City, built at the foot of Mt Vermion, and capital of the Prefecture of Imathia. It was very prosperous during the Hellenistic Period. Apostle Paul preached Christianism in Veroia. It has also been called Small Jerusalem due to its numerous byzantine and post-byzantine churches. It is considered to be one of the most historic cities
Dimitrios Vernadakis (1834-1907), born in Mytilene, was an author, philologist, theologist, journalist and dramatic poet. He was Professor of History at the University of Athens.
Vatikiotis Konstantinos was the consul general of Greece in the Turkish-occupied Thessaloniki, who with remarkable courage and organizational ability began to incite the Greeks of Macedonia against the Turks. He distributed weapons to old, experienced warlords and fighters and created armed guerrilla corps, about 25 years before Lambros Koromilas, around 1878. Information from the book
Timoleon Vassos (1836-1931) was a Greek army officer. He graduated from the Evelpidon Military Academy and then, he went to France to continue his studies. After his return to Greece, he was appointed aide to King George I. He was the Commander of the Greek military forces that disembarked to Crete in 1897. He retired
Vasilios Vassilikos (1891-1977) was born in Riza, Halkidiki. He worked as a teacher and later as a journalist in Thessaloniki. Then (1929) he was elected as a City Councillor and later (1932) as a MP for Halkidiki. He had been Vice Minister, General Governor of Eastern Macedonia, Vice Minister of Industry, Vice-President of the Parliament
Heraclius (A.D. 575-641) was the Emperor of the Byzantium from 610 to his death. He carried out victorious campaigns against the Persians and he retrieved the True Cross. He pronounced greek as the official language of the State.
Harisios Vamvakos (1872-1952) was a jurist and politician, born in Kozani. He was elected as an MP for Servia and Kozani at the Ottoman Parliament and then as the Mayor of Thessaloniki (1931-1933). Senator and Vice-chairman of the Senate. He was assigned diplomatic missions and he was sentenced to death in absentia by the Turkish
Aristotelis Valaoritis was a poet and politician. He was born in 1824 in Lefkada. His family came from Valaora of Acheloos and from there they got their name. He got a doctorate in law in Paris at the age of 24.He fought for the Union of the Ionian Islands with Greece and after its completion,
Germanos Nikolaos was born in 1864 in Polygyros, Halkidiki and died in Athens in 1935. He studied Zoology in Greece and Germany and was the founder of the first zoo in Athens (1916). He taught Natural History in Athens and was elected Member of Parliament for Thessaloniki in 1915. In 1925 he founded the Thessaloniki
Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and one of the greatest military commanders in the world. He was the son of King Philip II and aimed to overthrow the vast Persian state, which had caused so much suffering in Greece. Uniting all the Greeks under his
