Metaxades is a large village and a former municipality in the Evros regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. This lowland settlement, positioned at an altitude of 120 meters, is celebrated as the most picturesque in the wider area, thanks to its traditional stone architecture.
Metaxades
Gravestone from 1691 in the Post-Byzantine Church of St. Athanasius
Image of the church and the association of Metaxades in the village center
Post-Byzantine Church of Saint Athanasius in Metaxades
Didymoteicho is a town located on the eastern edge of the Evros regional unit of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, in northeastern Greece. It is the seat of the municipality of the same name. The town sits on a plain and located south east of Svilengrad, south of Edirne, Turkey and Orestiada, west of Uzunköprü, Turkey, about 20 km north of Soufli and about 90 km north of Alexandroupoli. The municipality of Didymóteicho has a land area of 565.4 km2 and a population of 16,060 inhabitants.
Panoramic view of Didymoteicho from the walls of the fortress May 2010. The structure with the pyramidal roof is the Çelebi Sultan Mehmed Mosque.
Panoramic view of the town from the fortress walls, photographed in June 2012.
Roman mosaics from Plotinopolis
The castle hill
