The site, as it is today, is a very welcoming place with ample parking
and a large park where locals like to spend time with their children playing while
enjoying a cool drink in the shade of old trees. It is an excellent spot to
start a visit.
Until now, the ancient site of Philippi
was divided in two parts by an old and recently disaffected asphalt road
keeping the theater and Paul’s prison on one side and the Byzantine churches
and the Roman Forum and private houses on the other. The new project includes
the removal of this tarmac allowing the site to be fully unified. At the same
time, the Via Egnatia running right next to that asphalt road will become more
accessible.
The works will also include new fencing of the site with a new entrance
to the west of Philippi
as well as the restoration of the eastern fortifications. New archaeological
finds resulting from these works will certainly make their way to the local Museum of Philippi
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