Marasia
Sign in to saveMarasia (Greek: Μαράσια, Turkish: Maraş, Bulgarian:Maраш) is a village in the northern part of the Evros regional unit in Greece. Marasia is part of the municipal unit of Trigono. It is situated between the rivers Evros and Ardas, close to their confluence. The Evros forms the border with Turkey here, and the Turkish city Edirne is 7 km to its east. Marasia is bypassed by the Greek National Road 51/E85 (Alexandroupoli - Orestiada - Ormenio - Svilengrad).
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- Locality
- Δημοτική Ενότητα Τριγώνου
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Ανατολικής Μακεδονίας και Θράκης
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 0
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- Population
- 140
- Elevation
- 43
- Dialing code
- 2552
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- postal code
- 68007
- native label
- Μαράσια
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Marasia (Greek: Μαράσια, Turkish: Maraş, Bulgarian:Maраш) is a village in the northern part of the Evros regional unit in Greece. Marasia is part of the municipal unit of Trigono. It is situated between the rivers Evros and Ardas, close to their confluence. The Evros forms the border with Turkey here, and the Turkish city Edirne is 7 km to its east. Marasia is bypassed by the Greek National Road 51/E85 (Alexandroupoli - Orestiada - Ormenio - Svilengrad).
==History== An Early Iron Age settlement with hand-glazed pottery with ribbed and incised decoration has been identified at the Phylakes site on the low-lying slope. During the Turkish occupation, it was a mixed village with Christian and Muslim residents.
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