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Vergina, Greece
The city of Aigai, the ancient first capital of the Kingdom of Macedonia, was discovered in the 19th century near Vergina, in northern Greece. The most important remains are the monumental palace, lavishly decorated with mosaics and painted stuccoes, and the burial ground with more than 300 tumuli, some of which date from the 11th century B.C. One of the royal tombs in the Great Tumulus is identified as that of Philip II, who conquered all the Greek cities, paving the way for his son Alexander and the expansion of the Hellenistic world.
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The official full polycentric Aigai ticket is EUR 20 standard and EUR 10 reduced, covering the central museum building, Royal Tombs, necropolis, ancient theater, palace, and Church of Saint Demetrius. Some component pages also show lower site-only pricing.
Aegae or Aigai was the original capital of Macedon, the ancient Greek kingdom of the Argead Makedones in Lower Macedonia, in northern Greece. The site is located on the foothills of the Pierian Mountains, between the modern towns of Vergina and Palatitsia, and overlooks the central Macedonian Plain. The city was abandoned in the 3rd century and was rediscovered in the 19th.
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