Cultural Center of Aristotle's School

History

A place of universal interest, the ruins of Aristotle's School, is a found only 2 kilometers away from the contemporary Naoussa, at the district of Isvoria Here is the place with the racing water and the deeply-shaded caves, mentioned by the ancient writers, where the greatest philosopher of the antiquity taught the greatness of classical Greek thought and the ideals of the Platonic philosophy to the King's of Macedonia, Phillip II, son, Alexander and the other nobles of the Macedonian court. The encounter of these two Great personalities of the ancient world at the Nympheon of Mieza would definitely affect the future of mankind, and of all Western Civilization.

The area of the Nympheon, that is the sanctuary dedicated to the Nymphs, is a very impressive natural landscape, where the ancient remnants - a wall prop of a two-floored arcade with Ionic columns forming a Π- combined with the three natural caves which are found there, constitute the main grounds of the School. The vertical surface of the rock, where the openings for supporting the roof's girders are discernable, comprised the back-end of the shady stoa, (built at 350 B.C. and later), where Aristotle taught «the doctrines of morals and politics" (Plutarch VII, 668) to the youths of the Macedonian Nobility. The landscape, where the Great Teacher rambled with his students on the fully vegetation riverbank trails, among calm and cool streams of water, gushed from the springs around, is completed by an even greater cave, a little further off, with two carved entrances, obviously for devotional use.

Cultural Center

At the convenient rooms of the Cultural Center, the visitor, after having a guided tour at the archaeological site of Aristotle's School, can get information about the history and the importance of the monument, and find relevant books, brochures, CD-Rom, DVD, gifts, souvenirs e.t.c.

The Conference room (80 seats) is of high specification. It is fully provided with modern audio-visual systems (projection, sound truck and translation center), being thus an ideal place for conferences, educational programs   and festivities. At the same place the visitor can watch   films and/or videos about the Great Philosopher Aristotle, the Archaeological sites (Aristotle's School, Macedonian Tombs of Anthemia, Ancient theater of Mieza) and   the history of the heroic City of Naoussa.

The Cultural Center of Aristotle's School is open daily   

Monday to Friday from 09.00 -14.00   

Weekends from 09.00 - 20.00

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