Pavlos Melas Military CampAt around 1895, the Ottoman army, on the grounds of an extended modernizin

Pavlos Melas Military CampAt around 1895, the Ottoman army, on the grounds of an extended modernizing program, it buys an initial part of landof about 250 hectares. The land is bought by Safiye Hanoun who is the owner of other large stretches on the west side of the town. In 1912 the Greek army will settle at the military camp. From photos of archives of the French military it appears that the grounds were used by the French military allies during the years of 1915-1917. German troops of occupancy will take over the camp in 1940. It will serve as a concentration camp, prison, and execution place. The Greek army will come back to re-settle in 1945. Since the decade of 1970 the camp ceased to be a base of combatant units, the facilities hypofunctioned up until 2006, the time when the camp was definitely abandoned by the army.Legend has it, that the crossroads where the camp is built on, used to be a place of human sacrifices around ~100AD. Some still claim it’s haunted.pictures by @effietphotography (ig: effietphotography) -- source link
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