4. Solutions of the Debate

A solution for the extraordinary antiquities that were discovered during the construction of the Metro station Venizelos in Thessaloniki was found in a meeting held in the city, attended by the Minister of Culture and local authorities. The antiquities will be detached and repositioned where they were found, after the completion of the construction work of the Metro City.
According to the announcement of the Ministry of Culture , the solution was come to at yesterday's meeting includes the following points: A common component of all the participants in the meeting is the belief that we should go ahead and complete the Metro in the city of Thessaloniki. At the same time, however, all agreed that we need to protect and highlight the very important archaeological finds at Venizelos Station.

  On July 4, 2013 The director of the Center for Byzantine Studies , Modern Greek and Southeastern Europe at the School of Higher Studies in Social Sciences in Paris Paolo Odorico visited the Station with students of the Summer University of Byzantine studies. Paolo Odorico said he has never seen anything like that relate to the Byzantine world, saying while it is important to keep the findings in the point they were found at, both for scientific and for the good of the tourist center, and in the long term, for economic benefits .

 "The destruction of the findings to the metro station will provide an important sack in the past and in the present of city . The recovery, and promotion of these findings are a scientific, financial and touristic investment for today's and especially tomorrow's Thessaloniki" said Paolo Odorico.


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