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The 1978 Thessaloniki earthquake (Greek: Μεγάλος Σεισμός της Θεσσαλονίκης) occurred on 20 June at 23:03 local time. The shock registered 6.5 on the moment magnitude scale , had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII ( Severe ), and was felt throughout northern Greece , Yugoslavia and Bulgaria .
The Thessaloniki metropolitan area or larger urban zone (LUZ) is the complete area covered and directly influenced by Thessaloniki. The metropolitan area traditionally consisted of the municipality of Thessaloniki and its immediate surroundings, what is today referred to as the Thessaloniki urban area. However, since the mid to late 1990s, the ...
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 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 ...
EK and AEK Thessaloniki had a conflict about the administration of the new club for almost 3 months. After a General Assembly in which AEK's members withdrew, and elected new administration which decided the establishment of a new club. The founding protocol was signed on 30 March 1926, and the new club named PAOK. [7]
Iraklis F.C. [1] [2] (Greek: Γ.Σ. Ηρακλής Θεσσαλονίκης) is a Greek professional football club based in the city of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece.As of 2021, the club competes in the Super League Greece 2.
Line 2 of the Thessaloniki Metro, also known as the Kalamaria Extension ( Greek: Επέκταση Καλαμαριάς ), is a deep-level underground rapid transit line in Thessaloniki, Greece, connecting N. Sid. Stathmos in the west with Mikra in the south-east. The section of the line between Neos Sidirodromikos Stathmos and 25 Martiou ...
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.