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The most identifiable and impressing monument in Kavala is the big arcade structured aqueduct, know as "camares". "Camares" were made in Ibrahim Pasha funding, during 1520-1530. This innovative work built out of local granite and plinthos. It was a sort of aqueduct, 270m. long and 25m. tall, that supplied the city with water until the early 20th century providing the means of growth for the local society.

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Acropolis was built in the early 15th century and is still considered an indisputable trademark for the city of Kavala. At the top of "Panagia" peninsula, based on the remains of the Byzantine Acropolis of the ancient town Christoupolis, the castle of Kavala rises up to 70m in height, right above the city harbour.

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"Imaret" is a historical monumentum on the hill of "Panagia" right in the middle of the historical district. Mohamed Ali Pasha, the founder of modern Egypt was born in Kavala. In 1813 he donated to his hometown the construction of an impressive complex of public buildings including Imaret. The Ottomans developed such institutions to support educational, social and religious needs of the Muslim population. Kavala's Imaret served free food –hot soup- until 1923. Right after Muslim's departure, it started to host refugees from Minor Asia.

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"Imaret" is a historical monumentum on the hill of "Panagia" right in the middle of the historical district. Mohamed Ali Pasha, the founder of modern Egypt was born in Kavala. In 1813 he donated to his hometown the construction of an impressive complex of public buildings including Imaret. The Ottomans developed such institutions to support educational, social and religious needs of the Muslim population. Kavala's Imaret served free food –hot soup- until 1923. Right after Muslim's departure, it started to host refugees from Minor Asia.

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Kavala is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport between Thessaloniki and Istanbul with a long and significant presence in the historical evolution of the area. The city's history starts in the late 7th century B.C when the name was Neapolis, continues in the Middle Ages when renamed Christoupolis as the first city to accept Christianism, was later part of the Ottoman Empire from 1387nto 1912, known nowadays as Kavala; was also referred as Cavalla in her long history. The identity of the town as a tobacco trade centre is considered to have greatly influenced the local development as much as the working profile status of Balkans after the first strikes recorded