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Thessaloniki (/ ˌ θ ɛ s ə l ə ˈ n iː k i /; Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη [θesaloˈnici] ⓘ), also known as Thessalonica (/ ˌ θ ɛ s ə l ə ˈ n aɪ k ə, ˌ θ ɛ s ə ˈ l ɒ n ɪ k ə /), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (/ s ə ˈ l ɒ n ɪ k ə, ˌ s æ l ə ˈ n iː k ə /), is the second-largest city in Greece, with slightly over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan ...
Remnants of the old harbour's docks can be found in present-day under Frangon Street, near the city's Catholic Church. Thessaloniki's acropolis, located in the northern hills, was built in 55 BC for security reasons, following Thracian raids in the city's outskirts at the time.
The boundaries of the actual Kingdom of Thessalonica seem to have extended only up to Domokos, Pharsalus, and Velestino: the Spercheios valley in southern Thessaly, with the towns of Zetounion and Ravennika, was under governors appointed by the Latin Emperor. [40] Billon trachy coin of Theodore Komnenos Doukas as Emperor of Thessalonica
The Thessaloniki Prefecture (Greek: Νομός Θεσσαλονίκης) was created when the area was annexed by Greece during the First Balkan War in 1913.At that time. its area was the largest prefecture in the country, covering about 7% of the total land.
Later in the 7th century, the present structure was erected, based on the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul, Turkey). In 1205, when the Fourth Crusade captured the city, the Hagia Sophia was converted into the cathedral of Thessaloniki, which lasted until 1224, the year when the battalions of the Despotate of Epirus , under ...
Thessalonica, Macedonia, Roman Empire (present-day Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece 40°37′59.999″N 22°57′0.000″E / 40.63333306°N 22.95000000°E / 40.63333306; 22.95 Result
Thessaloniki (disambiguation) This page was last edited on 6 July 2021, at 21:38 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
The Kingdom of Thessalonica (Greek: Βασίλειον τῆς Θεσσαλονίκης, romanized: Vasílion tis Thessaloníkis) was a short-lived Crusader State founded after the Fourth Crusade over conquered Byzantine lands in today's territory of Northern Greece and Thessaly.