saint name Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki birth date 270 A.D. death date 306 A.D. feast day 26 October ..., often seated on a red horse patronage patron of Thessaloniki , Greece br patron of soldiers br patron of the Crusades in Roman Catholic tradition only major shrine Thessaloniki , Greece suppressed date issues prayer prayer attrib Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki lang el ... Basilica in Thessaloniki. The spelling Demetrius is a Romanization of Greek romanization of the ancient ... Zemen monastery st nestor.jpg thumb Fresco icon of St. Nestor of Thessaloniki , Disciple Christianity ... in around 306 306 AD in Thessaloniki, during the Christian persecutions of the emperor Diocletian or Galerius ... veneration was transferred from Sirmium when Thessaloniki replaced it as the main military base in the area in 441 442 442 AD . His very large church in Thessaloniki, the Hagios Demetrios , dates from the mid 5th century, so he clearly had a large following by then. Thessaloniki remained a centre ... as saint, the city of Thessaloniki suffered repeated attacks and sieges from the Slavic peoples who ... Demetrios . What is currently purported as his remains subsequently appeared in Thessaloniki, but the local archbishop John of Thessaloniki , 7th century was publicly dismissive of their authenticity ... several attacks on Thessaloniki, and he gradually became thought of as a soldier a Constantinopolitan ... iconographic convention depicts Demetrius with the White Tower of Thessaloniki Great White Tower in the background. The anachronistic White Tower acts as a symbolic depiction of the city of Thessaloniki .... ISBN 978 3 0343 0181 7 James C. Skedros, Saint Demetrios of Thessaloniki Civic Patron and Divine ... Orthodox icon and synaxarion Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Demetrius Of Thessaloniki ... DEFAULTSORT Demetrius Of Thessaloniki Category 3rd century births Category 306 deaths Category ... Greek Roman Catholic saints Category Greek saints Category Thessaloniki Category People from Thessaloniki ... more details
Dablink This article is about a district of Thessaloniki. For other uses, see Toumba disambiguation . Toumba is a quarter of east side Thessaloniki , Greece . It is divided into Ano Toumba and Kato Toumba Upper and Lower Toumba by a flume, and it is part of 4th Division of Thessaloniki Municipality. In archaeology the term Toumba stands for mounds covering Bronze Age Bronze and early Iron Age settlements. They were considered as Grave hill s, hence the name that derived from the word Tomb , but excavations showed that they are tell s. The mound that rises in the area gave the neighbourhood its name. The archaeological site File Lofiskos, Toumpa excavation site.jpg thumb Excavation site The archaeological site consists of a of a steep sided mound or tell Toumba in Modern Greek and b a low table Trapeza ref cf Tiverios, M. 1996. 1990 1996 . . AEMT 10 A 407 425. ref spreading around its base. Both toumba and table are the product of centuries of human habitation as debris layers built up with the passage of time. The Toumba was occupied principally during the Bronze and Early Iron Ages 3000 700 BC, while the Table was occupied from the Early Iron Age through the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic periods c 800 200 BC . This community might be identified as Ancient Therma or part of it. Therma, along with 25 other villages, was united by Cassander , in order to form Thessaloniki in 315 BC Stravon VII 21 & 24 . The excavations are still in progress, conducted by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki on the Toumba ref K. Kotsakis & S. Andreou 1999. Mycenaean presence? Mycenaean periphery? Toumba Thessalonikis, Bronze Age site in Macedonia The periphery of the Mycenaean World in Greek . Lamia. ref and the Greek Archaeological Service on the Table . Both excavations have made and continue ... in Euboea . coord missing Greece Category Populated places in Thessaloniki regional unit Category ... more details
