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  2. Thessaloniki - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. History of Thessaloniki - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki

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    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 ...

  5. Thessaloniki (municipality) - Wikipedia

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    Thessaloniki (municipality) /  40.633°N 22.950°E  / 40.633; 22.950. The Municipality of Thessaloniki ( Greek: Δήμος Θεσσαλονίκης, Dímos Thessaloníkis) is the second largest municipality by population in Greece after the Municipality of Athens. According to the 2021 Greek census, it has a population of 319,045 ...

  6. Walls of Thessaloniki - Wikipedia

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    The Walls of Thessaloniki (Greek: Τείχη της Θεσσαλονίκης, Teíchi tis Thessaloníkis) are the 4 kilometer-long city walls surrounding the city of Thessaloniki during the Middle Ages and until the late 19th century, when large parts of the walls, including the entire seaward section, were demolished as part of the Ottoman authorities' restructuring of Thessaloniki's urban ...

  7. Hagios Demetrios - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

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