When king Cassander of Macedonia founded Thessaloniki in 315 B.C. A brilliant historic past which includes personalities as Philip the II, Alexander the Great, Aristotle, registers Macedonia and its capital city, the cradle of civilization which fame and glamour surpassed its borders. up to the present day, Thessaloniki has attracted the interest of both specialists and the general public.
Memories of 4000 years of history and civilization, as well as a variety of cultures and languages always characterized the city.įrom the 3rd millennium B.C. Thessaloniki is a pleasant city to live with a fascinating history and culture. The geographical position of this piece of land, between Eastern Europe and Asia with its political and economic role as a conversion point of eastern and western influences, has kept Thessaloniki to the front line of historical developments throughout its history up to this day. It is an important economic, industrial, commercial and political centre and a major transportation hub for the rest of south-eastern Europe. It is the capital of Macedonia, with a population of approximately 1,000,000 inhabitants, suited in the northerner part of country and stretches over twelve kilometers in a bowl formed by low hills facing a bay that opens into the Gulf Thermaikos. Thessaloniki or Salonica, is the second largest city in Greece and one of the oldest cities in Europe.
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