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Extract from the Alexandhropoli Travel Guides:
Some 120km southeast of Xnthi, the modern city of
ALEXANDHROPOLI
(Dedeaga to the Turks), designed by Russian military architects during the Russo-Turkish war of 1878, does not, on first acquaintance, have much to recommend it: a border town and military garrison, with overland travellers in transit and Greek holiday-makers competing in summer for limited space in the few hotels and the campsite.
The town became Greek in 1920, when it was renamed Alexandhropoli after a visit from Greece's King Alexander. There are no obvious sights and the heavy military presence can be oppressive. The Turkish quarter, literally on...
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