Infobox Greek Dimos name Mygdonia name local image coa image map Dimos Mygdonias Thessaloniki Prefecture, Greece political map municipality level.svg map caption Location within the regional unit periph Central Macedonia periphunit Thessaloniki regional unit Thessaloniki municipality Oraiokastro pop municunit 7239 population as of 2001 population ref http www.statistics.gr gr tables S1101 SAP 1 TB DC 01 03 Y.pdf source area elevation lat deg 40 lat min 46 lat hem N lon deg 22 lon min 57 lon hem E postal code area code licence Mayor website image skyline caption skyline city flag city seal districts party since elevation min elevation max Mygdonia lang el is a suburb and a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit Thessaloniki regional unit , Greece . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Oraiokastro , of which it is a municipal unit. ref name Kallikratis http www.kedke.gr uploads2010 FEKB129211082010 kallikratis.pdf Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior el icon ref Population 7,239 2001 . The municipal unit of Mygdonia includes three communities, Drymos , Liti and Melissochori . The seat of the municipality was in Liti. According to archaeologists, the area has been inhabitied since the Mesolithic Mesolithic era 9000 7000 BC . The first inhabitants were Pelasgians , followed by Thracians Thracian tribes such as the Mygdones and the Edoni , until Alexander I of Macedon conquered and annexed the area. Archaeological discoveries have been made in the area, near the Liti village and at the location Derveni. Discoveries include the ruins of the ancient city of Lete Mygdonia Lete , ancient Macedonian tombs, tombstones, altars, statues, clay statuettes, coins, etc. Perhaps the most important discovery is the Derveni papyrus , an ancient Greek papyrus scroll, found in the city s necropolis ... Populated places in Thessaloniki regional unit CentralMacedonia geo stub bg el ... more details
, including Aris Thessaloniki F.C. Aris FC football soccer Football Aris BC Basketball Aris Volleyball ... Baseball Aris Thessaloniki Ice Hockey Club Aris Ice Hockey Ice Hockey Honours stack Image Aris.JPG thumb center The old logo of Aris Thessaloniki 150px Football main Aris Thessaloniki F.C. 3 Panhellenic ... women weightlifting championship Women Greek Championships 1994, 1995 Ice Hockey main Aris Thessaloniki ... Anthem See footnote ref http www.macedoniaontheweb.com forum macedonian culture music 5761 aris thessaloniki ... of Macedonia br Oh Aris, you are the pride of Macedonia br See also Aris Thessaloniki F.C. Aris B.C. Aris Volleyball Club Aris Baseball Club Aris Water Polo Club Aris Thessaloniki Ice Hockey Club References ... website http www.arismembers.gr Official website of ARIS Members Society Aris FC Category Aris Thessaloniki ... Sillogos Aris de Aris Thessaloniki el . . fr Aris Salonique hr Aris Solun, KK nl Aris Saloniki ja fi Aris Thessaloniki sv Aris Thessalon ki ... more details
of the castle in 1235. At the same time, the koulas from lang tr kule , fort of Thessaloniki, present ... projects the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki , the Cornell University in the dendrochronology ... of Thessaloniki . Bibliography Commonscat Heptapyrgion el icon en icon cite book first1 E. last1 Kourkoutidou Nikolaidou first2 A. last2 Tourta title Wandering in Byzantine Thessaloniki pages 24 26 en icon cite book first1 E. last1 Tsanana title The Eptapyrgion, the citadel of Thessaloniki publisher 9th Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities Thessaloniki , Ministry of Culture location Athens year 2001 ... 1200 1500 and its Conservation publisher University Studio Press location Thessaloniki year 1993 ... yedi kule thessaloniki greece 360 Panorama Photos of the prison yard of the Heptapyrgion Frenchtrans Heptapyrgion Thessalonique 2009 09 12 oldid 41210426 Ottoman monuments of Thessaloniki coord 40.644 22.962 type landmark region GR display title Category Buildings and structures in Thessaloniki Category ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2008 Notability date August 2008 Museum of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is a museum in Thessaloniki , Greece . coord missing Greece Museums in Thessaloniki Category Museums in Thessaloniki Category Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece museum stub ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2008 The Prehistoric Antiquities Museum of Thessaloniki is a museum in Thessaloniki , Greece . coord missing Greece External links http www.hri.org culture97 tour museums 13.html Museums in Thessaloniki Category Prehistory of Greek Macedonia Thessaloniki Category Museums in Thessaloniki Category Archaeological museums in Macedonia Greece Thessaloniki Greece museum stub ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2008 The Cinema Museum of Thessaloniki is a museum in Thessaloniki , Greece . External links commonscat Thessaloniki Cinema Museum http www.cinemuseum.gr Official website coord missing Greece Museums in Thessaloniki Category Museums in Thessaloniki Category Cinema of Greece Category Cinema museums Greece museum stub el ru uk ... more details
