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Veria (officially transliterated as Veroia, Greek
Greek language

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 ?????a or ??????a, also F????a in Classical Greek - ?????a being the Ancient Macedonian
Ancient Macedonian language

Ancient Macedonian was the language of the ancient Macedonians. It was spoken in Macedonia during the 1st millennium BC. From the 4th century BC, it was gradually replaced by the Koine Greek dialect of the Hellenistic period....
 equivalent) is a city built at the foot of Vermion Mountains
Vermion Mountains

The Vermion Mountains are a mountain range in between Imathia Prefecture and Kozani Prefecture in west-central Macedonia . The range is west of the plain of Kambania....
 in Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
. It is a commercial center of Macedonia
Macedonia (Greece)

Macedonia is a geographical and historical Regions of Greece in Southeastern Europe Europe. Macedonia is the largest and second most populous Greece region....
, the capital of the prefecture
Prefectures of Greece

Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 3 Super-prefectures of Greece and 54 prefectures or nomes ....
 of Imathia
Imathia Prefecture

Imathia is one of the prefectures of Greece. It is located in the Peripheries of Greece of Central Macedonia. The prefecture has two provinces....
, the province of Imathia and the seat of a bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church
Church of Greece

The Church of Greece is one of the fifteen autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches which make up the Eastern Orthodox Communion. Today it is one of the most important autocephalous, or ecclesiastically independent, churches of the Eastern Orthodox communion....
. Veria is on the site of the ancient city of Beroea (called Berea
Berea (Bible)

For the current city of Beroea, see Veria.Berea is mentioned in the book of Acts of the Apostles in the Bible, for the ancient city of Beroea, now known as Veria ....
 in some translations of the Bible
Bible

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), which was prominent from the 4th century BC and part of the Kingdom of Macedon
Macedon

Macedon or Macedonia was the name of a monarchy centred in the northernmost part of ancient Greece. The homeland of the ancient Macedonians, it was bordered by the kingdom of Epirus to the west and the region of Thrace to the east....
.






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Veria (officially transliterated as Veroia, Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 ?????a or ??????a, also F????a in Classical Greek - ?????a being the Ancient Macedonian
Ancient Macedonian language

Ancient Macedonian was the language of the ancient Macedonians. It was spoken in Macedonia during the 1st millennium BC. From the 4th century BC, it was gradually replaced by the Koine Greek dialect of the Hellenistic period....
 equivalent) is a city built at the foot of Vermion Mountains
Vermion Mountains

The Vermion Mountains are a mountain range in between Imathia Prefecture and Kozani Prefecture in west-central Macedonia . The range is west of the plain of Kambania....
 in Greece
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
. It is a commercial center of Macedonia
Macedonia (Greece)

Macedonia is a geographical and historical Regions of Greece in Southeastern Europe Europe. Macedonia is the largest and second most populous Greece region....
, the capital of the prefecture
Prefectures of Greece

Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 3 Super-prefectures of Greece and 54 prefectures or nomes ....
 of Imathia
Imathia Prefecture

Imathia is one of the prefectures of Greece. It is located in the Peripheries of Greece of Central Macedonia. The prefecture has two provinces....
, the province of Imathia and the seat of a bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church
Church of Greece

The Church of Greece is one of the fifteen autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches which make up the Eastern Orthodox Communion. Today it is one of the most important autocephalous, or ecclesiastically independent, churches of the Eastern Orthodox communion....
. Veria is on the site of the ancient city of Beroea (called Berea
Berea (Bible)

For the current city of Beroea, see Veria.Berea is mentioned in the book of Acts of the Apostles in the Bible, for the ancient city of Beroea, now known as Veria ....
 in some translations of the Bible
Bible

The Bible is the central religious text of Judaism and Christianity. The exact Books of the Bible is dependent on the religious traditions of specific denominations....
), which was prominent from the 4th century BC and part of the Kingdom of Macedon
Macedon

Macedon or Macedonia was the name of a monarchy centred in the northernmost part of ancient Greece. The homeland of the ancient Macedonians, it was bordered by the kingdom of Epirus to the west and the region of Thrace to the east....
. Part of Rome
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 from 168 BC, both Paul
Paul of Tarsus

Saint Paul, also called Paul the Apostle, the Apostle Paul or Paul of Tarsus , was a Hellenistic Judaism, who called himself the "Apostle to the Gentiles", and was, together with Saint Peter and James the Just, the most notable of early Christian missionaries....
 and Silas
Silas

