Ptolemaida, Greece Walking Tour - The energy heart of Greece

Ptolemaida is a city in Macedonia, seat of the Municipality of Eordaia in the Regional Unit of Kozani in Western Macedonia. It is about 28 kilometers from Kozani and is the second largest city in terms of population in the Region of Western Macedonia, with a population of 45000 inhabitants . Since the 1960s, the GR-3/E65 National Road bypasses the town to the east. It is characterized as the energy center of Greece due to the thermoelectric plants that exploit the region's lignite for energy production.

According to archaeologists, the Ptolemaida region has been occupied since 6000 BCE.

Neolithic times
Prehistoric jewelry found in Ptolemaida.

Archaeologists, in November 2005, discovered the remains of two farming villages dating back to the Neolithic period. A press report notes that such farming villages were trading centres and had a "developed knowledge of metalworking.

A golden necklace dating to roughly 4500 BCE was discovered on February 16, 2006.Associated Press reporter Costas Kantouris describes the item as a "flat, roughly ring-shaped [which] probably had religious significance and would have been worn on a necklace by a prominent member of society.

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