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4 unusual facts about Egnatia


Dodoni Province

Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipalities Dodoni, Ioannina, North Tzoumerka, Zagori and Zitsa, and the municipal units Ano Kalamas, Egnatia (partly) and Kalpaki.

Egnatia

Via Egnatia, an ancient Roman road in Illyria, Macedonia and Thrace

Lake Volvi

The municipalities with shores on the lake are Rentina, Madytos, Apollonia, Egnatia, and Sochos.

Metsovo

Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Metsovo, except most of the municipal unit Egnatia.


CPB Bank

It was formed by the consolidation of Marfin Investment Group's Egnatia, Laiki and Marfin Banks and was a 95%-owned subsidiary of Marfin Popular Bank (later renamed to Cyprus Popular Bank).

Egnatius Victor Marinianus

Egnatius Marinianus was a member of the third century gens Egnatia, and it has been speculated that he was the son of Lucius Egnatius Victor, consul suffectus before AD 207.

History of Thessaloniki

In the city center, a number of the stone mosques survived, notably the Hamza Bey Mosque on Egnatia (under restoration), the Aladja Imaret Mosque on Kassandrou Street, the Bezesten (covered market) on Venizelou Street, and Yahudi Hamam on Frangon Street.

Miguel Gatan Purugganan

Pope Paul VI appointed him on 23 January 1971 to the Titular Bishop of Egnatia and ordered him to auxiliary bishop in Nueva Segovia.


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