Sights

• the ancient city Aiane on the hill Megali Rahi dated from the prehistoric years. The city prospered in the 6th and 5th century BC and was abandoned in the 1st century BC. The excavations revealed graves and cemeteries from the prehistoric to the Hellenistic years and the city was identified with the ancient Aane that was capital of the kingdom of Elimia. The most important monuments saved today are: the classic agora (market), the hellenistic houses, the classical arcade with pillars, a large, circular cistern quarried out in the rock, large cist-graves dated to the late Archaic and Classical periods, Farmhouses, Roman tholos tomb and Byzantine and post byzantine churches (11th - 19th century). In the Archaeological Museum of Aiane you will see interesting discoveries from the ancient city and the surrounding areas.

• in Aiani the Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary and the church Saint Dimitrios of (11th - 12th century) and the monastery of St. Nikanoras (1532) in Zavorda above Aliakmonas river.

• Polyfytos lake with the bigger bridge in the Balkans.

• in Serbia, the Byzantine castle (6th century) above the valley of Aliakmonas, and a big Basilica with murals from the 11th century.

• in Velvento, Byzantine churches and monasteries (St. Minas 11th century and St. Nikolaos 16th century with old murals).

• Early Christian Basilica with astonishing mosaics, in Agia Paraskeyi.

• in Sisani the 11th century Episcopal church.

• the famous arcaded bridges of Voios