File Macedonian Museums 99 Polemiko Thessalonikhs 446.jpg thumb right External view of the museum The War Museum of Thessaloniki lang el is a military museum in Thessaloniki , Greece . External links commonscat inline Thessaloniki War Museum http www.museumsofmacedonia.gr History And War Polemiko Thessalonikhs.html www.museumsofmacedonia.gr Museums in Thessaloniki coord missing Greece Category Military and war museums in Greece Category Museums in Thessaloniki Category Museums established in 2000 Category 2000 establishments in Greece Greece museum stub ... more details
Museum of Photography Thessaloniki &mdash or Thessaloniki Museum of Photography or Photography Museum of Thessaloniki &mdash is a museum in Thessaloniki , Greece . The museum was founded in 1987 by Aris Georgiou, Apostolos Maroulis and Yiannis Vanidis but it wasn t until 1997 that it was legally established and until 1998 that it opened with Giorgos Makris as its president and Aris Georgiou as its first director. ref http www.thmphoto.gr museum en index.html www.thmphoto.gr ref It is currently located at the Port of Thessaloniki. References Reflist External links http www.thmphoto.gr index.asp?lng en Museum of Photography Thessaloniki official site. Museums in Thessaloniki coord 40 37 58.62 N 22 56 7.68 E region GR display title Category Museums in Thessaloniki Photography Category Art museums established in 1998 Category Photography in Greece Category Photography museums and galleries Thessaloniki Category 1998 establishments in Greece Greece museum stub ru uk ... more details
Design Museum of Thessaloniki is a design museums design museum in Thessaloniki , Greece . It collects items of industrial and graphic design. It was found in 1996 by Stergios Delialis and has at this time no permanent exhibition. coord missing Greece Museums in Thessaloniki Category Design museums Category Museums in Thessaloniki Category 1996 establishments in Greece Category Art museums established in 1996 Greece museum stub ru uk ... more details
The Mayor of Thessaloniki is the head of the municipality of Thessaloniki, the most populated municipality in the Thessaloniki Urban Area and city center of the said urban area, which makes up the City of Thessaloniki . The current mayor of the city is Yiannis Boutaris, elected into office at the Municipal Elections of November 2010. Osman Sait Bey 1912 1916 Konstantinos Aggelakis 1916 1920 Osman Sait Bey 1920 1922 Petros Syndikas 1922 1926 Nikolaos Manos 1929 1930, 1934 1936 Charisios Vamvakas 1931 1933 Konstantinos Merkouriou 1937 1943 George Seremetis 1943 1944 Petros Levis 1945 1946 Christos Konstantinou 1946 1950 Pantelis Petrakakis 1951 1955 Minas Patrikios 1956 1959 Ioannis Papailiakis 1959 1964 Konstantinos Tsiros 1964 1967 Alexandros Konstantinidis 1968 1970 Christos Floridis 1970 1974 Michalis Papadopoulos 1975 1980 Thanasis Giannousis 1980 1983 Theoharis Manavis 1983 1986 Sotiris Kouvelas 1987 1989 Konstantinos Kosmopoulos 1989 1999 Vasilios Papageorgopoulos 1999 2010 Yiannis Boutaris 2010 Category Lists of mayors Thessaloniki Category Mayors of places in Greece Mayor of Thessaloniki Category Lists of Greek people Mayors of Thessaloniki Category Mayors of Thessaloniki el ... more details
The Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Thessaloniki lang la Vicariatus Apostolicus Thessalonicensis is an Apostolic Vicariate of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Greece . The Vicariate was established in 1926, comprising the Prefectures of Greece provinces of Thessaloniki , Kavala , Xanthi , Volos , Larisa and Giannitsa . The Vicariate remains vacant since its only Bishop, Alessandro Guidati, was appointed the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos Archdiocese of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos in 1929. Ordinaries Alessandro Guidati 30 Apr 1927 Appointed 15 Jul 1929 Appointed, Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos Vacant 1930 to date coord missing Greece Category 1926 establishments in Greece Category Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariates Thessaloniki Category Roman Catholic dioceses in Greece Thessaloniki Category Defunct Roman Catholic dioceses Thessaloniki Category Thessaloniki de Apostolisches Vikariat Thessaloniki el it Vicariato apostolico di Salonicco zh ... more details
