Macedonia Greece
Macedonia is the large region of the west side of Northern Greece, joined at the west by the Pindos mountain range, and in the south by Mount Olympus, the most famous of all Greek mountains. Macedonia is a beautiful mixture of mountains, lakes and rivers, and a glorious coastline. It is a region of Greece that seems to have stood still in time, with its traditional looks and styles as fresh today as they ever were. The beaches along the Halkidiki peninsula make Macedonia a perfect destination for your summer holidays in Greece.
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Macedonia should not be confused with the new name of Skopia, which has recently caused something of an uproar amongst the Greeks, who see the name symbolising the area of Northern Greece, and that of the home of Alexander the Great.
Macedonia
Macedonia (Makedonia) is the largest region of Greece, including thirteen provinces and the Monastic Republic of Mt. Athos, an autonomous area. Like Thrace, Macedonia is the Greek portion of a geographically larger area that now is politically divided among three countries. Besides the Greek region, the term Macedonia has included southwestern Bulgaria and FYROM, which until 1991 was the southeasternmost constituent part of former Yugoslavia. Greek Macedonia extends westward from the Nestos River to the Albanian border. The southern border is the Aegean coastline, and the northern border is determined by the mountain ranges that extend from Bulgaria and former Yugoslavia. The most notable topographic feature is the Khalkidiki Peninsula, which extends three fingers of land southeastward into the Aegean Sea. Mt. Athos rises over 2,000 meters from the eastern peninsula and has provided seclusion for a legendary monastic community for more than a millennium.
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The terrain of Macedonia is primarily rugged mountains interspersed with fertile river valleys and an extensive coastal plain defined by the Vardar River, which empties into the Aegean Sea after flowing southward from the FYROM. The valleys of the Vardar and the Struma rivers, and the Plain of Drama in the far east, are Macedonia's agricultural centers. Greece's second-largest city and second-largest port, Thessaloniki (Salonika), is located between the Khalkidiki Peninsula and the mouth of the Vardar. West of Thessaloniki is a plain drained by the Vardar and Aliakmon rivers; the latter arises in the Pindus Mountains near the Albanian border and meanders eastward to form a swampy delta shared with the mouth of the Vardar just to the east. The delta then empties into the Gulf of Thermaikos, the northwesternmost extension of the Aegean Sea. The largest Macedonian island is Thasos, northeast of the Khalkidiki Peninsula.
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