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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.
Urban ( OASTH -operated) Lines 1, 9 and 36 are also operated by KTEL. 40-92. Regional ( KTEL -operated) Lines 42, 43, 45, 59 and 60 are within Thessaloniki's urban area. Lines 52 and 72 are operated by OASTH despite being outside Thessaloniki's urban area. Κ-prefixed routes. Trunk routes.
Eleftherias Square. / 40.63389°N 22.93806°E / 40.63389; 22.93806. Eleftherias Square ( Greek: Πλατεία Ελευθερίας, Platía Eleftherías, Liberty Square) is a central square in downtown Thessaloniki, Greece. It takes its name from the Young Turk Revolution, which began in the square in 1908.
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.
Upper Town (Thessaloniki) Coordinates: 40.642°N 22.952°E. Thessaloniki's Upper Town called Ano Poli ( Greek: Άνω Πόλη, [ˈano ˈpoli]) is the old town of Thessaloniki and is located around the city's acropolis north of the city center. The neighborhood is known for its well preserved Byzantine and Ottoman era structures and urban ...
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. 5.327 ha (13.16 acres) Coordinates. 40°38′18″N 22°57′54″E. / 40.63833°N 22.96500°E / 40.63833; 22.96500. Location of Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki in Greece. The city of Thessaloniki in Macedonia, Greece, for several centuries the second-most important city of the Byzantine Empire, played an ...
Empire of Thessalonica. The Empire of Thessalonica is a historiographic term used by some modern scholars [2] to refer to the short-lived Byzantine Greek state centred on the city of Thessalonica between 1224 and 1246 ( sensu stricto until 1242) and ruled by the Komnenodoukas dynasty of Epirus. At the time of its establishment, the Empire of ...