a mosaic of exceptionally fine quality. A rare and unusual find in the museum is a bronze "hydraulis" or hydraulic musical pipe organ found in a former workshop. In 2006, a statue of Hera was found built into the walls of the city. The statue, 2200 years old, had been used by the early Christians of Dion as filling for the city's defensive wall. Administration In October 1992, the Municipality of Dion (, ) was formed. At the 1997 Kapodistrias reform, it was expanded with the former communities Agios Spyridonas, Karitsa, Kondariotissa, Nea Efesos and Vrontou. The administrative center was in the village of Kondariotissa. As part of Greece's 2011 local government reform Dion merged with the former municipalities East Olympos and Litochoro to form the new municipality Dion-Olympos. Dion became a municipal unit of the newly formed municipality, and the former municipal districts became communities. The community of Dion consists of the village of the same name and Platanakia. The municipal unit has an area of , the community . Historical population Gallery See also Archaeological Museum of Dion List of settlements in the Pieria regional unit References Notes F. Papazoglou, Les villes de Macédoine romaine, Supplément 18 du BCH, Paris, 1988. D. Pandermalis, Dion, the archaeological site and the museum, Athens, 1997. External links Municipality of Dion website Official website of the archaeological park of Dion Archaeological site of Dion Images from the archaeological site Populated places established in the 5th century BC Populated places disestablished in the 5th century 1806 archaeological discoveries Populated places in Pieria (regional unit) Geography of ancient Pieria Culture of Macedonia (ancient kingdom) Argead colonies in Macedonia Archelaus I of Macedon Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Pieria Coloniae (Roman) Mount Olympus Holy cities