The existence of VIRA town literally started with the construction of the Monastery Temple of Panayia Kosmosotira in 1152 by Isaakios Komninos, son of Alexios Komninos, emperor of Byzantine- who founded the Monastery of Panagia Kosmosotira near the Evros river and by the road connecting Traianoupolis and Constantinople. The monastery was protected by a great fortified wall and soon became the core of a city, developed by the gathering of habitants from neighbouring settlements.
Feres
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The municipality of Feres, is a relatively new organization established in 1987. The town of Feres is the seat of the municipality with a population of 10.000 people and an area of 411.000 m2 located 26 km north-east of Alexandroupolis. It is built on the slopes of a low hill, where the old Βyzantine town VIRA was.