At home with Alexander: Edessa and Pella
Article in Hellenic News of America by Marc d’ Entremont
What forces make a legendary region a tourist attraction? Conflict and nature are two factors. Pella was Alexander the Great’s new showpiece capital and over 1,500 years later nearby Edessa profits greatly from an earthquake…
The Edessa/Pella/Virgina region was the very heart of classical Macedonia. It was from here that Philip II transformed Macedonia from a regional kingdom to the master of Greece and from where his son, Alexander the Great, built the world’s mightiest empire. Alexander was born in Pella…
Link: https://hellenicnews.com/2019/06/25/at-home-with-alexander-edessa-and-pella