File Yeni Mosque, Thessaloniki.JPG thumb Yeni Mosque The New Mosque lang tr Yeni Camii lang el , Geni Tzami is a historical mosque in Thessaloniki , Greece . It was built by Italian architect Vitaliano Poselli in 1902 for the city s Donmeh community. However, when the Donmeh left the city during the population exchange between Greece and Turkey , it was used to house the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki in 1925. ref http www.balkantravellers.com en read article 271 The D nmeh the Judeo Islamic Mystery of Thessaloniki , Albena Shkodrova, Balkan Travellers.com ref Today it serves as an exhibition center. References Reflist coord 40 36 56 N 22 57 24 E region GR 12 type landmark source kolossus dewiki display title Ottoman monuments of Thessaloniki Category Buildings and structures in Thessaloniki Category Religious buildings completed in 1902 Category 20th century mosques Category Ottoman Thessalonica Category Museums in Thessaloniki Category Mosques in Greece de Yeni Cami Thessaloniki el ... more details
Infobox Film Festival name Thessaloniki Documentary Festival br Images of the 21st Century image caption location Thessaloniki , Greece awards founded 1999 number language International website http tdf.filmfestival.gr The Thessaloniki Documentary Festival Images of the 21st Century TDF is a film festival specialising in documentary films which takes place every March in Thessaloniki and is affiliated with the International Thessaloniki Film Festival . History The Thessaloniki Documentary Festival was launched in March 1999 and was inspired by Dimitri Eipides. The main programme focuses on documentaries that explore the social and cultural developments in the world. The Thessaloniki Documentary Festival is a non competitive event. There are two Audience Awards as well as awards in conjunction with ERT3 , Amnesty International and the World Wide Fund for Nature WWF . Films of the main programme are candidates for the FIPRESCI prize for Best Greek and Best Foreign Documentary to one Greek and one foreign film. ref name TDF Awards cite web url http tdf.filmfestival.gr default.aspx?lang en US&loc 6&page 768 title Awards publisher tdf.filmfestival.gr accessdate 2009 03 10 ref See also Thessaloniki International Film Festival Thessaloniki Video Dance Festival References reflist External links http tdf.filmfestival.gr Official Website film festival stub Category Film festivals in Greece Category Documentary film festivals Category International film festivals el ... more details
Infobox rail line box width auto name Thessaloniki Bitola railway color logo logo width image image width caption type system status Operational up to Kato Kleines Neos Kafkasos locale Greece West Macedonia , br Central Macedonia , br Republic of Macedonia start New Railway Station, ThessalonikiThessaloniki coord 40.6444 22.9294 display it end Bitola coord 41.0197 21.3429 display inline stations routes ridership open 1894 close owner Hellenic Railways Organisation OSE operator TrainOSE character stock linelength convert 219 km mi abbr on tracklength notrack Double track Thessaloniki Platy, Imathia Platy , br remainder single track rail single track ref name OSE PDFlink 1 http www.ose.gr LinkClick.aspx?fileticket 48jWY8U5mLQ 3D&tabid 563 OSE 2011 Network Statement ref gauge RailGauge sg al on allk on lgauge el only the section Thessaloniki Platy, Imathia Platy ref name OSE speed elevation map map state BS map title Route map map Thessaloniki Bitola railway diagram The railway from Thessaloniki to Bitola is a 219 kilometre long railway line, that connects the port city Thessaloniki in Greece ... on the section between Thessaloniki and Edessa. The easternmost section of the line, Platy, Imathia Platy Thessaloniki, is part of the important connection towards Athens and southern Greece. Course The eastern terminus of the Thessaloniki Bitola railway is the New Railway Station, Thessaloniki . Leaving the Athens Thessaloniki mainline at Platy, Imathia Platy , it runs alongside the Haliacmon Aliakmon ... The main stations on the Thessaloniki Bitola railway are New Railway Station, Thessaloniki Platy, Imathia Platy station Veroia station Edessa, Greece Edessa station Services The Thessaloniki Bitola ... Thessaloniki and Thessaloniki Kalampaka ref name TrainOSE PDFlink 1 http www.trainose.gr sites default files news uploads dromologia.pdf TrainOSE 2012 schedules ref Local services Thessaloniki Edessa and Thessaloniki Larissa ref name TrainOSE References reflist External links http www.ose.gr en ... more details
