Direction of project – coordination: Julia Papageorgiou, archaelogist, Deputy Head of the Directorate of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Antiquities

Management – organization of project implementation: Stefania Skartsis, archaelogist

Project supervisors: Stefania Skartsis, Eleni Efthymiou, Errieta Skourkea, archaelogists

Adminstrative support: Vassiliki Papasideri, Athina Tserentzoulia, Kyriaki Spyropoulou, Antonis Ventouris

Temporary staff of the project: Maria Gikaki, archaelogist (October 2022 – September 2023), Panagiota Papageorgiou, archaelogist (October 2022- April2024), Ioanna Markopoulou, archtect engineer (October 2022- Jyly 2024), Iro Dermitzaki, archaelogist (June 2024- June 2025), Giannis Vaxevanis, archaelogist (October 2023- November2025)

Logo – graphic design of information panels: Kostas Katsoulas – ΤELESIS Nektarios Kaminiotis

Manufacture of information panels: Εpigramma – Α. Μητσόπουλος & ΣΙΑ ΟΕ

On-site work: cleaning works: Theodoros S. Papadopoulos and Nikolaos Laftsis, roping & fencing works: Samvel Bagntasarian and ΜΚ ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΥΑΣΤΙΚΗ Ε.Ε.

Βook design: Dimitra Chrona – Schéma. Printing: Fotolio

Website: A. Kelidis – Α. Κελίδης – Epsilongr

Photography: Michalis Xenikakis-Ananiadis and Kostas Xenikakis

Texts (book and website): Errieta Skourkea (Introduction: the Via Egnayia through the ages & folk-contemporary culture entries), Giannis Vaxevanis (historical and archaeological texts of the stops:introduction – history – monuments – museums)

Text editing – proof reading: Stella Drenii

Translation – proof reading in english: Rosemary Tzanaki

Archaeological documentation: Giannis Vaxevanis, Iro Dermitzaki, Panagiota Papageorgiou

Book editing: Julia Papageorgiou, Stefania Skartsis

Website content editing: Stefania Skartsis, Eleni Efthymiou, Errieta Skourkea, Giannis Vaxevanis

The work for the implementation of the project was carried out with the support of the Ephorates of Antiquities of: Εvros, Rhodope, Xanthi, Kavala-Thasos, Drama, Serres, Thessaloniki City, Thessaloniki Region, Pella, Florina, Kastoria, Imathia, Kozani, Grevena, Ioannina, Thesprotia.

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Hellenic Ministry of Culture | General Directorate of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage | Directorate of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Antiquities

The “Cultural Route: Cultural Via Egnatia” project was implemented by the Directorate of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Antiquities through the Recovery and Resilience Facility Plan “Greece 2.0”, funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU.