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unusual facts about Agios Nikolaos, Chalkidiki



Agios Nikolaos, Chalkidiki

Agios Nikolaos lies adjacent to the road leading from Nikiti to Sarti (Sithonia west ring) and from Nikiti to Pyrgadikia (semicircular road around Singitikos bay leading east).

Agios Nikolaos, Crete

The modern city of Agios Nikolaos became internationally well-known during the 60's, when it was "discovered" by famous cinema directors (Jules Dassin, Walt Disney etc.), BBC producers and many others.

Chalkidiki

As of 2013 a revival of mining for gold and other minerals was underway with a number of concessions having been granted to Eldorado Gold of Canada.

European Goldfields

Hellas Gold (awaiting a mining permit) primarily engaged in the selling of gold that has already been mined, though it engages in light mining Chalkidiki.

Kalandra

In ancient Greece it was the site of the town of Mende, one of the many colonies in Chalkidiki founded by Chalcis, the main city on the island of Euboia.

Katharo

Administratively it belongs to the municipality of Agios Nikolaos, (municipal division of Kritsa).

Mani Peninsula

Some popular beaches during the summer are Kalogria and the beaches by Stoupa harbor, while Kardamyli and Agios Nikolaos have good pebble and sand beaches, too.

Moudania

Moudania, Greece, a municipal unit in Chalkidiki, Greece, named after Mudanya

Mudanya

After the Treaty of Lausanne and the Greco-Turkish population exchange agreement, the Greeks of the town were transferred into mainland Greece, establishing a settlement to which they gave the name of their previous town, Nea Moudania (New Moudania, located on the Chalkidiki peninsula, in the Macedonia region of Greece.

Štip

The two tribes that lived along the river Astibo, an estuary to the Axius, were the Derrones, named after their god of healing, Darron, and the Laeaeans, who minted their own heavy coins as a sign of their sovereignty following the example of the Greek city-states on Chalkidiki.

Vrachasi

Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality of Agios Nikolaos, of which it is a municipal unit.

Yiannis Carras

During that time he was also involved in the real estate and tourist business and bought an extended area in Sithonia, Chalkidiki peninsula in northern Greece and in 1973 he started constructing a tourist resort, known as Porto Carras, which became one of the most famous holiday resorts in Greece.


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