Saint Silas or Saint Silvanus was a leading member of the early Christian community, who later accompanied Paul of Tarsus in some of his missionary journeys....
 preached there in AD 54 or 55 (see Bereans
Bereans

Bereans were the inhabitants of the ancient city of Berea, also known in the Bible as Beroea and now known as Veria....
). Diocletian
Diocletian

Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus , born Diocles and commonly known as Diocletian , was Roman Emperor from November 20, 284 to May 1, 305....
 made the large and populous city one of two capitals of the Roman Province of Macedonia, and it was one of the earliest cities to become the seat of a bishop
Bishop

A bishop is an ordination or consecration member of the Clergy#Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight....
. Invaded by Bulgars
Bulgars

The Bulgars were a seminomadic people, probably of Turkic peoples descent, originally from Southern Central Asia, who from the 2nd century onwards dwelled in the steppes north of the Caucasus and around the banks of river Volga ....
, it was conquered by the Ottomans in 1361, who named it Kara Ferye. It was incorporated into the Greek state in 1912.

Veria since the 1980s is bypassed and is linked by the superhighway linking to GR-1. GR-4/Via Egnatia
Via Egnatia

The Via Egnatia was a Roman road constructed by the Ancient Rome in the 2nd century BC. It crossed the Roman provinces of Illyricum , Macedonia , and Thrace, running through territory that is now part of modern Albania, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, and European Turkey....
 runs through Veria and also the road to Edessa. It is located NE of Kozani
Kozani

Kozani is a city in northern Greece, capital of Kozani Prefecture and of West Macedonia periphery. It is located in the western part of Macedonia , in the northern part of the Aliakmonas valley....
, S of Edessa
Edessa, Greece

Edessa is the capital of the Pella Prefecture of Macedonia , Greece. Administratively, it belongs to the Central Macedonia peripheries of Greece and is also the capital of the defunct provinces of Greece of the same name....
, SW of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki , Thessalonica, or Salonica is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country in Greece and the capital of Macedonia , the nation's largest Regions of Greece....
, NW of Katerini
Katerini

Katerini is a town in Central Macedonia, the capital of Pieria Prefectures of Greece. It lies on the Pierian plain, between Mt. Olympus and the Thermian Gulf, at an altitude of 14 m....
, WNW of Athens
Athens

Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
 and N of Larissa
Larissa

Larissa is a city and the capital of the Thessaly Peripheries of Greece of Greece, and capital of the Larissa Prefecture. It is a principal agricultural centre and a national transportation hub, linked by rail with the port of Volos and with Thessaloniki and Athens....
.

History

The city of Veria is first mentioned in the writings of Thucydides
Thucydides

Thucydides was a Greeks history and author of the History of the Peloponnesian War, which recounts the 5th century B.C. war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 B.C....
 in 432 BC, although there is evidence that the city was populated as early as 1000 BC. The city got its name from its mythical creator Ferona or Verona OR from the daughter of the king of Veria (Verita) who is the thought to be the son of Macedon. The first inhabitants are known as the Vriges, who were uprooted by the Macedonians.

The Macedonians made it their second most important city after Pella. During the Roman empire, Veria became a place of worship for the Romans. Within the city there was a Jewish settlement where the Apostle Paul preached after leaving Thessalonica (Acts 17:1-15). The Apostolic Constitutions
Apostolic Constitutions

The Apostolic Constitutions is a late 4th century collection, in 8 books, of independent, though closely related, treatises on Early Christian discipline, worship, and doctrine, intended to serve as a manual of guidance for the clergy, and to some extent for the laity....
 (7.46) records the first bishop of Berorea as Onesimus, who may be the freedman of Philemon
Onesimus

Saint Onesimus was a Roman slavery to Philemon of Colossae, a man of Christian faith. Eventually, Onesimus transgressed against Philemon and fled to the site of Paul the Apostle's imprisonment to escape punishment for a theft he had committed , there, he heard the Gospel from St....
.

Under the Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
 the city continued to grow and prosper until it was pillaged in the 9th century by the Bulgarians. During the Crusades
Crusades

The Crusades were a series of religious war waged by much of Christian Europe against external and internal opponents. Crusades were fought mainly against Muslims, though campaigns were also directed against Paganism Slavic peoples, Jews, Eastern Orthodox Church, Mongols, Catharism, Hussites, Waldensians, Old Prussians, and political enemi...
 it was conquered by the Normans (1185) and the Franks (1204) and in the middle of the 13th century by the Serbs. In Macedonian Slavic and Bulgarian
Bulgarian language

Bulgarian is an Indo-European languages, a member of the Slavic languages linguistic group.Bulgarian demonstrates several linguistic innovations that set it apart from all other Slavic languages except Macedonian language, such as the elimination of grammatical case, the development of a suffixed definite article , the lack of a verb infin...
 it is called ???, Ber. In 1436, it was besieged and captured by the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
 and remained in their control until 1912.

