Mon, Feb 3, 2020
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Distance from Skg Airport: 108 km
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Coordinates: 40°22′50″N 23°55′30″E
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Population: 1164 (2011)
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Postal Code: 63075
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Area Code(s): 2377
Informations:
Nea Roda is a village 115 km southeast of Thessaloniki, on the narrowest point of the Athos peninsula in the municipality of Stagira-Akanthos, Ηalkidiki, Greece.
In 480 BC, Xerxes, King of Persia, opened a canal for his fleet to pass through. He did this in order to avoid rounding the edge of Athos peninsula, where Mardonius saw his fleet being destroyed ten years earlier due to extreme weather conditions. This is the place where the first attempt of the Persians to conquer the Greek cities-states had failed. The canal needed several years to be built and hundreds of residents of the area (mainly Acanthians, since Acanthus, modern Ierissos, is situated only 5 km away, but also residents of Sani and Ouranoupolis) were used by Xerxes as slaves for the completion of the canal. It is commonly regarded as the site of the world's first offshore wind farm.
Worth it to see:
- Catch the idyllic sunsets while walking around the scenic village.
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