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Ancient Chalcidice
Chalkidiki (; , alternatively Halkidiki), also known as Chalcidice, is a peninsula and regional units of Greece, regional unit of Greece, part of the region of Central Macedonia, in the Geographic regions of Greece, geographic region of Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia in Northern Greece. The autonomous Mount Athos region constitutes the easternmost part of the peninsula, but not of the regional unit. The capital of Chalkidiki is the town of Polygyros, located in the centre of the peninsula, while the largest town is Nea Moudania. Chalkidiki is a popular summer tourist destination. Name ''Chalkidiki'' also spelled ''Halkidiki'' () or ''Chalcidice'' () is named after the ancient Greek city-state of Chalcis in Euboea, which colonised the area in the 8th century BC. Geography Chalkidiki consists of a large peninsula in the northwestern Aegean Sea, resembling a hand with three 'fingers' (though in Greek these peninsulas are often referred to as 'legs'). From west to east, these are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macedonia (Greece)
Macedonia ( ; , ) is a geographic regions of Greece, geographic and former administrative region of Greece, in the southern Balkans. Macedonia is the largest and geographic region in Greece, with a population of 2.36 million (as of 2020). It is highly mountainous, with major urban centres such as Thessaloniki and Kavala being concentrated on its southern coastline. Together with Western Thrace, Thrace, along with Thessaly and Epirus (region), Epirus occasionally, it is part of Northern Greece. Greek Macedonia encompasses entirely the southern part of the wider Macedonia (region), region of Macedonia, making up 51% of the total area of that region. Additionally, it widely constitutes Greece's borders with three countries: Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia to the north, and Bulgaria to the northeast. Greek Macedonia incorporates most of the territories of ancient Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon, a Greek kingdom ruled by the Argead Dynasty, Argeads, whose most ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thermaic Gulf
The Thermaic Gulf (, ), also called the Gulf of Thessaloniki and the Macedonian Gulf, is a Gulf (geography), gulf constituting the northwest corner of the Aegean Sea. The city of Thessaloniki is at its northeastern tip, and it is bounded by Pieria (regional unit), Pieria Imathia and Larissa on the west and the Chalkidiki peninsula on the east, with Pallene, Chalcidice, Cape Kassandra at the southeasternmost corner. It is named after the ancient town of Therma, modern Thessaloniki. It is about long. By narrower definitions, the Thermaic Gulf is bounded on the west by the line from the mouth of the Axios River, Axios or Vardar to Cape Megalo Embolo, making it about long; while the smaller Gulf of Salonica is bounded by a line running from the mouth of the Gallikos (river), Gallikos to Mikro Emvolo.Malamut Elisabeth, Grélois Jean-Pierre, "Le port de Thessalonique (IVe-XVIe siècles)", ''Actes des congrès de la Société des historiens médiévistes de l'enseignement supérieur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porto Carras
Porto Carras (Greek: Πόρτο Καρράς), known as Porto Carras Grand Resort, is one of northern Greece's largest and most famous hotels and holiday resorts. It is located on Sithonia, Chalkidiki peninsula in Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia, Greece. It is about 120 km away from Greece's second-biggest city, Thessaloniki. Porto Carras has garnered a reputation as a popular destination particularly among Serbian tourists, who comprise as much as 90% of monthly visitor traffic. Its array of amenities, including luxurious hotels, a marina, a casino, and a golf course, coupled with its proximity to Serbia, have contributed to its appeal within this demographic. History Porto Carras was created by Yiannis Carras, a Greek businessman and ship-owner. Originally it was planned with the renowned architect Walter Gropius, but the construction works started posthumously in 1973. The project brought a revolution to Chalkidiki's tourism. In April 2020, Porto Carras changed ownership and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neos Marmaras
Neos Marmaras (, ''Néos Marmarás'', , "New Marmara") is a town on the Sithonia peninsula, in the Chalkidiki peninsula, Macedonia, Greece. In 2021, Neos Marmaras had 3,038 permanent residents; however, the summer-time population has been estimated at 20,000. The main industries are tourism, agriculture (olives, wine, and honey), and fishing. Situated on three shoreline hills, below the two mountains, Itamos and Dragoudeli, Neos Marmaras is located from Thessaloniki, from Poligyros and 9 kilometres (6 mi) from Elia (Nikiti). History Most of the residents are originally from Marmara Island, in the Sea of Marmara, and from Parthenonas, a small village on the mountain, Itamos. Neos Marmaras was formed in 1925 by Greek refugees from Marmara Island following the Asia Minor catastrophe and exchange of populations with Turkey. In 1970, the traditional inland hill village of Parthenonas was abandoned and these inhabitants moved down to the coast and also settled in Neos Marmaras bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikiti
Nikiti () is a village located 100 kilometers south-east of Thessaloniki on the Chalkidiki peninsula in Macedonia, Greece. It is the seat of both the municipal unit and municipality of Sithonia. The town has a preserved old part of town. The newer part of town is located on the seashore, where the beach and newly built marina are located. History The ancient Greek city of Galypsos was located south of Nikiti, near Kastri beach. There are remains of an early Byzantine Greek church dating to the 5th century near Agios Georgos beach on the Nikiti foreshore. The old part of Nikiti village dates to the beginning of the 14th century when inhabitants moved inland to avoid pirate raids. The old village is located on a hilly area a few hundred meters from the sea, with the church of Saint Nikitas at the highest point of the village. Nikiti was under Ottoman Turkish rule from the 15th century until liberation in the Balkan Wars of 1912. The town suffered further in the 1940s during Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pefkochori
