Monday, 4 November 2013

23 - 24 October 2013 - Kavala, Greece

We spent a couple of days exploring Kavala, an attractive port city in Macedonia, northern Greece.

Komares (The Old Aqueduct)

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View of the Kastro (Castle) and Panagia, Kavala’s old town from the Port

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View of the Port from the Kastro at Panagia, Kavala’s old town

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Mohammed Ali Pasha, founder of the last Egyptian dynasty was born in Kavala

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Inside Mohammed Ali Pasha’s house

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The Harem or women’s quarters

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The Church of Panagia, Kavala’s oldest church

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The Imaret, built by Mohammed Ali Pasha as a Muslim seminary and a workhouse for the poor of the city.  Later it was used to house refugees.  Paradoxically it is now an exclusive luxury hotel.

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