Thessaloniki or Fessonalki?

Where did it come from city \u200b\u200bname? The city is named after the sister of Alexander Macedon Thessalonics, Her husband of the warrior Cassandra. Therefore, the city can be called Thessaloniki or thessaloniki. Cassandra came to power after the death of Alexander Macedonsky. He decided to perpetuate his reign by calling his name Kassandra Peninsula (the first trident of the Halkidika Peninsula), and the city name of his wife of the Fessonalki. Thessalonika was a consolidated sister of Alexander Macedonsky, Philip's daughter 2 from his mistress. So the name of the city of Fessonalki or Thessaloniki appeared. Later, a shortened version of the name of thessaloniki appeared.

Thessaloniki is the capital of Northern Greece. Thessalonikov approximately 3000 years. The Greeks call the city "Holy City", "the city to whom the praise sing." The Greeks in the songs are chased by thessaloniki. Romans, Byzantines and Turks also loved this city. Thessaloniki is located on the Halkidiki Peninsula. Through this city goes to holy places and in the castor behind the fur coats.

Thessaloniki looks like a young modern city. The fact is that in thessaloniki in 1917 there was a fire in which the floor of the city burned down. Practically the city was built anew and he returned the appearance of the European city. All elements of Ottoman architecture were destroyed, although in some places it is clearly traced.

Beautiful promenade, Byzantine basilica, blooming alleys makes the city peculiar and unique.

Famous people were born in Thessaloniki: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (Turkish figure), Saint Dmitry Solunsky, who is the patron saint of the city, the founders of the alphabet brothers Kirill and Methodius.

In Thessaloniki, many national cuisine institutions are popular with Ouzeri pronounced as "UZO", where you can try national anise vodka.

Thessaloniki has a lot attractions.

The most important attraction is

White tower is a symbol of the city of Thessaloniki. Tower dimensions: 34 meters - height, 25 meters - diameter. At the time of the Ottoman Iea, the tower was used as a prison for convicts for the death penalty. In 1821, the national liberation movement against Ottoman domination unfolded in Greece. Turks brutally suppressed this movement and, as an intimidation, the rebels were executed in the tower. The beheaded bodies were quenched from the windows of the tower, so the walls of the tower were painted in red.

Since then, it has become called the "bloody" tower. Later, the Turks were afraid of the publicity of their crimes and twisted the tower of white lime. Hence the name of the White Tower occurred.

Now in the tower there is a museum of the city of Thessaloniki.

The museum contains many invaluable artifacts found during excavations or preserved from those long.

Christian Basilica dedicated to Dmitry Solunsky Located just in place where he died. It was the territory of the former Roman term.

In Basilica there are relics of Dmitry Solunsky. To worship ithe relics of Dmitry Solunsky need to stand in line.

In the times of Ottoman Iga in Greece, a mosque was in the building of the Christian church. Therefore, in the appearance of the Basilica, Dmitry Solunsky contains elements of architecture inherent in Muslim mosques.

For example, in the Christian Basilica, the ceiling is always performed in the form of the dome. In the Basilica, Dmitry Solunsky ceiling is decorated with wooden boards.

Also in the basiling along the walls there are several tiers with places for parishioners. Separately for men and separately for women. This does not characterize the Christian Basilica.

In front of the Basilica of Dmitry Solunsky there is a marble bowl, designed to consecrate water.

Not far from the Basilica in 1960, during the excavation was discovered Roman forum (Antique Agora). The date of construction of the forum of approximately II century of our era.

The Roman Forum played an important role in the political and public life of the city. Life took place here. There were workshops, government agencies, shops, baths, here were theatrical ideas, as well as fighting gladiators with wild animals. Even small rooms have preserved, in which gladiators and wild animals have contained before the fight.

From the Basilica Dmitry Solunskoy aristotle Aventern You can go straight to the Gulf of Thermikos. Aristotle Aventer is wide, with beautiful buildings. There are many pigeons on the squares. There is a monument to Aristotle. As famous Aristotle was a teacher Alexander Macedonian.

From Aristotle Aventer on the embankment, you can go straight to the White Tower.

Aristotle Avenue

Street musician

From the urban embankment of the Gulf Termaikos, the top of the Mount Olympus is visible. On the embankment there is a lot of cafes and snack bars. We were on the embankment during lunch, so there were a lot of visitors in the cafe and eateries.

In the cold season, visitors in the cafe are not frozley, gas heaters are placed near the tables. Therefore, the embankment, in the cold season, turns into a warm street. In general, the Greeks are very loved by gatherings in pleasure places. They drink coffee, wine and enjoy life. The Greeks themselves say that, partly, therefore they have economic problems.

On the embankment there are also many souvenir shops, where you can buy good icons lit in.

Not far from the White Tower on the embankment is a monument to Alexander Macedonsky.

Monument was established in 1974. The height of the monument is six meters. Macedonian is depicted on his horse Bucuofale. Behind Alexander Macedonsky is a shield and spears with symbolic images of a lion, snakes, jellyfish gorgon, oxa and falcon. And this means: courage, wisdom, cunning, hardworking, foresight. These character traits were inherent in Alexander Macedon.

Nearby is the monument to Father Macedonian Philip 2.

Philip II Macedonian has always been in the shadow of his great son Alexander, but he played an important role in history. It was with it that future, great conquests were planned.

In thessaloniki a lot of higher educational institutions. In Greece, all higher educational institutions are state.

The creation of non-state higher educational institutions in the country is prohibited. Therefore, the education obtained in Greece is recognized as one of their best.

University in Thessaloniki This is a whole town with autonomous social services: hospital, shops, cinemas, household service.

Interesting fact: according to the laws of Greece, the police cannot enter the territory of universities. Such a law was adopted immediately after the overthrow of the junta black Polkovnikov.

The overthrow was accompanied by the bloody acceleration of the student demonstration.

In order to continue the power structures, this law was accepted so cruel to student.

To get to the territory of the university, power structures need to issue permission. It may take several days. This is sometimes enjoyed by criminals, hiding on the territory of the school. It is clear that they will have enough time to do something for their salvation. Learning foreign students at the university is also possible and is quite accessible. Read about it.

Large shopping city. The largest shopping center is Mediterranean Cosmos. It has a lot of boutiques and shops on its territory, more than 200. There are also cafes, restaurants, a supermarket, a cinema and an Orthodox church. Days of work: all days of the week, except Sunday. This is not very convenient. Many tourists were disappointed ...

The next place with which we had to meet was on the Holy Mount Athos.
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