Ardameri

Ardameri , (locally "Αρδαμέρι") is a village located in the Perfecture of Thessaloniki, in Greece, at the foothill of mount Hortiatis. It belongs to the traditional kind of Greek villages, as its houses are built scatteringly and its mazy pathways often lead to dead end.The village has 900 voters and only 125 permanent inhabitants. It belongs in the municipality of Koroneia, which contains also the villages Agios Vasileios, Gerakarou, Vasiloudi, and Lagkadikia. The village was destroyed by the Turkish 2 times: During the conquest of Thessaloniki in 1430 by the Turkish, and during the Greek revolution of 1821, when there was generated a movement in the aera, at head of Emmanouil Pappas. However, this effort ended in a bad end.

Location

Ardameri is located 38 klm eastern from Thessaloniki and at the northeastern foothill of mount Hortiatis. Visitors have two choices in order to reach the village:

-Through the old road Thessaloniki-Kavala

-Through Panorama-Hortiatis

Cultural association

The cultural association of Ardameri was established in 1983. Its purpose is the harmonic development of the spiritual abilities of the inhabitants of the village, and the sustentation and spread of the local tradition, through the local customs.

Activities of the cultural association

1. Operation of three dancing sections, which contain a total of 65 people of all ages They are taught traditional dances and the spread of local customs and tradition.

2. Sustentation of folklore gallery

3. Perioodic publication of the newspaper "The news of Ardameri"

4. Performances of the dancing sections in the perfecture of Thessaloniki, even if through out the whole country.

External links

* [http://petefris.blogspot.com/2008/03/blog-post_20.html Photos of gothic buildings in Ardameri] ]
* [http://im-ierissoy.gr/ Mitropolis of Ierissos, Agio Oros and Ardameri] ]
* [http://www.indexmundi.com/z/?lat=40.6&lon=23.1833333&t=p&r=1200&p=ardhamerion&cc=gr&c=greece/ Ardameri through satellite] ]