Drama, Greece

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Drama (Greek Δράμα [ Drama] ( f sg ) ) is a city in northern Greece. It is the capital of the Regional District drama in the Administrative Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace. The etymology of the word comes from Hydra - Dyrama, the abundance of water by the rivers in the region.

History

Even in prehistoric times, it seems to have been in a drama inhabited settlement of the Arcadians. In the early or late classical Hellenistic period (late fourth or early third century BC) settlements were at the site of today's drama built, whose inhabitants cultivated the vines and the god Dionysus worshiped in a separate shrine. The settlements continued even during the Roman and Byzantine periods.

After the Battle of Maritsa in 1371 drama was under Ottoman rule. The Ottoman Empire was a multinational state, which also reflected the composition of the urban population resist. In 1530 there were 143 Christian and 96 Muslim households. In 1900, the city had by Vasil Kanchov about 9040 inhabitants, of whom 6300 were Turks, 1500 Greeks, 350 Bulgarians, 300 Vlachs, 240 Gypsies, 150 Jews, Circassians and 50 150 others. 1905 was, according to Dimitar Mishev, the then secretary of the Bulgarian Exarchate, the Christian population of drama out of 320 Bulgarians, 80 Uniate Bulgarians, 32 Protestant Bulgarians, Greeks, 700 Vlachs and 1500. In the city there was at that time a primary school and two Greek secondary schools with six teachers and 250 students.

During the First Balkan War the city was liberated in 1912 by units of the Bulgarian Army. Thrace fell for a short time to Bulgaria. In the following II Balkan war then fell Thrace to Greece. According to Greek statistics, lived in 1913 in Drama 12,903 people.

The deportation of the Jews

After the Balkan campaign (1941 ) Drama and All Greece was occupied by the Axis powers. As in Yugoslavia, the local occupying power was the Kingdom of Bulgaria. On March 4, 1943 began throughout Thrace and Drama in the deportation of Jews. The Bulgarian soldiers abducted a total of about 4,000 Jews from Thrace, 589 from the city of Drama to Bulgaria and herded them there in an empty tobacco warehouses. Then they were taken to the extermination camp of Treblinka with the Reichsbahn. None survived the genocide.

Culture and sights

In 1978, the short film festival Drama Short Film Festival took place from the mid-1980s, the event will be repeated annually.

  • Archaeological Museum
  • The caves of the river angitis ( Maras )
  • Park ( Piges Agias Varvaras ) in the center with food and water games
  • The Aquarium of Milopotamos
  • The park of Milopotamos
  • The park of Drama (fountain )

The Church of St. Sofia

The Church of St. Nikolaos

Costumes in the Macedonian Museum

Economy

In the past, the economic development of the drama depended on the paper and textile industries. These factories have now either closed or lengthen in the neighboring low-wage country Bulgaria, which has a negative impact on the local economy and employment rate. In particular, from 2007, after Bulgaria joined the EU, Greek companies could easily migrate into the low-cost neighboring country. Other sources of livelihood are agriculture (mainly tobacco plantations ), mining (especially marble) and forestry. More recently, attempts have been made to promote the development of ecotourism.

In the vicinity of drama there is a ski resort on the mountain Falakro.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Mahmoud Dramali Pasha (1780-1822), Otto Manic General
  • Ibrahim Pasha (1789-1848), son of Muhammad Ali Pasha, Ottoman general in 1848 Viceroy of Egypt
  • Basilis C. Xanthopoulos (1951-1990), theoretical physicist
  • Koulis Stoligkas (1910-1984), actor
  • Efstratios Perperoglou ( born 1984 ), basketball player
  • Ioannis Fetfatzidis (* 1990), football player
  • Dimitris Siovas (* 1988), football player
  • Nikos Sergianopoulos (1952-2008), actor
  • Tania Tsanaklidou ( born 1952 ), singer and actress
  • Maria Mitkou (* 1994), football player
  • Matthias Braunmar (* 1960), writer

Gallery

Church of St. Barbara

Mosque in the Old City

Statue of Pavlos Melas irregulars Jewellers

Sister City

  • Lauf an der Pegnitz, Germany
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