Paralimni, Serres

Paralimni (Greek: Παραλίμνι, Παραλίμνιο) is a village in Serres regional unit of Central Macedonia, Greece, located 21 km southeast of Serres. Since 2011 administrative reform it has been a municipal unit of the municipality of Emmanouil Pappas and has a population of 720 inhabitants. Until 1928 it was named "Vernar".

History[]

Antiquity[]

About 500 m. north of Paralimni, near the bay of the dried-out ancient Cercinitis lake (later ), the traces of a lakeside ancient settlement has been discovered, possibly named "Cima" (Greek: Κιμα), which probably means "bay".^[1] A number of ancient vase shells and an inscription of the Hellenistic period were found in this place.^[2]

References[]

^ D. C. Samsaris, A History of Serres (in the Ancient and Roman Times) (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1999, p. 157-158 (Website of Municipality of Serres)
^ [1] D. C. Samsaris, La navigation dans l’ ancien lac de Cercinitis d’ après une inscription inédite trouvée dans le village actuel de Paralimnion de Serrès, "Makedonika" 19 (1979) 421

Coordinates: 40°59′06″N 23°40′12″E / 40.985°N 23.670°E / 40.985; 23.670

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[1] D. C. Samsaris, A History of Serres (in the Ancient and Roman Times) (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1999, p. 157-158 (Website of Municipality of Serres)

[2] [1] D. C. Samsaris, La navigation dans l’ ancien lac de Cercinitis d’ après une inscription inédite trouvée dans le village actuel de Paralimnion de Serrès, "Makedonika" 19 (1979) 421

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