PALATIANO, a Roman city on the Kroussia Mountains of Kilkis
GREECE, 2021, 9’22’’
Director: Thanos Kartsoglou – Producers: Seagul Productions, Ephorate of Antiquities of Kilkis – Ministry of Culture
In a magical place, on the top of a hill, the ruins of the ancient city of Palatiano are preserved. Visitors can walk around the ancient city’s authentic ancient streets and climb all the way to the top of the hill, where the sanctuaries of the gods –the centre of public life– probably used to be located.
How did the people who lived in these houses feel, walking in the alleys on their way to their shrines or, at dawn, going out to their fields? What stories can we think about them by looking at their personal belongings?
Palatiano is a lively city! A city that still exudes the aura –the joys and woes, the failures and successes, the romances and the laments– of a society that is complex, but also simple.
