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Thessaloniki

T he metropolis of Thessaloniki has tine churches and other significant monu-

a population of over a million and
ments from the past.
is the biggest city in the north-
ern part of Greece. It is built by
Thermaïkos and Strymonikos Gulf, on Thessaloniki is a busy, bustling city at all
times of the day but especially at night
fertile grounds resting beside the Rivers when it becomes brighter and colourful.
of Axios, Gallikos and Loudias, as well as
the lakes Koroneia and Volvi. Jaunt around Thessaloniki’s port where
the customs and warehouse buildings
Findings prove that Thessaloniki has been (built in 1910) are home to the Photog-
inhabited since prehistoric times, marked raphy and Cinema Museums but are also
by multiculturalism, yet its present day used as venues for the International Film
modernised state is charmingly inter- Festival.
twined with archaeological sites, byzan-

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