Tα Λουτρά του Μεγάλου Αλεξάνδρου. Ο μετασχηματισμός μιας παρόδιας πηγής σε αρχαιολογικό χώρο

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  • Μαρία Τριανταφυλλίδου Historical Archive of the Municipality of Pella

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26247/aura8.2

Keywords:

Πέλλα, νεωτερικότητα και αρχαιότητες

Abstract

The Baths of Alexander the Great. The  transformation of a roadside spring into and archaeological site.

The Baths of Alexander the Great is today an archaeological site of the Regional Unit of Pella, Greece. Despite its toponymic reference, it is not associated with Alexander the Great, nor with a bath complex. It includes a stone cistern of a watermill of Roman-Early Christian Pella. The monument was integrated into the landscape and did not come to light via excavation. The continuous interconnection with the landscape of Pella allows the exploration of its transformation from a roadside spring, where multi-temporal narratives, traditions and various uses were inscribed, to a demarcated and arid archaeological site. The article studies the time that the transformation occurred, as well as the factors that shaped it. It approaches the transformation as a part of the monument’s modern biography, which was composed in the 19th and 20th centuries and was i

Author Biography

Μαρία Τριανταφυλλίδου, Historical Archive of the Municipality of Pella

Αρχαιολόγος, Δρ. Ιστορίας Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου, υπάλληλος Ιστορικού Αρχείου Δήμου Πέλλας

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Published

2025-09-10

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Vol. 8 (2025)

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Papers

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