Nikiforos ( el, Νικηφόρος, tr, Nusratlı) is a village and a former municipality in the Drama regional unit, of

East Macedonia and Thrace Eastern Macedonia and Thrace ( el, Ανατολική Μακεδονία και Θράκη, translit=Anatolikí Makedonía ke Thráki, ) is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It consists of the northeastern parts of the coun ...

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been a municipal unit of the municipality of

Paranesti Paranesti ( el, Παρανέστι) is a municipality in the Rhodope Mountains of northeastern Drama regional unit, Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on ...

. The municipal unit has an area of 240.998 km². The 2011 census reported a population of 2,805 inhabitants in the municipal unit and 296 in the village.

"Drama Köprüsü"

The

Rumelia Rumelia ( ota, روم ايلى, Rum İli; tr, Rumeli; el, Ρωμυλία), etymologically "Land of the Names of the Greeks#Romans (Ῥωμαῖοι), Romans", at the time meaning Eastern Orthodox Christians and more specifically Christians f ...

Turkish folk song "

Drama Köprüsü "Drama Köprüsü" (English "The Bridge of Drama") is a popular Turkish ''türkü'' (folk song) and a legend on which the song is based. Geography The song refers to the Drama Bridge. The town of Drama, which was then a part of the Ottoman Empire, ...

" (Bridge Of

Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

), is set near Nikiforos. The two- to three-century-old bridge has been located between Nikiforos and the nearby village of Karyafiton. Research was conducted by Nikos Latsistalis, the chairman of the Drama Asia Minor Refugees Association with the help of a Turkish refugee from Drama to Bursa.

Transport

The settlement is served by

Nikiforos railway station Nikiforos railway station ( el, Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Νικηφόρου, Sidirodromikós Stathmós Nikiforos) is a railway station that serves the Northern Greek village of Nikiforos, in Drama in East Macedonia and Thrace, ...

on the Thessaloniki-Alexandroupoli line, with daily services to

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...

and

Alexandroupolis Alexandroupolis ( el, Αλεξανδρούπολη, ), Alexandroupoli, or Alexandrople is a city in Greece and the capital of the Evros regional unit. It is the largest city in Western Thrace and the region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace. It ...

People

Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt Ibrahim Pasha ( tr, Kavalalı İbrahim Paşa; ar, إبراهيم باشا ''Ibrāhīm Bāshā''; 1789 – 10 November 1848) was an Ottoman Albanian general in the Egyptian army and the eldest son of Muhammad Ali, the Wāli and unrecognised ...

(1770–1848) Famous Albanian , is believed to have been born in Nikiforos, then Nusratli. *Nikiforos also refers to

Pheidippides Pheidippides ( grc-gre, Φειδιππίδης, , ; "Son of Pheídippos") or Philippides (Φιλιππίδης) is the central figure in the story that inspired a modern sporting event, the marathon race. Pheidippides is said to have run from ...

, the herald who ran from Marathon to Athens to inform the authorities that the Persians were defeated. *

Amina Hanim tr, Emine Hanım, italic=no , father = Nusratli Ali Agha , mother = , birth_date = 1770 , birth_place = Nustratli, Rumeli Eyalet, Ottoman Empire , death_date = , death_place = Cairo, Egypt Eyalet, Ottoman Empire , place of burial = Hosh ...

(Arabic: أمينة خانم‎; Turkish: Emine Hanım; 1770 – 1824) was the first princess consort of

Muhammad Ali of Egypt Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha, also known as Muhammad Ali of Egypt and the Sudan ( sq, Mehmet Ali Pasha, ar, محمد علي باشا, ; ota, محمد علی پاشا المسعود بن آغا; ; 4 March 1769 – 2 August 1849), was ...

, the first monarch of the Muhammad Ali dynasty.

References

External links

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Populated places in Drama (regional unit) {{EMacedoniaThrace-geo-stub