Sitagroi (Drama)

The village of sitagroi located on the motorway Drama-Serres. The excavation showed  that in the municipality of Sitagroi human presence  is continuous since prehistoric times. The population of the municipality  of Sitagroi is minly characterized by the refugee points (Sea Thracian and Asia Minor).

Fince they mored to new places, they transferred their manners and customs, religious traditions and in general all those cultures and cultural elements, give a special color in the region and the lifestyle of residents. My village is small. 1500 residents live there.

 Around The village there are 3 other villages: Meglokampos, Mikrokampos  and Fotolivos.
People there mainly to their fields and livestock.     

Article by Valantis Ampelidis

MORE ABOUT DRAMA

Today region area is attracting crowds of visitors at Autumn.They are going to have fun at the restaurants and at café bars.Drama has a celebration at the third day of Ceptember.The celebration area is Agia “Barbara”.We are now in the modest emporic city of Drama.Monsolmanic temples in the center area awakes minds of all seasons in the town.In Drama football has been admiring by most of the people because of Doxa Drama.Drama is generally known for her danken fun, as the residents are distinguish with their lives and at the songs.

Article by Dimitris Svigkas

Oneiroupoli (Drama)

Photo by Tasos Seferiadis

Prefecture of Drama (Greece)

Area: (sq. km): 3.468

Population (2001) : 103.763

Population Density (hab /sq. km) : 30

Capital City: Drama

Number of Hotels: 9

Number of hotel Rooms: 430

by :  Constantinos  Avgitidis

Santa Barbara

Drama is a city built on water. The central source of water is located in Santa Barbara. The clear water of Sana Barbara has a lot of fish, like crayfish, small brianas and trouts. You can also see the foundations of a building in the water, which according to a legend is the ruins of the old church of Santa Barbara which water sprouted when the Turks demolished it to build a mosque .The Cross of light is released every year from Santa Barbara’s podium.

Shopping in Bari

Bari is an important commercial city. In Bari there are many shops and the most important are mainly situated in a few central streets: Via Sparano, Corso Cavour, Via Argiro, etc.. There are shops of different categories, both national and international. These streets in Bari's new town are excellent for gift and souvenir-buying as well as just browsing while you wander. You'll find large shops of international brands like H&M, Adidas and Zara, and also Italian ones. There is no pressure to buy if you enter any of the shops and it is a pleasant walk where you can see the everyday life of the modern town. We think that it is not wrong to define the “Borgo Murattiano” as a big open-air shop. In fact, here there are a lot of shops,and everyone can find what he is looking for.The main street is surely Via Sparano,the long promenade and pedestrian area where it is possible to find the main brands. Corso Cavour is also ideal for shopping, but mainly with cheap shops and stalls.But in all the streets of this area (for example,Via Argiro) there are a lot of shops, so...have a nice day!The opening hours are 9-13 and 16.30-20.30. On Monday morning and Sunday (few occasions excepted) shops are usually closed. There are also several shopping centres, like Auchan, Ipercoop, Bariblu, each with a big hypermarket and lots of shops. They are usually located on the outskirts of the city or on the highways connecting Bari with other towns of the metropolitan area and they are open all day, between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m..

What to eat in Bari

Bari's cuisine is based on three typical agricultural products found in the Puglia region: wheat, olive oil and wine. A wide variety of fruit and vegetables is also produced locally. Local flour is used in homemade bread and pasta including the famous "orecchiette", hat-shaped pasta, "recchietelle" or "strascinate" (orecchiette of different sizes) and "cavatelli".
Homemade dough is also used for baked "calzoni" , pies stuffed with onions, anchovies, capers and olives; fried "panzerotti" with mozzarella cheese, simple "focaccia" (a kind of pizza) with tomatoes, etc.
Meat dishes and the local Barese "ragù" (stuffed meat rolls cooked in tomato sauce) often include lamb, pork and often horse meat, considered something of a local delicacy.
"Pasta al forno", a baked pasta dish, is very popular in Bari and was historically a Sunday dish. The traditional recipe consists of "penne" or similar tubular pasta shapes, tomato sauce, small beef and pork meatballs and halved hard boiled eggs; but different families have variations. The pasta is then topped with mozzarella or similar cheese and then baked in the oven to make the dish top crispy.

Bari is the capital of an important fishing area, so it offers fresh fish, and also seafood (octopus, sea urchins, mussels), often eaten raw. In fact, perhaps Bari's most famous dish is the oven-baked "Riso, patate e cozze" (rice with potatoes and mussels).

By Margherita, Alessia, Caterina, Rosemary, Stefania

("focaccia" picture from www.flickr.com)

Going out in Bari

In Bari there are many places to go out in the afternoon and at night. The most frequented by young people are two central squares, Piazza del Ferrarese and Piazza Mercantile, which are very close to one another. Piazza del Ferrarese is a very large old square connecting the shopping area in the modern Murat district and the old town, and leading to the ancient city walls. Piazza Mercantile also dates back to ancient times. These two squares are full of cafés, pizzerias and restaurants.
People can have a walk along Corso Cavour and Via Sparano, very wide boulevards full of shops (Via Sparano is also a pedestrian area) and finally they can hang out along the beautiful seafront. “Nderr a la Lanz'’ is a particular part of the waterfront, where during the day you can buy fish and seafood and find stalls with various types of merchandise, while at night it is frequented by people in their twenties.

