The ministry Diwithrough the competent Ephorate of Antiquities of Pieria, according to a statement from the Ministry of Culture.

The building block of the ancient market is the most important square of the city of Zeus, as it has gathered public buildings and other buildings of political and social life, such as thermal complexes and the Conservatory. One of the important monuments on the market is the ceramic furnace, which was revealed on the north side of the site and dates back to late antiquity. It is rectangular with two chambers, one for fuel and one for ceramics. It consists of four pairs of rectangular pillars that supported the Eshara, made of ceramic bricks and clay. In the study of maintenance and promotion, he unanimously positively respected the Central Archaeological Council.

The Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoni, stressed: “The Ministry of Culture is carrying out a wide and multidimensional work of protecting and promoting the archaeological site of Zeus, one of the most important, historical and archaeological view, archaeological sites of Macedonia. In the summer we completed the restoration of the Hellenistic theater of Zeus and attributed it to visitors and the public as part of the 53rd Olympus-Di Festival. Similarly, the work of upgrading the Reception and Service Infrastructure and Service of Visitors, and now Dion has a renovated entry-section and refreshment building. The first phase of the work of restoring and promoting the market, implemented by the Ephorate of Antiquities of Pieria, is completed with resources of the NSRF Regional Operational Program 2021-2027 and this year is expected to start the next phase. As part of the National Strategic Plan for the Prevention of the Impacts of Climate Change on Cultural Heritage, the Department of Ancient Monuments of the Ministry of Culture implements flood protection projects of the archaeological site, with a budget of 2,500,000 euros, with resources from the Fund. At the same time, the process of designing a study to renovate the Archaeological Museum of Zeus is evolving. With these works we contribute to the aesthetic and functional upgrading of this major archaeological site, and at the same time, to attract more and more visitors. “

Dion was an ancient city of strategic importance and one of the most famous Macedonian states. The geographical location of the ancient Dion is placed at the eastern foot of Olympus, where the homonymous town is today. As Strabo and Libyus testify, Dion “Happy in the Aegean of the Thermaikos Gulf in the Oil of Olympus, but as long as seven stages.” The first written reference to Dion is in Thucydideswho mentions it as the first city through which the General of Sparta Vrasida passed in 424 BC.