1st Junior high school Alexandria- Greece Students: Spyros L., Vaggelis M., Konstantina P., G iannis M., Demetra K. Maria P. , Steven M. Persefoni M p. , Helen Ts., , Hara St., Helen k. , Magda S., Afroditi Ts. , Alexandra Fl.

Alexandria is an agricultural town in the center of a plain near river

Aliakmonas (this place in the past was called Rumlouki which

means Greek land Romiotopos-ellinotopos).

It is located in the prefecture of Imathia in central Macedonia.

The town of of Alexandria is about 52 Km from Thessaloniki, 21

km from Veroia the capital of imathia and about 20 km from

vergina. Vergina is situated close to the site of ancient Aigai

(latined as Aegae) , once the royal capital of ancient Macedonia

Alexandria was liberated from the Turks on the 18th October of

1912. Alexandria’s older popular Greek name was Gidas. Gidas

was formally annexed to Greece on the 28th July of 1913 by the

treaty of Burchrest. There are different versions concerning the

original name of Alexandria. The first version states that it

originates from the Turkish word gida ( food). According to local

researchers, the name dates back to the Byzantine period and

means "Land Road". In 1953 it took the name Alexandria in honor

of Alexander the Great.

There are a lot of buildings in Alexandria: 2 nursery schools, 7

kindergartens 7 primary schools, 6 schools of secondary education

from which 2 are for technical education, one school for special

education, a Town Hall, churches, a police station, 7 banks, a train

stadium, a municipal library, choir center, a swimming center,

cultural center, a stadium, 2 gyms, one hotel, one amphitheatre,

restaurants, cafeterias, supermarkets and a lot of shops.

Most of the families who live in Alexandria live in blocks of flats.

However, many inhabitants still live in houses.

Town hall

Train station

Monument which commemorates the heroes

Local stadium

Theoharis Kougas square

amphitheatre Local stadium

Folklore associations

19th of May square

Swimming center

Recently the Alexandria

Municipality built a swimming pool.

There are given swimming lessons

for beginners and swimming

competitions take place, as well.

Local gym

This is the first school which

was built in Alexandria.

It is a very big school

with a lot of students.

It is made of stones.

Alexandria in Christmas

CHOIR CENTER

At the premises of the

choir center in Alexandria

adults and children can

attend lessons, practice

and prepare for concerts

all around Greece, even

abroad

Graffiti of our town

Church dedicated to Virgin Mary’s Assumption

The central church is dedicated to Virgin Mary. It’s a beautiful

church with great pictures depicting Saints, Virgin Mary , Christ.

The swimming pool, the

small amphitheater and

sport fields (including tennis

courts, basketball courts

and skateboard place).

Konaki is the building where

the Turkish Bey used as

Headquarters of the region. It

was built in 1904 beside the

old Konaki which was depicted

in a map of the Turkish period.

The last Turkish owner of

Konaki was Isin – Bey who

lived in Istanbul before.

Konaki

Aliakmonas A river that runs near Alexandria is Aliakmon. Aliakmon is the

longest river in Greece

Traditional music instruments of Alexandria

The Greek tambour “daouli“

The Greek clarinet “zournas“

The traditional dressing

The traditional dress is considered to be one of the oldest in the

Greece The male costume does not have any peculiarity contrary

to that of woman.

The dominant element of the female dress is a headband called

katsouli. It consists of three handkerchiefs, and represents and

ancient helmet.

According to the tradition Great Alexander admired the local

women about the courage and heroism that they showed in a

battle in which men showed cowardice. He ordered thus women to

wear men’s helmet, which as time went by became a part of their

traditional dress.

Alexandria choir

The idea of a choral group was

imported to the little town of

Alexandria in 1987.

The first director of the choir was

Gregoris Savvopulos. Likely the idea

grew up and nowadays there is a

Municipality Choral Center, witch is

supporting two choirs. First the

young- children’s, female choir “Melissanthi” and the mixed

adults’ choir “Alexadrian Voices”. Eleni Theodoridou is the choirs’

main director, Kostas Pantelidis accompanies at the piano and

Gregoris Savvopoulos is the art director.

The choir participated in many concerts in 2010 in Istanbul, in

2009 in Wernigerode,in 2008 in Graz, Austria . This year we are

preparing for a trip to Italy.

SOURCES www. Google.gr

www. Alexandria.gr

www. Choir.gr