14 Facts About Komotini

Komotini is a city in the region of East Macedonia and Thrace, northeastern Greece.

Komotini is home to a sizeable Turkish speaking Muslim minority.

Komotini has existed as a settlement since the 2nd century AD.

Komotini was a Via Egnatia hub on its northern route through the Nymphaea Pass which led to the Ardas Valley, Philippopolis and Byzantine Berroe .

John VI Kantakouzenos escaped to Komotini to survive from a battle with the army of the Bulgarian brigand Momchil near the already ruined Mosynopolis.

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In 1919 after the end of WWI, with the Treaty of Neuilly, Komotini was handed to Greece, along with the rest of Western Thrace.

Komotini began life as a Byzantine Fortress built by the Emperor Theodosius in the 4th century AD.

Komotini has several museums including the Archaeological, Byzantine and Folklore museums.

In 2004 the municipality of Komotini created a memorial for the victims of the Holocaust.

Municipality Komotini was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:.

Province of Komotini was one of the provinces of the Rhodope Prefecture.

Komotini is an established university city in the North of Greece.

Main television station based in Komotini is R Channel although other stations broadcast from the city, namely Delta from neighbouring Alexandroupoli and ET3 from Thessaloniki.

The Intercity Bus Company of Komotini connects it to many local villages, the coastal areas and major Greek cities.