Vergina

Vergina is a small town in northern Greece, which belongs to the prefecture of Imathia in Central Macedonia.
Vergina is home to one of the most important archaeological sites of Greece and joined the list of World Heritages in 1996.

 This town has become famous in the late seventies after the discovery of the tomb of Philip II, king of Macedonia from 359 BC to 336 BC, who was the father of Alexander the Great and Philip III of Macedonia.
In the area around Vergina were discovered numerous archaeological sites, that  revealed the magnificence and power of the Macedonian kingdom.
Between the two villages Palatitsia and Vergina was found a cemetery covering an area of over one square kilometer that includes more than three hundred grave mounds. The diameter of these mounds varies from 15 to 20 meters while the height varies from half a meter to one meter. It was found a grave mound that archaeologists date back to the Iron Age (1000-700 BC) and the latest product is from the Hellenistic period.
In the necropolis is the tomb of Philip II which was built by Alexander the Great around 336 BC after the death of the sovereign. The tomb consists of two rooms, a hall that houses the ashes of Cleopatra, the wife of the ruler, and a main room reserved for Philip. The room includes a painting of a hunting scene with figures of Philip and Alexander.
Close to this spectacular archaeological site of Vergina is an important museum that welcomes the findings of the graves. It is a unique museum in the world, as it was built in the place where the graves were found.