List of cultural icons of Mesogeia

This list of cultural icons of Mesogeia is a list of persons, places, and things that are considered to be cultural icons characteristic of Mesogeia.

Buildings and structures

• Hagia Triada Cathedral
• Arch de Tetrapylon
• Augustaion Square
• Great Sacred Palace
• Holy Apostles Cathedral
• Lighthouse of Pharopoli
• Mesogeian National Museum
• Chrysopolis Cathedral
• Farsargadae Cathedral
• Pharopoli Cathedra
• Troiana Cathedral

Education

• Alexandropolis University
• Ctesiphon University
• Derkos College
• Durres University (1436)
• Edessa College
• Gondishapur University
• Magna Aula College
• Memphis University
• Mieza College
• Mouseion University (4th century BC)
• Troiana University
• Tzykanion School

Festivals, holidays

• Apokreas festival which is celebrated on a movable date just before Lent, known as Mesogeian carnival (mid to late February, Early to mid March)
• Akroplitine Games is a 16 day festival, during which the emperor's official birthdayi is celebrated.
• Bota Publica, which corresponds to the Western date of January 3, during which time toasts are given to the health of the empire and the emperor receives delegations.
• Cristougenna, celebrated on December 25. This date is marked by thanksgiving and feasting in the house among family, and a church mass.
• Dies Natalis celebrated on May 11, marks the founding of the city of Alexandropolis.
• Easter, which is celebrated on a movable date, is the most extravagant and sacred of religious festivals in the country, marking the resurrection of the Messiah.
• Kronosalia celebrated from December 17 to December 24, is a seven day festival, held in honor of the winter solstice. It is the time of much merriment and celebration.
• Larentalia, celebrated on December 23, observes the honoring of the Lares, domestic genii, household guardians.
• Lemuralia, which is celebrated on May 13, celebrated with people dressing in costumes to ward off the lumeres (evil spirits), heavily commercialized.
• Matronalia, which is celebrated on March 1, is regarded as mother’s day in Mesogeia.
• Mehregan, celebrated on October 1st it marks the autumn festival
• Nemoralia; celebrated from August 13 to August 15; corresponds to the festival of torches in the old faith and culminates in the feast of the Assumption
• Nowruz, celebrated on March 20, marks the spring equinox and the new year in the old calendar.
• Parentalia, is a festival lasting from Febuary 13 to Febuary 21, which marks the memory and past deeds of the family ancestors. The father is celebrated on the first day.
• Public holidays in Mesogeia
• St Basil's Day which is celebrated on January 1 is the day of Christmastide where gifts are typically given out by St Basil.
• Theophania, or the Feat of Theophany is celebrated on January 6, and marks the revelation of the Messiah.
• Troianian Games, celebrated from September 4 to September 19, is an annual festival in which games are held throughout the empire
• Veneralia, which is celebrated on July 6, originated from the ancient Festival of love. Commercially marketed.
• Vestalia which lasts from June 5 to June 15, is a festival honoring the sacred flames and the hearth.

Food and beverages

• Olive oil

Government

• Monarchy of Mesogeia
• Political parties in Mesogeia
• Imperial Mesazon

History and legend

• The Reconquest
• Mesogeian Golden Age

Periodicals

• Alexandropolis Times
• Farsian Journal
• Memphis Tribune
• Mesogeia Gazette
• Mesogeia Today
• Pharopoli Times
• Thebais Register
• Thessalonica Inquirer
• Tripolis Times
• Troiana Post

Sport

• Mesogeian national football team

See Also

• Culture of Mesogeia