Lina Mendoni for the rendering of the restoration of the surrounding church in Maximianoupolistranslated

The Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni is visiting Rodopi on the occasion of the performance of the restoration of the episcopal church in Maximianoupoli. Lina Mendoni performed an autopsy on ongoing projects, implemented by the relevant Ephorate of Antiquities, and presided with the Regional Governor of Eastern Macedonia-Thrace, Christodoulos Topsidis, in a meeting of competent officials on the progress of the projects carried out by the Ministry of Culture in the Region, and also on the preparation of the next programming period 2028-2034. The Minister of Culture in her greeting, at the ceremony of handing over the church of Maximianoupolis, said: "Today, an extremely important Byzantine monument, of rare architecture, is handed over to the local Church and to the local community, as a place to be visited. The project was implemented by the Ministry of Culture, through the Ephorate of Antiquities of Rhodope, with funding of 1,500,000 euros, from the resources of the Recovery Fund.

This particular monument is, in fact, the only visible evidence we have of Maximianoupolis, an important center of Byzantium, in a strategically important position, on the axis of the Egnatia Road. For the Ministry of Culture, the restoration and...