List of cultural icons of Mesogeia
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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.
Animals
Art
Books and documents
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
Customs and traditions
Dress and fashion
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
Emblems and symbols
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.
Fictional characters
Film
Folklore, myths and legends
Food and beverages
Government
History and legend
Industry, science
Language
Literature, comics, press
Music
Periodicals
- Alexandropolis Times
- Farsian Journal
- Memphis Tribune
- Mesogeia Gazette
- Mesogeia Today
- Pharopoli Times
- Thebais Register
- Thessalonica Inquirer
- Tripolis Times
- Troiana Post