Founded in 315 BC and named after a sister of Alexander the Great, Salonika (Greek: Thessaloniki) is a strategically situated port in the heart of the Balkans, about 300 km northwest of Athens. It is the second most populous city in Greece and serves as the economic and cultural capital of Macedonia since Roman times.
Its principal landmarks are its Byzantine churches and two 15th-century structures: the White Tower on the waterfront and the Venetian citadel on a hill to the north.
Created to celebrate the city's status as Cultural Capital of Europe for 1997, this website has information in Greek, English, French, German, Spanish, Swedish, Italian, Dutch, and Indonesian.