By Dominga, Viviana, Mario, Gianluca, Pasquale, Nicola

Bari Cathedral

The Cathedral of Saint Sabinus is older though less famous than the Basilica of St. Nicholas in Bari, and it is right in the heart of the old town, in a square called Piazza dell’Odegitria.
The Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto. It was begun in Bizantine style in 1034, but it was destroyed in the sack of the city in 1156 by William the Wicked.
A new building was built between 1170-1178, partially inspired by that of San Nicholas. Today traces of the original pavement are visible in the transept. One of the mosaic pavements bears an inscription with the name of Bishop Andrea and it seems likely that these are the remains of the first cathedral, which was destroyed in the 9th or 10th century.
The church is an important example of Apulian Romanesque architecture and it has a simple Romanesque façade with three portals; in the upper part there is a rose window decorated with monstruous and fantasy figures. The interior has a nave and two aisles, divided by sixteen columns with arcades. In the crypt there are the relics of Saint Sabinus and the icon of the Madonna Odegitria.
The interior and the façade were redecorated in Baroque style during the 18th century, but in the 1950s the Cathedral was restored to its original style.

By Mattia, Yary, Luigi A., Barbara, Luigi S.

What to do in Badajoz

Ifeba is institution fair of Badajoz, each year organizes fairs related with the different economic sectors, in which present the main companies to generate commercial relations, multiply his contacts and present novelties. Began to operate in 1989.

Written by David

What to see

THE SIGHTSEEINGS OF MY TOWN
The sightseeings of my city are in the old town of Badajoz.
The principal monuments of my city are:

PLAZA ALTA OF BADAJOZ(SQUARE)
The Plaza Alta of Badajoz (Extremadura, Spain),

was for centuries, the centre of the city which had been Muslim fortress.
It has got arches which were markets held in the Middle Ages. There was also a venue for events and meetings of all kinds.

ALCAZABA
The Alcazaba of Badajoz is situated in the old part of Badajoz and surrounded by the river Guadiana .It is from 12th century .The Alcazaba of the monarchs of the kingdom ¨TAIFA¨. Inside the Alcazaba there are gardens.

TOWER OF ATALAYA OR TOWER OF ESPANTAPERROS.

Espantaperro’s Tower, also known as the Tower of the Alpendiz or its true name. Alpendiz tower is a watchtower adjacent to the fortress of Badajoz, originally Almohad and octagonal. Built in 1169, it is about 30 metres.
Following its construction in the 16th century, a Mudejar Tower was added to the temple .
It has recently been restored.

By Alejandro, Antonio, Fran and Juan

Sightseeings of Badajoz

By Juan

"If Paris were on the sea, it would look like a small Bari..."!

People from Bari love to repeat that "if Paris were on the sea, it would look like a small Bari"!
It is a joke, of course, but it says a lot about the pride (and sense of humour!) in our area.
Ours is a city with a deep sense of history and art, with very rich cultural roots living together with a modern business outlook. Bari was already an important city under the Greeks, then it became a Roman municipality and was later ruled by the Saracens, the Venetians, the Normans, the Aragons and finally the Bourbons, before becoming part of the united Italy.
Our dialect is a mixture of all these influences, and many people still speak it in private situations, with the family, or with friends. Among young people vernacular words are often used as a kind of slang.
This is a nice video we have found on YouTube, which contains several pictures of the city and uses a traditional song in Bari dialect as soundtrack.
Enjoy it!
By Vanya and her class

Welcome to Bari!

Bari is an Italian city with 320,160 inhabitants, capital of the province of Bari and of the Apulia region (‘Puglia’ in Italian). It is located on the south-east coast, on the Adriatic Sea. It is known for being the city where the relics of St. Nicholas lie. That privilege has made Bari and the splendid Basilica dedicated to the Patron Saint one of the greatest centres of orthodoxy favoured in Italy. The city is situated in a heavily urbanized area, which is one of the most important and populous in Italy. Bari is soon going to become one of the 15 metropolitan cities in Italy; in fact there is a ‘strategic plan’ which aims at realizing the first part of this project by 2015. It is also a major terminus for trade with the East and its port is the largest passenger port in the Adriatic Sea. The city has a strong maritime tradition and has always been the central point in the commercial, political and cultural contacts with Eastern Europe, consolidated thanks to the famous Festival of St. Nicholas, which takes place on 7th-8th-9th May. An important trade fair, the ‘Fiera del Levante’, takes place in Bari every year, in September. It involves exhibitions from many sectors and industries and attracts many exhibitors from Italy and other countries, especially Mediterranean. There is also a "Fair of Nations" which displays handcrafted and locally produced goods from all over the world.
Bari is home to a University of Studies and a ‘Politecnico’. The city boasts a unique historic centre (the so-called ‘Barivecchia’, which means ‘old Bari’), with narrow and winding streets, where you find the most important medieval monuments (the Basilica of St. Nicholas, the Cathedral of St. Sabinus, the Swabian Castle). The modern city centre is instead the grid-shaped Murat district, which is probably the largest shopping area in Italy and contains a large number of high street stores and smaller shops.

