Alexandroupoli Facts for Kids

The lighthouse of Alexandroupolis

Alexandroupoli (or Alexandroupolis) is a Greek city, in the Thrace periphery. It is the capital of Evros prefecture. Alexandroupolis is in the northeast of Greece, very close to Turkey and Bulgaria. It had 57,812 people according to 2011 census.

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Ruins of the Byzantine Avandas castle (Avas) outside the city.
Postcard of Dedeağaç, 1899
The old military railway station (Gare Militaire) of Alexandroupoli.
Thracian Sea.
Dimokritos Airport
Port of Alexandroupoli
Konstantinos Altinalmazis, mayor (1925-1941)
Alexandroupoli's lighthouse, symbol of the city
Delta of Evros
The archaeological site of Mesembria-Zone
Thermal springs of Traianoupoli
Zariphios Educational Academy founded by Georgios Zariphis
Old "Kapnomagazo" (tobacco store), the new municipal library of Alexandroupolis
The οld hospital of Alexandroupolis, which now is used as a Music High School
The historic building of the National Bank which houses the Reading Room of the Democritus University of Thrace
Alexandroupoli's port customs buildings
The old building of the 1st primary school of Alexandroupolis
The 3rd Primary school of Alexandroupolis which is housed in the courtyard of the Metropolis
The Building of Missionary Action in Alexandroupoli
Evros Delta
Statue of Domna and Antonis Visvizis, heroes of the Greek War of Independence from Thrace
The building of the regional unit of Evros and with an exact copy of the Winged Victory of Samothace in the courtyard
View of Alexandroupoli's coastal area
The lighthouse of Alexandroupoli and the coastal road
Sunset in Alexandroupoli
St Joseph's Catholic church
Waterproofing system with amphorae at the archaeological site of Mesembria-Zone
The church of Theotokos Kosmosoteira in Feres
Ottoman baths in nearby Traianoupoli
One of 6 windmills in Melia
The castle of Avas
The square of Alexandroupoli's lighthouse
Sunset on the coastal street of Alexandroupolis
View of Samothrace from the city
Sunset with Samothrace view
Sunset in Alexandroupoli
View of Samothrace from a coastline in Makri
View of snowy Samothrace from a beach in Alexandroupolis
Coast along Alexandroupoli
Beach with view to Samothrace
The small harbour of Makri
The village of Makri
Mountainous landscape in Aetochori
Road with small church near Dikella
Russian monument in the yard of the metropolitan church for the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Pedestrian area in Alexandroupolis
Via Egnatia in Traianoupoli, near Alexandroupoli
Centuries-old olive grove in Alexandroupolis
Eleftherias Square

Alexandroupoli facts for kids

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