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   Kavala Municipal Museum

   The Kavala Municipal Museum opened in 1986 in a two-story neoclassical building in Kavala city centre, very close to the Town Hall.

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   Archaeological Museum of Philippi

   A museum beside the ruins of Philippi, near Krinides in Eastern Macedonia, Greece.

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   Oesyme

   Oesyme or Oisyme (Attic Greek: Οἰσύμη, Doric Greek: Οἰσύμα) and Aisyme or Aesyme (Ancient Greek: Αἰσύμη) was an ancient Greek polis (city-state) located in ancient Thrace and later in Macedonia.

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    Saint Paul Church, Kavala

    An Orthodox church in Kavala, Eastern Macedonia, Greece, opened in 1926.

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   Pistyros

   Pistyrus or Pistyros (Ancient Greek: Πίστυρος), or Pistirus or Pistiros (Πίστιρος), or Bistirus or Bistiros (Βίστιρος), also known as Pisteira (Πίστειρα), was an ancient Greek polis on the coast of Edonis, in ancient Thrace.

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   Historical and Ethnographical Museum of the Cappadocian Greeks

   Historical and Ethnographical Museum of the Cappadocian Greeks is located in the village of Nea Karvali just north of the Kavala–Xanthi national road (EO2), about 8 km from Kavala in Eastern Macedonia, Greece.

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