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Byzantine Museum of Didymoteicho: The unknown capital of Byzantium

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Didymoteicho, GR Get Directions

Did you know that Didymoteicho had become capital of the Byzantine Empire, not once but three times?

The town’s Byzantine Museum illuminates the role – unknown to many – that the Thrace-Didymoteicho dyad played in the history of the Byzantine Empire, while warmly engaging local everyday life and habits in more recent times, highlighting the region’s multiculturalism.

At the same time, the exhibition narrates the story of the ancient city of Plotinopolis, founded by Emperor Trajan on the hill of Petra.

The illuminated floor map of the Byzantine Via Egnatia in Thrace resembles a knowledge game that encourages interaction with the visitors, who realize that they are parts of this modern and aesthetically superb museum narrative.

Directions

9 Plotinopoleos St
68300, Didymoteicho

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On foot

10 minutes from the city center

Opening hours

Summer hours

April 1 – October 31

Mon: Closed
Tue: Closed
Wed: 08:30 – 15:30
Thu: 08:30 – 15:30
Fri: 08:30 – 15:30
Sat: 13:00 – 20:00
Sun: 08:30 – 15:30

Winter hours

November 1 – March 31

Mon: Closed
Tue: Closed
Wed: Closed
Thu: 08:30 – 15:30
Fri: 08:30 – 15:30
Sat: 13:00 – 20:00
Sun: 08:30 – 15:30

Last admission: 20 minutes before closing time



The site remains closed on the following dates and public holidays:
January 1, March 25, May 1, Easter Sunday, December 25 & 26.

Tickets

Full: €5.00
Reduced: €3.00

Admission is free on March 6, April 18, May 18, the last weekend of September, on October 28, as well as on the first and third Sunday of each month between November 1 and March 31.

Amenities

WC
WiFi
Elevator
Accessibility

Contact

Byzantine Museum of Didymoteicho
T: +30 25530 23960
E: bmd@culture.gr, bmd2.942025@gmail.com

Ephorate of Antiquities of Evros
T: +30 25510 26103
E: efaevr@culture.gr

See also

Eleusis: In the homeland of the Eleusinian Mysteries

The Great Propylaea
Archaeological Site

Hadrian’s Library: Under the influence of the art-loving emperor

Hadrian’s Library
Archaeological Site
Hellenic Heritage
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