Thessaloniki

Kassandros, Alexander the Great's General who succeeded him on the throne, married Thessaloniki, the daughter of King Phillip II and half-sister of Alexander the Great. He then named the city he founded in 316 BC after her.

From Thessaloniki, the Apostle Paul spread the Word of Christianity to the world.

Thessaloniki was the second city of Byzantium and is the second largest city in modern Greece. It is a beautiful modern city with many wonderful sights ans sounds and a rich culture. Although it is without th impressive ancient monuments of Athens, it has several good museums, a scattering of Roman ruins and superlative Byzantine churches.

Thessaloniki was chosen as Europe's "Cultural Capital" in 1997.