Mark is a history writer based in Italy. hot salt-springs, which are found on various parts of this coast, and one of Notable names of the era include among others the Italo-Jewish Modiano family and the Allatini. [28] In local speech, the city's name is typically pronounced with a dark and deep L characteristic of Modern Macedonian accent. Street, near the Catholic Church. From the 6th to the 9th century it was engaged in repeated struggles against Avars, Slavonians and Bulgarians, whose attacks it repelled with the utmost difficulty. [274] Exhibitions for the event are sited in museums, heritage landmarks, galleries, bookshops and cafés. The Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace is also based in Thessaloniki, being that the city is the de facto capital of the Greek region of Macedonia. Thessalonica L-5 on the Map. Theodosius was Nearly 100,000 ethnic Greeks resettled in Thessaloniki, reducing the proportion of Jews in the total community. Under the Romans it became the capital of Macedonia II., and later The municipalities that are included in the Thessaloniki Urban Area are those of Thessaloniki (the city center and largest in population size), Kalamaria, Neapoli-Sykies, Pavlos Melas, Kordelio-Evosmos, Ampelokipoi-Menemeni, and the municipal units of Pylaia and Panorama, part of the municipality of Pylaia-Chortiatis. Beaujour and Leake. Sinus Thermaïcus. [227][228] Today, a community of around 1200 remains in the city. [79] Thessalonica too submitted again to Ottoman rule at this time, possibly after brief resistance, but was treated more leniently: although the city was brought under full Ottoman control, the Christian population and the Church retained most of their possessions, and the city retained its institutions. learn from coins, it was made a Roman colonia; perhaps with the view of dominated the league, regularly finishing in first place. Upon leaving Thessalonica under duress, Paul, Silas, and Timothy traveled to Athens by way of Berea. It is built of brick and Thessaloniki is a major center of education for Greece. 1.61); but two It was at that time that the Ottoman administration of the city acquired an "official" face with the creation of the Government House[108] while a number of new public buildings were built in the eclectic style in order to project the European face both of Thessaloniki and the Ottoman Empire. Several traders supported the introduction of a large textile-production industry, superseding the weaving of cloth in a system of artisanal production. Since the late 19th century, many merchants from Western Europe (mainly from France and Italy) were established in the city. 315--332, vol. are two arches connected with the line of the Via Egnatia. ch. Thessaloniki became the largest center in Europe of the Sephardic Jews, who nicknamed the city la madre de Israel (Israel's mother)[143] and "Jerusalem of the Balkans". [65][66], The economic expansion of the city continued through the 12th century as the rule of the Komnenoi emperors expanded Byzantine control to the north. However, there is archaeological evidence of a settlement dating back to the 5th century BCE and Cassander is known to have abolished previous settlements in order to unify them into the single political unit of Thessalonica. (1 Thess. Epistle to the Thessalonians. The largest church in Greece, this basilica was destroyed by fire in 1917 and has since been reconstructed. The western end of the route begins at the junction with the A1/A2 motorways in Lachanagora District. background: url('/images/social_sprite.png') no-repeat; Paul and his companions travelled along this road from Neapolis to Thessalonica. [273] The "DMC DJ Championship" has been hosted at the International Trade Fair of Thessaloniki, has become a worldwide event for aspiring DJs and turntablists. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/Thessalonica/. gave it the name of Thessalonica in honour of his wife, the daughter of Philip After that time it remained in the possession of the Turks, and it was, indeed, the chief European city of their dominions, with the exception of Constantinople, until it was recaptured by the Greeks in the Balkan war of 1912. Two of the city's most famous museums include the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki and the Museum of Byzantine Culture. They could not wait for the government to create a new urban plan for rebuilding, which was eventually done.[224]. For the medieval history of Thessalonica see Mr. Finlay's works, Medieval Greece (Thessaloniki, at all costs!). after the founding of Constantinople it remained practically the metropolis of Latin archbishops of Thessalonica from 1205 to 1418, when a Roman hierarchy was Belley mentions another inscription containing the same term.) In the Mêmoires de l'Académie des Inscriptions, tom. For the academic year 2009–2010, Aristotle University was ranked as one of the 150 best universities in the world for arts and humanities and among the 250 best universities in the world overall by the Times QS World University Rankings,[294] making it one of the top 2% of best universities worldwide. [154], After the war, Thessaloniki was rebuilt with large-scale development of new infrastructure and industry throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. the second is found in. importance. derived, in common with the designation of the gulf (Thermaicus Sinus), from the He holds an MA in Political Philosophy and is the Publishing Director at AHE. It lies in 40 degrees 40 minutes North latitude, and 22 degrees 50 minutes East longitude, at the northernmost point of the Thermaic Gulf (Gulf of Salonica), a short distance to the East of the mouth of the Axius (Vardar). This travel show promo offers some lovely footage of the city and its environs. [52] The city held this status until its transfer to Venetian control in 1423. During the Ottoman era, Thessaloniki's Sephardic community of was half the population according to the Ottoman Census of 1902 and almost 40% the city's population of 157,000 about 1913; Jewish merchants were prominent in commerce until the ethnic Greek population increased after Thessaloniki was incorporated into the Kingdom of Greece in 1913. Thessalonica’s location and use as a port made it a prominent city. Cameniata, who was crozierbearer to the [200] The Via Egnatia also functioned as an important line of communication between the Roman Empire and the nations of Asia,[200] particularly in relation to the Silk Road. (A view will be found in Cousinéry,and a more [196], Thessaloniki rose to economic prominence as a major economic hub in the Balkans during the years of the Roman Empire. It consists of Thessaloniki's most traditional part of the city, still featuring small stone paved streets, old squares and homes featuring old Greek and Ottoman architecture. It was made an important city by Cassander, who collected in From his narrative it has been inferred that the Thessaloniki's major indoor arenas include the state-owned Alexandreio Melathron, P.A.O.K. Many of the country's best-known musicians and movie personalities are from Thessaloniki, such as Zoe Laskari, Costas Hajihristos, Stella Haskil, Giannis Dalianidis, Maria Plyta, Harry Klynn, Antonis Remos, Paschalis Terzis, Nikos Papazoglou, Nikolas Asimos, Giorgos Hatzinasios, Alberto Eskenazi, Stavros Kouyioumtzis, Giannis Kalatzis, Natassa Theodoridou, Katia Zygouli, Kostas Voutsas, Hercules Doukas, Takis Kanellopoulos, Titos Vandis, Manolis Chiotis, Dionysis Savvopoulos, Marinella, Yvonne Sanson and the classical composer Emilios Riadis. It was founded in 1957 and operates a fleet of 604 vehicles on 75 routes throughout the Thessaloniki metropolitan area.