• ‘Parthenon of Macedonia’: site where Alexander the Great was proclaimed king reopens

    Thousands flock to see the Palace of Aigai, the largest surviving classical Greek building, after 16-year reconstruction completedFor 2,170 years it had lain in ruins: a palace that symbolised the golden age of antiquity, three times bigger than the Parthenon, unprecedented in architectural ambition, unparalleled in beauty.It was here in 336BC that the king of ancient Macedonia, Philip II, was murdered; and here in the great peristyle – or columned courtyard – around which its banque

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