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Periphery: Central Macedonia
Pella (Greek: Πέλλα) is the name of a city and one of the prefectures of Greece. Its capital town is Edessa. The prefecture was named after the ancient city Pella. During Byzantine and Ottoman years, the city was known in Greek as Άγιοι Απόστολοι (Ayii Apostoli), rendered in South Slavic languages as Постол (Postol), until it reverted to its ancient name in 1936. History Pella was the palace-capital of ancient Macedon since the times of Archelaus I of Macedon, the seat of Philip II of Macedon and of Alexander the Great, his son. In 168 BC Pella was sacked by the Romans, and its treasury was transported to Rome. Later the city was destroyed by an earthquake and eventually was rebuilt over its ruins. By 180 AD Lucian could describe it in passing as "now insignificant, with very few inhabitants". More see : and History of Pella Scenes from a Hunt Mosaic, a work of Gnosis, found in Pella Geography The mountains lie to the north and the southwest especially the Vermio mountains, the Voras mountains to the northwest and the Paiko mountains to the northeast. Pella is bounded with the prefectures of Kilkis to the northeast, Thessaloniki to the east, Imathia to the south, Kozani to the southwest, Lake Vegoritida to the southwest, Florina to the west and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north with the district of Brod to the northwest and Gevgelija to the northeast. The mountainous part of Thrace, on this side the river Nestus, which runs through the land of Abdera, breeds among other wild beasts lions, which once attacked the army of Xerxes, and mauled the camels carrying his supplies. These lions often roam right into the land around Mount Olympus, one side of which is turned towards Macedonia, and the other towards Thessaly and the river Peneius. Pausanias
Division of the Pella Municipality , population 7295 (2001)
Aerial Images of Pella Links
See also Pella, Jordan
Olympic Airlines plane "Pella"
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