Amyntaio ( el, Αμύνταιο, before 1928: Σόροβιτς - ''Sorovits'';
Bulgarian
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Macedonian: Суровичево, Сорович), is a town and
municipality
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in the
Florina
Florina ( el, Φλώρινα, ''Flórina''; known also by some alternative names) is a town and municipality in the mountainous northwestern Macedonia, Greece. Its motto is, 'Where Greece begins'.
The town of Florina is the capital of the F ...
regional unit of
Macedonia,
Greece
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. The population of Amyntaio proper is 4,306, while that of the entire municipality is 16,973 (2011).
[ The town is named after the ancient king of ]Macedon
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and grandfather of Alexander the Great, Amyntas III
Amyntas III (Greek: Αμύντας Γ΄ της Μακεδονίας) (420 – 370 BC) was king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia in 393 BC and again from 392 to 370 BC. He was the son of Arrhidaeus and grandson of Amyntas, one of the sons ...
.
History
The village mosque was destroyed and located at the site of the present Municipal Centre building.
Archaeological excavations
On March 4, 2007, an unknown civilization around four lakes that lasted from 6000 BC to 60 BC has been uncovered in two important excavations of a Neolithic and an Iron Age settlement in the Amyntaio district of Florina, northern Greece.
A 7,300-year-old home with a timber floor, remnants of food supplies and blackberry seeds are among the findings in a Neolithic settlement near the lakes of Vegoritida, Petres, Heimatitida and Zazari. Garments, women’s fashions and burial customs in northern Eordaia 3,000 years ago are coming to light among the hundreds of funeral offerings in a forgotten necropolis dating from the Iron Age in western Macedonia.
More than 100 years after the excavation at Agios Panteleimonas in Amyntaio in the Florina prefecture – known in the bibliography as the Pateli Necropolis – by the Russian Archaeological Institute of Istanbul, a systematic investigation of 12 tombs by the 17th Antiquities Ephorate has found a total of 358 tombs dating from between 950 BC and 550 BC. Although the first discovery in 1898 of 376 graves produced many findings, now in the Istanbul Museum, the necropolis between the lakes of Heimatitida and Petres has revealed hundreds more graves.
In the summer of 2017 the remnants of a remarkable Roman villa were discovered.[Mirtsioti G.]
''The Stunning Ancient Roman Villa Discovered in Amyntaio''
Greece is, March 14th, 2018
Transport
Amyntaio station is a railway junction, where the line to Kozani branches off from the Platy-Florina main line.
Municipality
The municipality Amyntaio was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 6 former municipalities, that became municipal units:Lechovo
Lechovo ( el, Λέχοβο), renamed as ''Iroiko'' ( el, Ηρωϊκό) between 1955-1956, is a village and a former community in Florina regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipal ...
*Nymfaio
Nymfaio ( el, Νυμφαίο, before 1926: Νέβεσκα - ''Neveska'', rup, Nevesca) and in Ancient Greece: Νυμφαῖον or Νύμφαιον (9th century bc), is a village and a former community in Florina regional unit, Western Macedonia ...
* Variko
The municipality has an area of 589.369 km2, the municipal unit 249.852 km2.
Subdivisions
The municipal unit of Amyntaio is divided into the following communities:[
*]Agios Panteleimonas
Agios Panteleimonas (Greek: Άγιος Παντελεήμωνας) is a small coastal settlement in the community of Lechaina, Greece. It is 4 km northwest of Lechaina proper. Its population was 37 in the 2011 census. There are two churches, A ...
*Amyntaio
* Kella
* Kleidi
*Petres, Florina, Petres
*Rodonas
*Fanos
*Xino Nero
Economy
* Amyntaio Power Station
References
External links
Official website of Amyntaio Municipality
(in Greek).
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Amyntaio,
Populated places in Florina (regional unit)
Wine regions of Greece
Archaeological sites in Macedonia (Greece)
Municipalities of Western Macedonia