PHOTOGRAPHY MUSEUM
The Photography Museum is located in the small hall of the building next to the church of Saint George in Neraida and includes historical photos of the lives of the area's residents, as well as rare newspaper publications.
Through this "concrete album," visitors will discover historical details about the old bridge and the construction of the new one.
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It had been the third wedding celebrated this month in the church of Agios Georgios in the square of the village of Neraida. One more couple had chosen this church, with its uniquely decorated and hagiographed facade, to join in holy matrimony, as it is said to bring luck and happiness to the lives of the newlyweds.
The sacrament was complete and the guests were slowly making their way out of the church. Some of them noticed a low building just next door and entered it. Little did they realize it, they had found themselves witnessing through dozens of photographs the historical journey of the village. They had found themselves in the photo museum of Neraida and had the opportunity to travel several decades back through the black and white photographic film.
The photographic tour starts from the distant 1922, when the exchange of populations with Turkey brought the first refugees from Sebasteia of Pontus to the region, until the day the waters of Aliakmonas, whose course was blocked by the Polyfytos dam of the Public Power Corporation, finally submerged the old village of Neraida at the bottom of the lake. The old village of Neraida, the old village of Agia Varvara, newspapers with forgotten events, sceneries that we can no longer encounter, moments lost in the oblivion of time, people who are no longer with us, all of them are present there and narrate in their own way the memory and the history of a place whose inhabitants have gone through a lot, but did not put up with it.
HALIACMON RIVER
It is the longest river in Greece, gathering the water of the mountains of Western and Central Macedonia, and giving life to a large part of the country before flowing into the Gulf of Thermaikos.
- The Castle
- The Town
- The River
Folklore Museum
Housed in the home of Dr. Aristidis Christakis, the purpose of the museum is the preservation and dissemination of the historical heritage and tradition of the region.
Servia
The name “Servia” derives from the Latin verb "servo" meaning "to watch, observe", reflecting the city's position as an impregnable fortress in earlier times.
Haliacmon River
It is the longest river in Greece, gathering the water of the mountains of Western and Central Macedonia, and giving life to a large part of the country before flowing into the Gulf of Thermaikos.
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