unreferenced date October 2008 Egnatia Street lang el is the main commercial street in downtown Thessaloniki . The road is named for the Roman era Via Egnatia which passed near the town. Lined with shops and office buildings, it is one of the busiest streets of Thessaloniki . Greece road stub coord 40.6333 22.9491 display title Category Thessaloniki Category Streets in Greece el ... more details
other uses2 Varna Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 Nea Varna is a district of Sykies , Thessaloniki . Coord missing Greece Category Populated places in Thessaloniki regional unit CentralMacedonia geo stub el ... more details
image Thessaloniki OTE Tower.png 200px thumb OTE Tower is a landmark of the complex and the city. The Thessaloniki International Trade Fair lang el , Diethnis Ekthesi Thessalonikis DETH is an annual commercial exhibition event of much importance in Greece and Southeastern Europe taking place at the 180,000m Thessaloniki International Exhibition Center in Thessaloniki , Greece . The fair was first held in 1926 and today it is organised by HELEXPO . It has been customary for the country s Prime Minister to set out his government s policies for each coming year in a speech at the annual Thessaloniki International Trade Fair, and for this reason the event has political significance in addition to its commercial importance. this text is copied and somewhat changed from the Thessaloniki article Similar trade fairs of the city have occurred regularly since the Byzantine era , attracting traders from all over the Balkans . ref name M143 144 P. Magdalino, The Empire of Manuel I Komnenos , 143 144 ref References Reflist External links http www.helexpo.gr HELEXPO el icon en icon Category Thessaloniki Category Trade fairs in Greece Category Modern Thessalonica de Internationale Messe Thessaloniki el ru uk ... more details
date January 2012 File Jewish museum thessaloniki sign.jpg thumb 300px Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki sign features at the Neoclassical architecture neoclassical building facade The Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki ... De Salonik is a museum in Thessaloniki , Greece showing the history of Sephardic Jews and Jewish life in Thessaloniki. It is also known as Museum of Jewish Presence in Thessaloniki , Jewish History ... . The museum is being run by the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki . History The Museum ... Capital of Europe Thessaloniki 1997 . It was inaugurated on May 13, 2001 by Evangelos ... of Thessaloniki. ref name Sefiha 153 155 A , , ... Herakleiou 26, and was known as The Center of the Course of Jewish history, in Thessaloniki or Center for the Jewish Studies of Thessaloniki or Jewish History Centre of Thessaloniki . Collections ... history of the Jewish presence in Thessaloniki from the 3rd century BCE until the Second World War. A separate exhibit focuses on the Shoah, as it affected the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki ... of the Association of European Jewish Museums AEJM . See also History of the Jews of Thessaloniki ... Official site Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki Ag. Mina 13 http www.facebook.com pages Friends of the Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki 164827286912303 Page of the Friends of the Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki ... Museum of ThessalonikiThessaloniki Macedonia Region.html Reviews at tripadvisor http www.questia.com ... destinations thessaloniki A28334.html Review from Frommer s http www.sacred destinations.com greece thessaloniki jewish museum www.sacred destinations.com Jewish History Museum, Thessaloniki Ag ... Dukakis couple visit Jewish Museum in Thessaloniki Embassy of Greece, Press Office Washington DC, 24 ... in Thessaloniki Ag. Mina 13 Wikimapia shows the Museum here http www.hri.org culture97 tour museums 18.html www.hri.org Museum of the Cource of Jewish History in Thessaloniki Vas. Herakleiou 26 Wikimapia ... more details
