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Suddenly, there was also a light in the tunnel after a number of archaeological excavations such as: iron chisels, needles, workshops directly related to the operation of ancient and Byzantine marble quarry, ceramics, bronze (mainly from Macedonian and Thessaly mints) and silver coins with bullfighters from Triki of the 5th c. BC, metal, bone and glass objects, clay jars, stone columns, tile (variant of the game Five Letters), ten tombs of the late classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods. At the same time, the complex served the needs of passers-by for food, rest and accommodation. Three Byzantine complexes, archeological relics of the early Christian period belonging to the Justinian era, rectangular linen, ceramic kiln, circular lime kiln, with the last three antiquities being in line with the course of the new road . Coins of Basil I, that were found under the floor, an inn of Byzantine times in an elongated shape built on the site of a Roman station, ruins of a Byzantine temple, traces of two banks of the Holy Step, excavations of 49 tombs and a cemetery with organization and duration are some of the findings that are now familiar with the Archaeological department. It is noteworthy that in the area of ​​Tempi had been established the seat of the diocese of Lykostomi or “Thettalian” Tempi which is announced by the Byzantine sources in the 10th c. that it belongs to the Diocese of Thessaloniki. Then, it is transferred to Platamonas, the post-Byzantine period in Ambelakia until its final integration in the Diocese of Larissa. The sacred character of the above has been "moved" today to the pilgrimage of Saint Paraskevi. The studies were carried out by the architect, Dimitris Koutsogiannis in 2013 and refer to the shaping, promotion, fixing, maintenance and restoration of monuments in the area of ​​Tempi, while the work was done in the context of the construction of the tunnels of the new national road Tempi-Thessaloniki. Today, the purpose of the preservation of the archeological site is initially the protection of the monuments with metal fencing on the old national road, where inside it is a construction corridor. This was built by wooden kiosks, information signs were placed and later they made the cultural upgrade of the area.


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