Vermio (mountain)

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Vermio / Doxa / Karakamen
(Βέρμιο / Δόξα / Каракамен)
Highest peak Chamitis ( 2052  m )
Vermio / Doxa / Karakamen (Βέρμιο / Δόξα / Каракамен) (Greece)
Vermio / Doxa / Karakamen (Βέρμιο / Δόξα / Каракамен)
Coordinates 40 ° 32 '  N , 22 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 32 '  N , 22 ° 1'  E
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Vermio ( modern Greek Βέρμιο ( n. Sg. ), Ancient Greek Βέρμιον Bermion , Slavic Каракамен ) is a mountain range in Greek Macedonia . It used to be called Doxa ( Δόξα ). It is located in the territory of the Imathia , Kozani and Pella Regional Divisions .

geography

The Vermio extends between the Eordea Plain  in Western Macedonia in the southwest and the Central Macedonian Plain to the northeast. The mountains are divided into two areas: the Negush Mountains (Slavic Негуш Планина Negusch Planina , after the old name of Naousa) in the north with the Chamitis ( Χαμίτης , 2052  m ) as the highest peak and the Durla or Turla (Slavic Дурла / Турла ) in the south. In the southeast, the Aliakmonas valley separates the Vermio from the adjacent Pieria massif. The valley of the Aliakmonas forms a gorge here (Greek Στενά του Αλιάκμονα Stena tou Aliakmona ), which is designated as a Natura 2000 protected area.

The municipalities that share the Vermio territory are Eordea in the southwest and Naousa and Veria in the plain in the northeast. The municipality of Vermio in the municipality of Eordea received the name of the mountain in 1997. The mountains surround a number of lakes, including the Vegoritida Sea in the northwest and the Agras reservoir in the north . Marble is quarried between Kastania (Eordea) and Georgiani in the south.

The Greek highway 2 from Polymylo Kozanis to Veria runs along the south-eastern slope in the valley of the Aliakmonas along the ancient Via Egnatia . The route leads through 15 tunnels (the longest at 2.2 km) and over six bridges.

flora

The wooded slopes are rich in fir , chestnut , strawberry , beech , pine and holm oak . Fruit is grown on the lower slopes, especially peaches , apples and cherries . The high mountain regions have a species-rich mountain flora with several types of orchids and gentians . Another characteristic is the Steinbrechart Saxifraga federici-augusti.

history

The place Marousia ( Μαρούσια ) was destroyed in 1822 by Ottoman troops. The church is the last monument to remember him. The place Agios Athanasios Tormanis or Toplianis ( Άγιος Αθανάσιος Τορμάνης ή Τόπλιανη ) had a similar experience .

Monasteries

Many monks and nuns have settled and founded monasteries on the slopes of the Vermio:

  • the sisterhood Pelekan ( η Αδελφότητα Πέλεκαν ) near Komnimio ( Κομνήμιο , Veria)
  • the monastery of Agios Georgios Peristereota ( η Μονή Αγίου Γεωργίου Περιστερεώτα ) near Rodochori Imathias ( Ροδοχώρι Ημαθίας , Naousa)
  • the convent Theotokou Kalipetras ( η Μονή Θεοτόκου Καλλίπετρας , " Theotokos of Schönstein") at rachi Imathias ( Ράχη Ημαθίας ) in the valley of Aliakmona (Convent)
  • the monastery Panagia Dobra ( η Μονή Παναγίας Δοβρά , Most Holy of Dobra) near Dobra, ( Δοβρά , Veria) (monastery)
  • the monastery Profitis Elias Verias ( η Μονή Προφήτη Ηλία Βεροίας , prophet Elias of Veria) at the dam of St. Barbara on Aliakmonas
  • the monastery Taxiarchon Naousis ( η Μονή Ταξιαρχών Ναούσης , Archangel of Naousa; ruin)
  • the monastery Timiou Prodromo Naousis ( η Μονή Τιμίου Προδρόμου Ναούσης , monastery of the venerable forerunner of Naousa) (nunnery)
  • the new monastery Panagia of Soumela a replacement for the famous monastery Sumela near Kastania Imathias ( Καστανιά Ημαθίας )

Sports

Seli ski slopes

Three of the Greek winter sports areas with a total of 43 km of slopes are located in the mountains . The areas are:

  • 3–5 Pigadia ( Τρία-Πέντε Πηγάδια ) near the city of Pigadia
  • Chryso Elafi ( Χρυσό Ελάφι , German 'Goldener Hirsch') with Kato Vermio
  • Seli ( Σέλι ) near Kato Vermio, 18 km from Naousa and 20 km from Veria.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Georgios Chionidis ( Γεώργιος Χ Χιονίδης. ): Anecdotes of Panagiotis Naoum about the Vlachs of Epirus and Macedonia in the 19th century and during the uprising of 1878 ( "Οι ανέκδοτες αναμνήσεις του Γιώτη (Παναγιώτη) Ναούμ για τους Βλάχους της Ηπείρου και της Μακεδονίας στη διάρκεια του 19ου αιώνα και για την επανάσταση του 1878 στη Μακεδονία « ), PDF online
  2. ↑ Natura 2000 in Hellas, "STENA ALIAKMONA" ( Memento from April 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Ιερές Μονές ( Memento from July 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Θρησκευτικός Τουρισμός ( Memento from December 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), «ΜΟΝΕΣ-Ημαθία»