Infobox Greek Dimos name Agios Georgios name local image coa image map Dimos Agiou Georgiou Thessaloniki Prefecture, Greece political map municipality level.svg map caption Location within the regional unit periph Central Macedonia periphunit Thessaloniki regional unit Thessaloniki municipality Volvi municipality Volvi pop municunit 5466 population as of 2001 population ref http www.statistics.gr gr tables S1101 SAP 1 TB DC 01 03 Y.pdf source pop dens area elevation lat deg 40 lat min 43 lat hem N lon deg 23 lon min 41 lon hem E postal code area code licence mayor website image skyline caption skyline city flag city seal districts party since elevation min elevation max Agios Georgios lang el is a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit Thessaloniki regional unit , Greece . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Volvi municipality Volvi , of which it is a municipal unit. ref name Kallikratis http www.kedke.gr uploads2010 FEKB129211082010 kallikratis.pdf Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior el icon ref Population 5,466 2001 . The seat of the municipality was in Asprovalta . References References Volvi div Category Populated places in Thessaloniki regional unit CentralMacedonia geo stub de Agios Georgios Thessaloniki el ... more details
File 20091115 Thessaloniki Gare Militaire.jpg thumb right The building of the Military Station Gare Militaire of the Jonction Salonique Constantinople Ottoman Railway. Recently restored 2001 , houses the collections of the Railway Museum of Thessaloniki. The Railway Museum of Thessaloniki is a museum in Eleftherio Kordelio , a municipality of the city of Thessaloniki , Greece . It was founded in 2001 and is housed in the old Military Railway Station A lang fr Gare Militaire of the Thessaloniki Constantinople Railway lang fr Jonction Salonique Constantinople , near the current TX 3 signalbox. This historic station was built in 1891 1894 by the Italian architect Pierro Arigoni . The museum is open every Wednesday and Thursday between 10am and 13am, excluding public holidays. ref http www.ose.gr ose content Folder.aspx?d 39&rd 16685622&f 1758&rf 836510126&m 1&rm 1&l 2 OSE page about the museum ref Photography is allowed only by special arrangement in advance. Rolling stock collection The rolling stock collection includes A SEK Class Compound locomotive De Glehn De Glehn 4 6 0 steam locomotive, possibly 306. ref cite book title Hellenic Railways publisher Militos isbn 960 8460 07 7 author I. Zartaloudis, D. Karatolos, D. Koutelidis, G. Nathenas, S. Fasoulas, A. Filippoupolitis, A. year 1997 language Greek pages 172 ref Two SEK Class USATC S100 0 6 0T steam locomotives A luxury restaurant car used with the Orient Express trains A railway crane and an oil tank car of Piraeus Demerli Frontier railway References reflist External links Commonscat inline Railway Museum of Thessaloniki http www.sfsth.gr Museum web site Museums in Thessaloniki coord 40 39 57.28 N 22 53 30.5 E display title region GR type landmark title Railway Museum of Thessaloniki Category Museums in Thessaloniki Category Railway museums in Greece Thessaloniki Category 1890s ... Greece museum stub de Eisenbahnmuseum Thessaloniki el ... more details
Distinguish Thessaloniki Urban Area Image Thessaloniki Metropolitan Area from 1990ies , Greece political map blank.png right thumb 350px Map of the Metropolitan Area of Thessaloniki. The Thessaloniki Metropolitan ... s List of largest cities and second largest cities by country second largest city , 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 ... of Thessaloniki or the Thessaloniki Urban Area this is the contiguous densely built up urban ... area . Geography The municipalities that have been historically associated with the Thessaloniki Metropolitan Area and are part of the current Thessaloniki Urban Area , in descending order of population are Thessaloniki , Kalamaria , Evosmos , Sykies , Stavroupoli , Ampelokipoi, Thessaloniki Ampelokipoi , Polichni , Neapoli, Thessaloniki Neapoli , Pylaia , Eleftherio Kordelio , Menemeni , Triandria ... coalescing into the Thessaloniki Urban Area urban area , due to its expansion and the creation of new transportation networks, are those of Oraiokastro and Panorama Thessaloniki , Greece Panorama ... the municipalities of Thermaikos , Thermi , Chortiatis , Mikra, Thessaloniki Mikra , Michaniona ... . Demographics The municipalities to the west of Thessaloniki are increasingly becoming home ... municipality in the metropolitan area is the municipality of Thessaloniki the city center . A census ... or Larger Urban Zone LUZ of Thessaloniki of an estimated 995,766 residents 2004 , while calculating ... ref The table below lists the municipalities suburbs of the Thessaloniki Metropolitan Area in bold, among those of the city s Thessaloniki Urban Area Urban Area . Population and area data from the Greek ... Number after slash denotes area exclusive of internal water bodies ref square miles Thessaloniki ... Stavroupoli align center 41,653 align center 3.175 1.97 Ampelokipoi, Thessaloniki Ampelokipoi align ... more details
Infobox building name Thessaloniki Concert Hall br alternate names image Thessaloniki music Hall4.jpg image alt image size caption building type cost Euro 41 million location address 25 Martiou Street location town Thessaloniki location country Greece coordinates coord 40 35 54 N 22 56 54 E display inline,title type landmark region GR groundbreaking date start date completion date opened date inauguration date 2 January 2000 renovation date owner height diameter roof top floor other dimensions floor count floor area seating type seating capacity main contractor architect architecture firm structural engineer services engineer civil engineer other designers awards designations url http www.tch.gr default.aspx?lang en GB&page 47 Hompepage references Thessaloniki Concert Hall lang el is a centre for the performing arts in Thessaloniki , Greece . It opened in 2000 on land donated by the Greek state. The complex has two main buildings M1, with an auditorium that seats 1400 and M2, in more contemporary style by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki , with a number of smaller performance spaces. ref cite web url http www.tch.gr default.aspx?lang en GB&page 47 title Organisation of Thessaloniki Concert Hall publisher Thessaloniki Concert Hall accessdate 6 March 2012 ref See also Athens Concert Hall References Reflist External links http www.tch.gr default.aspx?lang en GB&page 47 Homepage Category Thessaloniki Category Music venues in Greece Category Opera houses in Greece Category 2000 establishments in Greece Greece geo stub el ... more details
Use dmy dates date October 2010 Infobox Museum name Thessaloniki Archaeological Museum br image Crat re de Derveni 0001.jpg established 1962 location Thessaloniki , Greece type Archaeological visitors director curator website http www.amth.gr File Sarcophagus from Salonica.jpg thumb Amazonomachy sarcophagus from Thessaloniki The Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki is a museum in Thessaloniki , Greece. It holds and interprets artifacts from the Archaic period in Greece Archaic , classical antiquity Classical , Hellenistic and Ancient Rome Roman periods, mostly from the city of Thessaloniki but also from the region of Macedonia Greece Macedonia in general. The building and the exhibitions The museum is housed in a building designed by architect Patroklos Karantinos and is an example of the modern architectural trends of Greece. Built in 1962, the museum had a new wing added to it in 1980, in which the findings from Vergina were displayed, up until 1997. In 2001 and 2004, the museum was extensively restored and its permanent exhibits reorganized. The central rooms hold exhibits from the archeological excavations conducted in Thessaloninki and the broader area of Macedonia. The new wing hosts two exhibitions The Gold of Macedon , with artifacts from the cemeteries of Sindos , Agia Paraskevi, Nea Filadelfia, Makrygialos, Derveni, Lete Mygdonia Lete , Serres , and Evropos and The Thessaloniki Area in Prehistory , with material from prehistoric settlements, dating from the Neolithic to the Early and Late Bronze Age . Notable exhibits Derveni krater ... Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs Museums in Thessaloniki Commons category Thessaloniki Archaeological Museum Category Greek culture Category Museums established in 1962 Category Museums in Thessaloniki Category Archaeological museums in Greece Thessaloniki Category Archaeological museums in Macedonia Greece Thessaloniki Category Ancient Greek culture Category Culture of Macedon Category ... more details
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