Thessaloniki,
the second largest city
in Greece with a population
of 1,000,000 inhabitants,
is one of the oldest
cities in Europe. It
stretches over twelve
kilometers in a bowl
formed by low hills
facing a bay that opens
into the Gulf Thermaikos.
It was founded about
315 B.C., on a site
of old prehistoric settlements
going back to 2300 B.C.,
by Cassander, King of
Macedonia, and was named
after his wife, Thessaloniki,
sister of Alexander
The Great. Since then,
Thessaloniki has become
the chief city of Macedonia
and its most important
commercial port. In
Roman times it was visited
by Saint Paul, who preached
the new religion, and
who later addressed
his two well-known epistles
(the oldest written
documents of Christian
literature) to the Christians
of Thessaloniki.
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