Pefkochori (, , meaning "pine village"; before 1965: Kapsochora (, )) is a tourist town located in the southeast of the peninsula of Kassandra, Chalkidiki, Greece. Pefkochori is named after the pine trees which are abundant in the mountains of the area. The community of Pefkochori also includes the villages Lefkes and Panorama. Its elevation is 10 m. Pefkochori is situated on the northeastern coast of the peninsula, 3 km southeast of Chaniotis, 4 km north of Agia Paraskevi and 92 km southeast of Thessaloniki. Population See also *List of settlements in Chalkidiki This is a list of settlements in Chalkidiki, Greece. * Afytos * Agia Paraskevi * Agios Mamas * Agios Nikolaos * Agios Panteleimonas * Agios Pavlos * Agios Prodromos * Ammouliani * Arnaia * Chaniotis * Dionysiou * Doumpia * Elaiochoria ... References External links KTEL Bus service routes to/from Pefkochori {{Pallini Populated places in Chalkidiki Kassandra, Chalkidiki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaniotis
Chaniotis (, or , ), is a town in the eastern part of the peninsula of Kassandra, Chalkidiki, Greece. Chaniotis is on the northeastern coast of the peninsula, 3 km northwest of Pefkochori, 4 km southeast of Polychrono, 7 km northeast of Nea Skioni and 89 km southeast of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; ), also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece (with slightly over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area) and the capital cit .... Population References External links Hanioti Village: guide for Hanioti, Chalkidiki {{Pallini Populated places in Chalkidiki Kassandra, Chalkidiki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kallithea, Chalkidiki
Kallithea () is a village and a community in the municipality of Kassandra, Chalkidiki, Kassandra, northern Greece. It is located in the regional unit of Chalkidiki. It has a population of 1,236 inhabitants according to the 2021 census. History Toponymy The name Kallithea (Greek: Καλλιθέα) is derived from the Greek words ''kallos'' (κάλλος, "beauty") and ''thea'' (θέα, "view"), meaning "beautiful view". This name reflects the village's scenic location on the eastern coast of the Kassandra Peninsula in Halkidiki. Ancient Era Kallithea is notable for its archaeological remains, particularly those associated with ancient religious worship. A sanctuary dedicated to Dionysus and the Nymph, Nymphs has been excavated. Dionysus was the Greek god of wine-making and festivities. It includes a rock-cut staircase and a cave used for ritual practices. The archaeological site is adjacent to a five-star hotel. It was during the hotel's construction in the 1960s that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psakoudia
Psakoudia (Greek: Ψακούδια \psaˈkoodya\) is a village of Chalkidiki (Greek Χαλκιδική]) peninsula (formerly prefecture) in Central Macedonia, of Northern Greece. This settlement belongs to the Municipality of Polygyros, and in particular to the municipal unit of Ormylia. It covers the west part of the long sandy beach of Ormylia, and has a population of 333 inhabitants (2021). Location Psakoudia is located on the gulf of Torone, between the two peninsulas of Kassandra and Sithonia, 20 km southeast of Polygyros, 5 km east of Yerakini (Gerakini), 6 km southwest of Ormylia and 84 km southeast of Thessaloniki. It is covered with pine trees. History In ancient times, there was the city of Sermyli, or Sermyle, in the area, an ally of Athens, which was destroyed by Philip II of Macedon. As a seaport it was used in the past, like Yerakini, for small bulkers to freight raw magnesite of a small concession owned by Skalistiris in eastern Trikorf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yerakini
Gerakini or Yerakini ( , ) is a village on the Chalkidiki peninsula in Central Macedonia, Voreia Ellada, Northern Greece. It was an official settlement within the municipality of Polygyros until it was abolished in 2001. It has been the port of nearby Polygyros, the capital of Chalkidiki, ever since its settlement. It has the largest magnesite deposits in Northern Greece. Etymology The word Γερακινή (Yerakini) comes from γερακίνα (yerakina (), meaning female peregrine falcon (falcon-gentle) (from γεράκι (), from ιέραξ () falcon). There is a legend that the name came from a queen named Yerakina (Gerakina) who once lived in Yerakini. History In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Yerakini and nearby Kalyves Polygyrou were settled by farmers from Polygyros. The villages themselves are Municipalities and communities of Greece, Greek municipalities. Until the 1960s, there was one olive oil mill in the area, on the central beach owned by the Haji Osman fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kallikrateia
Kallikrateia () is a municipal unit in Chalkidiki, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality of Nea Propontida, before which it was a municipality with its seat in the town Nea Kallikrateia. The municipal unit has an area of 108.894 km2. According to the census of 2021, the municipal unit has a population of 10,144 people while the town itself has 6,128 inhabitants, third largest in Chalkidiki. History Nea Kallikrateia was established after the refugee crisis in 1922, mainly by the residents who came from Kallikrateia (today Mimarsinan, a neighbourhood of Büyükçekmece) in Eastern Thrace and set up in the area, where the metochi of the Xenophontos Monastery of Mount Athos Mount Athos (; ) is a mountain on the Athos peninsula in northeastern Greece directly on the Aegean Sea. It is an important center of Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox monasticism. The mountain and most of the Athos peninsula are governed ... existed and it w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diaporos Island
Diaporos Island () is an island of about one and a half square miles in the Singitic Gulf, Chalkidiki, northern Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th .... In 1950 it had no inhabitants, however since the 1980s many private holiday homes have been built on the island. The summer period sees many visitors especially for the beach at Galana Nera. The island had no permanent population at the 2021 census. References * ''Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer'', p. 512. Islands of Greece Landforms of Chalkidiki Islands of Central Macedonia {{CMacedonia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
