Siatista is a town in Western Macedonia. It was economically prosperous in the 18th and 19th century and it played a major role during the Macedonian Struggle. It is famous for its mansions with the unique architectural style and the fur trade.
Servia is a town of Western Macedonia. Its name derives from the Latin verb servo which means to protect, to observe. The town was founded in the 7th century A.D. It is characterised as a Byzantine Castle City, due to its castle and its Acropolis.
On the 3rd of September 1843, a political-military movement was born aiming mainly at voting a Constitution, holding elections and convening a National Assembly. The outcome of the movement of September the 3rd was the voting of the Constitution in 1944 and the transition from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy.
Seleucus I Nicator (358 or 353-281 B.C.) was a comrade-in-arms and one of the successors of Alexander the Great. He was the founder of the Seleucid Dynasty and the founder of Antioch, which his son Antiochus I turned into the capital of the Seleucid Empire. He also founded several other Greek cities.
The Seleucid Empire was a dynasty of kings of Macedonian origin that ruled from 312 to 64 B.C. a Hellenistic state expanding from the western coasts of Minor Asia to India. The capital of their kingdom was Antioch in Syria.
Joachim Sgouros was born in Chios in 1864. He was a clergy of the Orthodox Church and he studied in the Theological School of Halki. He was the Metropolitan of Thessaloniki from 1910 to his death in 1912.
The great Roman Hippodrome in Thessaloniki. Inside this Hippodrome, the emperor Theodosius the Great ordered the massacre of more than 7,000 inhabitants of Thessaloniki, when some rebels assassinated the military commander of the city. Its length was over 400 meters. The ruins of the Hippodrome are fragmentarily preserved. A small part of the west side
YMCA Square in which the historic buildings of the Young Men Christian Association (YMCA) of Thessaloniki is located. YMCA was founded in 1921. Its priority is to contribute to society by cultivating athletics, culture of volunteerism amongst youth.
Plato (429 to 427-347 B.C.) was a philosopher, follower of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle. He founded the homonymous Academy on Athens. He introduced the theory of forms in the philosophical way of thinking. His works, such as the Apology of Socrates, the Symposium, the Republic, Gorgias etc have a timeless and universal appeal.
Pindus is the largest mountain range in Greece and it separates the broader region of Epirus from Macedonia and Thessaly. Its highest peak is on Smolikas Mt. It includes two National Parks.
