🏛️ Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki

Greece · Europe · Cultural · 40.63°N, 22.95°E

Thessaloniki is the capital and largest city of the administrative region of Central Macedonia, and the second-largest city in Greece. It is the largest city of Northern Greece, with over 300,000 in the city proper and slightly over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, the capital of the geographic region of Macedonia, and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace. It is also known in Greek as i Symprotévousa, literally "the co-capital", a reference to its historical status as the "co-reigning" city of the Byzantine Empire alongside Constantinople.

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Quick facts

Country	Greece
Continent / region	Europe
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	40.63°N, 22.95°E · view on map

Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki is a cultural World Heritage site in Greece, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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