Salonika

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Salonika, historically known as Thessaloniki, is a major port city in northern Greece that has long served as a key commercial and cultural crossroads of the Balkans and the eastern Mediterranean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
historical city
port city
regional capital
administrativeCenterOf Region of Central Macedonia
linked to: Central Macedonia

Thessaloniki regional unit
alsoKnownAs Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
capturedDuring First Balkan War
linked to: Balkan Wars
climate Mediterranean climate
country Greece
foundedBy Cassander of Macedon
foundedInCentury 4th century BCE
hasFeature large natural harbor
strategic position on trade routes between Europe and Asia
hasPort Port of Thessaloniki
hasRole major cultural center
major transportation hub
regional economic hub
hasSignificance historic center of Sephardic Jewish culture
major center of Greek Orthodoxy
hasUniversity Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
historicalNameOf Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
hostedEvent Thessaloniki International Fair
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
is cultural crossroads of the eastern Mediterranean
key commercial crossroads of the Balkans
major port city in northern Greece
isCapitalOf Macedonia region of Greece
linked to: Macedonia (Greece)
joined modern Greece in 1912
languageMajority Greek
locatedIn Central Macedonia
Macedonia (Greece)
northern Greece
locatedOn Aegean Sea
Thermaic Gulf
namedAfter Thessalonike of Macedon
partOf Balkans
eastern Mediterranean region
portServes Balkans
southeastern Europe
religionMajority Eastern Orthodox Christianity
secondLargestCityOf Greece
linked to: Macedonia (Greece)
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteContains Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki
wasPartOf Byzantine Empire
Kingdom of Macedon
linked to: Macedon

Ottoman Empire
Roman Empire

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Ottoman Empire importantCity Salonika
Balkans hasMajorCity Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
Melbourne hasSisterCity Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
Göttingen twinTown Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk placeOfBirth Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk placeOfBirth Salonika Vilayet
linked to: Salonika
Aegean Sea hasPort Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
Romaniote Jews historicalCenter Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
Balkan Front notableCity Salonika
Macedonia (Greece) hasCapital Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
Macedonia (Greece) largestCity Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
Macedonia (Greece) containsCity Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
Young Turk Revolution region Salonika
Salonika alsoKnownAs Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
Salonika historicalNameOf Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
Gregory Palamas deathPlace Thessaloniki
subject linked to: St. Gregory Palamas
linked to: Salonika
Göttingen hasTwinTown Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
Yosef Karo residence Salonika
Saint Cyril birthPlace Thessalonica
linked to: Salonika
Saint Methodius associatedWith Thessalonica
linked to: Salonika
Greeks populationCenter Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
Joseph Karo residence Salonika
Timothy sentTo Thessalonica
linked to: Salonika
Leipzig twinCity Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
Via Egnatia passesThrough Thessalonica
linked to: Salonika
Galerius capitalOrMainResidence Thessalonica
linked to: Salonika
Licinius placeOfDeath Thessalonica
linked to: Salonika
Silas traveledTo Thessalonica
linked to: Salonika
Palaiologos dynasty ruledTerritory Thessalonica
linked to: Salonika
Chalkidiki Peninsula adjacentTo Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
Aris Thessaloniki FC basedIn Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
Aris Thessaloniki FC homeCity Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
Aris Thessaloniki FC stadiumLocation Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
First Epistle to the Thessalonians locationOfRecipients Thessalonica
linked to: Salonika
Second Epistle to the Thessalonians locationOfRecipients Thessalonica
linked to: Salonika
solidus mintedIn Thessalonica
linked to: Salonika
Northern Greece containsCity Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
Northern Greece hasLargestCity Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
Nâzim Hikmet placeOfBirth Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
Nâzim Hikmet placeOfBirth Salonica Vilayet
linked to: Salonika
Axis occupation of Greece notablePlace Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
Volos railwayConnection Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
Macedon majorCity Thessalonica
linked to: Salonika
Byzantine art hasCenter Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
Armed Forces of Greece garrison Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
King George I of Greece placeOfDeath Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
Oberbefehlshaber Südost headquartersLocation Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
Salonika Expedition location Salonika
Salonika Expedition location Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika