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‘This isn’t only a public works mission, which is extremely essential for the town. Additionally it is a museum,’ Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis says
ATHENS, Greece – A metro system in Greece’s second metropolis, Thessaloniki, formally opened on Saturday, November 30, with its stations displaying the identical historical artifacts that almost derailed the mission’s completion.
Throughout building, which started in 2006, employees found a Byzantine-era market, a Roman cemetery and different treasures of the town’s lengthy and various historical past.
The finds stalled the metro’s progress and raised questions on how the town would modernize whereas defending its wealthy previous. The reply was to mix the 2 by displaying the uncovered artifacts for modern-day commuters to take pleasure in.
“This isn’t only a public works mission, which is extremely essential for the town. Additionally it is a museum,” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis mentioned earlier than visiting the Venizelou station for a non-public tour on Friday.
“It’s most likely distinctive on the planet. We’ll undergo an underground museum to achieve the prepare.”
The metro took practically 20 years to finish, partly due to funding issues throughout Greece’s 2009-2018 debt disaster. It’s the first such system in Greece outdoors Athens.
Builders needed to dig deeper than initially deliberate – as much as 31 meters (102 toes) – to verify the tunnels ran beneath the archaeological findings, in keeping with the mission’s contractor.
“It is a chance for Thessaloniki to turn into a second Rome, by way of antiquities,” mentioned Melina Paisidou, one of many archaeologists to find the relics underground. – Rappler.com
