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Thessaloniki Hotels and Thessaloniki City Guide with Thessaloniki Hotel Discounts, Maps, Travel Information and Area Attractions
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Thessaloniki Hotels and City Guide : Guide Home Page
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Thessaloniki Hotels and Thessaloniki Guide with Thessaloniki Maps, Photos, Attractions, Room Reservations and Hotel Discounts at a Wide Range of Thessaloniki Hotels
City Guides : Europe : Greece : Thessaloniki City Guide : Guide Home Page
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Thessaloniki is one of the oldest cities in Europe, founded over 300 years B.C. on a site of old prehistoric settlements going back to 2300 B.C., by Cassander, King of Macedonia, and was named after his wife, Thessaloniki, sister of Alexander the Great. It is now an important commercial port with a population of 1,000,000. Situated on the shores of the Thermaikos Gulf, the town is composed of two sectors, the modern sector and the old town. While the modern areas are full of excellent examples of recent architecture, monuments remain within the city dating from Roman and Byzantine times; of the former, be sure to visit the Rotunda. From the Byzantine period, for which Thessaloniki is particularly famed, be sure to visit the churches and fine works of art that remain. |
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