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Thessaloniki was the 2014 European Youth Capital. The city's main university, Aristotle University, is the largest in Greece and the Balkans. [ 13] The city was founded in 315 BC by Cassander of Macedon, who named it after his wife Thessalonike, daughter of Philip II of Macedon and sister of Alexander the Great.
Macedonian-era crater at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki. The town was founded around 315 BC by King Cassander of Macedon, on or near the site of the ancient town of Therma and twenty-six other local villages. Cassander named the new city after his wife Thessalonike, a half-sister of Alexander the Great.
The history of the Jews of Thessaloniki reaches back two thousand years. The city of Thessaloniki (also known as Salonika) housed a major Jewish community, mostly Eastern Sephardim, until the middle of the Second World War. Sephardic Jews immigrated to the city following the expulsion of Jews from Spain by Catholic rulers under the Alhambra ...
History. CITY College, University of York Europe Campus is an international institution based in Greece with satellite activities in 8 countries. Its first students enrolled in autumn 2021. [1] CITY College, University of York Europe Campus aims to embrace internationalisation while maintaining the same standards, curricula, and traditions of ...
The White Tower of Thessaloniki ( Greek: Λευκός ΠύργοςLefkós Pýrgos; Turkish: Beyaz Kule; Ladino: Kuli Blanka) is a monument and museum on the waterfront of the city of Thessaloniki, capital of the region of Macedonia in northern Greece. The present tower replaced an old Byzantine fortification, known to have been mentioned around ...
The Thessaloniki Metro ( Greek: Μετρό Θεσσαλονίκης, Metró Thessaloníkis ⓘ, [meˈtro θesaloˈnicis]) is an underground rapid-transit system under construction in Thessaloniki, Greece 's second largest city. Estimates for the cost of the megaproject are € 1.62 billion ( $ 1.83 billion) for the main line and €640 million ...
The Church of Saint Demetrius, or Hagios Demetrios ( Greek: Άγιος Δημήτριος ), is the main sanctuary dedicated to Saint Demetrius, the patron saint of Thessaloniki (in Central Macedonia, Greece ), dating from a time when it was the second largest city of the Byzantine Empire. Since 1988, it has been on the UNESCO World Heritage ...
Area code (s) 231, 2391-2397. Vehicle registration. N. Website. pkm.gov.gr. Thessaloniki ( Greek: Μητροπολιτική ενότητα Θεσσαλονίκης Mitropolitiki enotita Thessaloníkis, Metropolitan unit of Thessaloniki) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Region of Central Macedonia and its capital is the ...