Written by: Margherita, Alessia, Caterina, Rosemary, Stefania from Italy

What to do: festivals

Carnival!

The carnival in my city is one of the best of Spain.
We’re going to tell you some information about the history of the carnaval in my city:
The carnaval Started on 1815 after the independence war.
This event has centuries of history, in the century XIX we had very important comparsas riding in carriages or horseback.
The carnaval disappeared from 1936 to 1980 beccause the Civil war forbade the celebration.

Nowadays, we have a murgas contest . The murgas are groups of people who meet to make a humorous criticism about the city life singing in a setting, in Lope de Ayala theater. They dress up about a subject or a character or something like this. We have 42 murgas but every year we have more. The murgas are like this:

We have comparsas too. The comparsas are groups of people who dance in a march-past whith original costumes like that:

We have 40 comparsas with more than 3500 people who form the parade.

The people who don’t participe in murgas o comparsas dress up and have a party in the street with music.
The carnival in Badajoz is the participation of the Dressed-up people in the street.The carnaval is in February on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
In these days we have an importan celebration, its name is the burial of the sardine. This day is the end of the celebration and we go to ‘’San Roque’’ (street) on Tuesday to eat grilled sardines.

Written by:

María Benítez, Gema, Alba and Raquel

What to see in Badajoz

Sightseeings

In Badajoz there are six Museums:

Archaeological provincial museum of Badajoz, Museum of fine arts, Museum of the metropolitan cathedral of Badajoz, Museum of the city, Extremaduran and Latin-American museum of contemporary art of Badajoz, and Museum trurino of the bullfighting Extremadura club.

Puente RealIt is called Royal because two years before the King and Queen of Spain put the first stone in the beginning of his construction. It is a modern bridge, with rail for bicycles, investor as panoramic sight and joins the newest zone of the city with Elvas's Avenue that leads to Portugal, to the University, Fairground, medical services and fairground enclosures.

Puerta Palmas is a monumental door of the wall that was surrounding Badajoz in Spain, located opposite the Bridge of Palms. The ending of this construction dates back of 1551. It is the most representative monument of the city.
It is integrated by a commemorative arch and two cylindrical towers of solid aspect. In the exterior front the arch is of half a point adorned with a shield of Carlos I. In the interior front there places a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of the Angels. The towers used as royal prison until ends of the 19th century.





The Cathedral of Badajoz (or Cathedral of San Juan Baptizer) is placed in the Plaza of Spain, in the center of Badajoz. In this temple took place the marriage of the future king don Fernando VI with the Portuguese princess dona Barbara de Braganza in 1729, which was a queen of Spain up to the death of the first one in 1758.

Written by Silvia, Irene and Laura

THE ORIGINS OF BADAJOZ

THE ORIGINS OF BADAJOZ

Ibn Marwan:

This well-know muladi with the nickname of “ Al Yilliqui”, was son of the wali or governor from Merida. In the year 875. Ibn Marwan is able to impose its conditions to build Batalyaws without paying tributes to Cordoba, being born this way the Kingdom of Badajoz.

AL-MOSSASSA

With this name that means “The Foundation of Badajoz” the city has commemorated its origins from 1998. The celebration is held at the end of the month of September and beginning of October, the Arab foundation of the city. In these days Badajoz returns to the 9th century.

Written by: Daniel, Nacho, Luis and Sergio

The history of Drama

In the era Drama was known as Dravescus and was a trade center and military camp on the Roman Via Egnatia. Drama has excellent water resources and may owe its name to this. Drama was also under the Ottoman Empire. In 1912 during the first Balkan war Drama was occupied by Bulgaria. Drama was again occupied by Bulgaria troops from 1941 to 1944 world war II. There is a street named Armen named after Armen Kouptsios a hero of the Macedonia struggle (1904-1908).

 

 
Some of the biggest villages in my town are: Arkadikos, Panorama, Mavrovato, Kallifitos, Choristi, Kalos Agros, Adriani.




Article by Natalia Ananiadou

Attractions of Drama

Drama has a big mountain Falakro. Falakro has got big trees and rivers. You must visit Falakro because it’s a magic mountain. Falakro is a mountain of the village of Volakas. Volakas has many hotels and Greek taverns.

Falakro is a Ski Center also.

More I like this photo because it is a beautifull place

Article by Michael Anastasiadis

ECONOMY of DRAMA

In the recent past the economy of the drama area relied heavily on the local paper and textile-clothing industries. However, these industries have either closed down or moved across the border to Bulgaria, with a devastating impact on the local economy and employment. Other sources of revenue include agriculture, consisting mainly of tobacco plantations, small-scale mining(particularly of marble)and forestry. Recently, there have been efforts to exploit the rich local natural environment and to develop ecotourism. There is a modern ski resort on Mount Falakro. Drama also hosts an annual short film festival…



Article by Sevasti Chatziignatiadou