Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki was named after the princess Thessalonike of Macedon, the half-sister of Alexander the Great.

In 128 BC, Thessalonica was made the capital of the Roman province of Macedonia.

Thessaloniki became the largest Jewish city in the world and the only Jewish majority city in the world in the 16th century.

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, was born in Thessaloniki in 1881.

Thessaloniki was heavily bombarded by Fascist Italy during World War II, resulting in significant casualties and damage.