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Wine and vine museum of Naoussa |
The exhibition is completed with the presentation of the modern and organised wine factories of the region, providing the visitor with an explicit picture of the importance of modern wine activity in Naoussa.
The museum is addressed to the Municipal Cultural Organism of Naoussa and is accommodated in the ground floor of the traditional building Ioannis Boutaris which was the first organised wine factory in Naoussa (1908).
It was financed by the Community Initiative Leader II, the Municipal Cultural Organism of Naoussa and the Institution of Stelios and Fani Boutari.
As soon as you drive over Aliakmonas River in the national highway Athens - Thessaloniki you proceed to the exit of Veria-Kozani. When you pull in Veria via Egnatia highway, you proceed to the exit of Naoussa and Edessa through the ring road of Veria. In approximately 15 kilometres, you reach in the crossway of Naoussa, where you turn left in the lights. You pull in Naoussa in 7 kilometres.
Naoussa is one of the most beautiful cities of Macedonia which is built in the Eastern fringes of the imposing mountainous volume of Vermion and has an astonishing view in the beautiful and rich plain of Thessaloniki. It is the capital of the homonym province with a population of 25.000 residents and combines the beauties of plain with those of mountain, offering a rich mesh of activities and services in the lucky visitor. It abstains 90 km from Thessaloniki and 510 from Athens.
The architectural heritage in urban and industrial buildings elects a city with rich cultural past. The visitor has the possibility to enjoy the traditional neighbourhoods and sights in Naoussa and can begin from the Municipal Park that is found near the entry of the city which has an astonishing view in the plain of Imathia up to Thessaloniki and Thermaiko. A path from the paved pedestrian zone in the verdurous banks of the river Arapitsa with the impetuous waters and the impressive waterfalls, leads to "Stoumpanous" a place of sacrifice of Naoussa's women.