Culture

Veria hosts one of the largest and most complete public in Greece. Originally a small single-room library with limited funds and material, it expanded into a four-story building offering multimedia, as well as special and rare editions. Veria's public library collaborates with many international organizations and hosts several cultural events. Every summer (August 15th to September 15th) the "Imathiotika" festivities take place with a rich cultural program deriving mainly from Veria's tradition. The site of Elia offers great natural beauty and with an amazing view of the Imathia plain. Neighboring Seli
Seli

Seli is a mountainous village and winter sports resort located in the Vermion Mountains of northern Greece. It is located at a distance of 24km from Veria and 95km from Thessaloniki, in the prefecture of Imathia, Central Macedonia....
 is a well-known ski resort and a few kilometers outside the city is the Aliakmonas river dam.

Historical population



Sports

Veria is home to many sports clubs.The most famous is Veria FC which competes in Beta Ethniki
Beta Ethniki

Beta Ethniki is the second highest professional football league in Greece....
. Veria also has two basketball teams. AOK Veria and Filippos Veria which compete in a local and third national division respectively.

Climate

Typically, Veria experiences cold wet winters and hot dry summers.In summer 2007 the highest temperature ever in Veria was recorded, 44 [°C].

Month
Month

The month is a unit of time, used with calendars, which is approximately as long as some natural Orbital period related to the motion of the Moon; month and Moon are cognates....
 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Maximum. [°C] 7 9 10 16 19 29 29 24 19 16 12 5
Minimum temperature [°C] 3 6 8 11 16 19 17 14 12 10 8 4
Record temperatures [°C] 20 22 25 31 36 44 42 39 36 32 27 26


Famous People

  • Sedat Alp
    Sedat Alp

    Professor Sedat Alp was the first archaeologist in Turkey with a specialization in Hittites, and is among the foremost names in the field.Sedat Alp was born in Karaferye, present-day Veroia in Greece....
    , Archaeologist
  • Yiannis Arabatzis
    Yiannis Arabatzis

    Yiannis Arabatzis is a goalkeeper currently playing for Greece club AEK Athens FC. Arabatzis made his first cap against rival team Panathinaikos....
    , Footballer
  • Pantelis Kafes
    Pantelis Kafes

    Pantelis Kafes is a Greece soccer player who plays for AEK Athens FC.Being a talented defensive midfielder player, Pantelis Kafes has won acclaim for his creative abilities and excellent passing skills....
    , Footballer
  • Dimitri Stamatiades, Footballer
  • Pavlos Kontogiannidis, Actor, Singer
  • Ioannis Kottounios
    Ioannis Kottounios

    Ioannis Kottounios, was an eminent Greek scholar.He was born in Veroia in 1572. He was a student at the Greek college of Ayios Athanasios in Rome ....
    , Writer and humanist
  • Dimitris Mavropoulos, Actor and theatrical director
  • Patriarch Metrophanes of Alexandria
    Patriarch Metrophanes of Alexandria

    M?trophan?s Kritopoulos served as Greek Patriarch of Alexandria between 1636 and 1639.He was born in Veria on 1589. Originally a monk on Mount Athos, he was a close associate of Cyril Lucaris....
    , Patriarch of Alexandria
  • Patriarch Nephon I of Constantinople
    Patriarch Nephon I of Constantinople

    Nephon I was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1310 to 1314.He kept his origins from Veria, Greece....
    , Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Panagiotis Tsalouchidis
    Panagiotis Tsalouchidis

    Panagiotis Tsalouchidis is a former Greece association football. He played for Veria FC, Olympiacos FC and PAOK FC, as well as for Greece national football team. He competed at the 1994 FIFA World Cup....
    , Former football player
  • Kostas Tsartsaris
    Kostas Tsartsaris

    Kostas Tsartsaris also known asKonstantinos Tsartsaris , is a Greece professional basketball player. He is currently with the pro club Panathinaikos BC....
    , Basketball Player


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See also

  • List of communities of Imathia


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