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MY LAND: NEA ANCHIALOS MAGNESIA

Nea Anchialos is a brought to light 10 impor- of the oldhomeland's tem- of newer monuments. In
coastal town with a small tant monuments: the ple.(Kaperoni Artemis- fact it has been named
port on the northwest edge Acropolis of Pyrassou, El- Midiati Nefeli) EVGENIO after the metro-
of the Pagasitic Gulf, pidion's royal church, the The residents were en- politan Evgenio Karavia
southwest of Volos. It was complex of public build- gaged and continue up yo who was hanged by the
founded in 1907 by ings, the Episcopal man- the present in picking and Turkish.(Tzanis Dimitris-
refugees of old Anchialos. sion, Saint Dimitri's royal growing olives, vineyards, Karatasias Marios)
Today it belongs to the mu- church, the preheated almonds and different kind Our school was de-
nicipality of Volos with a bath, the high school and of vegetables. In fact, there stroyed several times .In
population of about 7.000 the bath, the paved boule- is a winery THE AGRICUL- April 1943 it was hit by an I-
residents. (Konstantinos vard, the archpriest Peter's TURAL PRODUCTIVE talian shell and a bit later it
Samourelis) royal church that is the COOPERATION OF NEA was burnt by the Italian oc-
The town began to be biggest and the most inter- ANCHIALOS "DIMITRA" cupation troops. With the
built on the ruins of two an- esting monument in our that was founded by the bearthquakes of 1954-55 it
cient towns, Ancient Pyras- town.(Gioti Iro-Kontova Ka- residents of Anchialos of has also suffered a lot of
sou and Fthiotidon terina). eastern Romilia ten after damage. It was demolished
Thivon,by the Greek On September 30th 1907 they had settled in Nea An- and rebuilt almost from the
refugees of easter Romilia. the foundation stone was chialos. (Tzaerli Christina- beginning. The ner inter-
To be more specific by An- laid for the new homeland Charmanda Dimitra) vention removed many of
chialo (Pomore) of today's that looked a lot like the old The residents of Anchia- the elements of its archi-
Bulgaria which was set on one and was named Nea los loved learning and very tecture.(Tsiamoura Eleni-
fire by the Bulgarian con- Anchialos. In 1908 the first soon thought of building a Siameti Maria)
querors on July 30th 960 stone built ,two and s- school. Specifically, they On February 1, 1954, the
1906.(Dionysis Aitse- ingle storey houses ,where they built the first primary 111th Battle Wing has cre-
Siametis Giannis) the residents of Nea An- school, our school, in 1910 ated in the construction of
Our area has rich archeo- chialos settled in, were by Syggrou's bequest. It is which many craftsmen
logical finds. The excava- completed. In the centre a classified as preserved and worked. It has 3 degrees
tions that took place temple was built in memory belongs to the 5th tax office and the planes are the F-