Giannitsa
Pella is a municipality in Central Macedonia, Greece, about 40 km west of Thessaloniki. The capital and population center of the municipality is Giannitsa, but most visitors go to Pella village, which was built on top of Ancient Pella, the birthplace of Alexander the Great and capital of the Macedonian kingdom.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: City with 29,600 residents
- Description: city in Pella regional unit, Macedonia, Greece
- Also known as: “Genitsa”, “Yenitsá”, and “Yiannitsá”
- Postal code: 58100
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mosque of Achmet Bei and Saint George church.
Mosque of Achmet Bei
Mosque
The Ahmed Bey Mosque, also known as the Sheikh Ilahi Mosque, is a former mosque in the town of Giannitsa, in Central Macedonia, northern Greece. It was built in the 15th century, during the Ottoman era, by Ahmed Bey, the grandson of Gazi Evrenos, the conqueror of Thrace and Macedonia and founder of the town.
Mausoleum of Gazi Evrenos
Museum
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Mausoleum of Gazi Evrenos is a museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pentaplatano and Axos.
Axos
Village
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Axos is a village in the municipal unit Kyrros, Pella regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece, 4 km from the city of Giannitsa and 52 km from Thessaloniki.
Giannitsa
- Category: locality
- Location: Pella, Pella, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.79304° or 40° 47′ 35″ northLongitude
22.41148° or 22° 24′ 41″ eastPopulation
29,600Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 130167098OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Giannitsa” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Jenixhe Vardarit”
- Arabic: “يانيتسا”
- Arabic: “ييانيتسا، بيلا”
- Armenian: “Յաննիցա”
- Asturian: “Giannitsa”
- Basque: “Giannitsa”
- Belarusian: “Яніца”
- Bengali: “জায়ান্নিটসা”
- Bulgarian: “Енидже Вардар”
- Bulgarian: “Ениджевардар”
- Bulgarian: “Ениджевардарско”
- Bulgarian: “Яница”
- Catalan: “Giannitsa”
- Cebuano: “Giannitsá”
- Chinese: “亚尼察”
- Chinese: “亞尼察”
- Church Slavic: “Пазаръ”
- Church Slavic: “Паꙁаръ”
- Church Slavic: “Па́ꙁаръ”
- Croatian: “Janica”
- Danish: “Giannitsa”
- Dutch: “Giannitsa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “يانيتسا”
- Esperanto: “Janico”
- Finnish: “Giannitsá”
- French: “Giannitsa”
- French: “Giannitsá”
- French: “Jenidze”
- French: “Yannitsa”
- Georgian: “იანიცა (ქალაქი)”
- Georgian: “იანიცა”
- German: “Giannitsa”
- Greek: “Γενιτσά”
- Greek: “Γιαννιτσά Πέλλας”
- Greek: “Γιαννιτσά”
- Gujarati: “ગિયાનિત્સા”
- Hebrew: “גיניסטה”
- Hindi: “गिणीतसा”
- Hungarian: “Janicá”
- Indonesian: “Giannitsa”
- Italian: “Giannitsa”
- Japanese: “ヤニツァ”
- Japanese: “ヤニッツァ”
- Kannada: “ಜಿಯಾನ್ನಿಸ್ಟ”
- Korean: “야니차”
- Latvian: “Janica”
- Lithuanian: “Džianisita”
- Macedonian: “Ениџе Вардар”
- Macedonian: “Јаница”
- Macedonian: “Пазар”
- Malay: “Giannitsa”
- Marathi: “जियानित्सा”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jannitsá”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Enidze Vardar”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Enidzje Vardar”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Giannitsa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jannitsá”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vardar Yenicesi”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Yannitsa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Yenice”
- Persian: “یانیتسا”
- Polish: “Janitsa”
- Polish: “Jenidze”
- Pontic: “Γιαννιτσά”
- Romanian: “Giannitsa”
- Russian: “Яница”
- Serbian: “Janica”
- Serbian: “Ениџе Вардар”
- Serbian: “Јаница”
- Serbian: “Пазар”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Janica”
- Sinhala: “ජියානිස්ටා”
- Slovenian: “Janica”
- Swedish: “Giannitsá”
- Tamil: “ஜியானிஸ்டா”
- Telugu: “గిణీతసా”
- Thai: “ยิอันนิตซา”
- Turkish: “Vardar Yenicesi”
- Turkish: “Yannitsa”
- Turkish: “Yenice Vardar”
- Turkish: “Yenice-i Vardar”
- Ukrainian: “Яниця”
- Ukrainian: “Янниця”
- Ukrainian: “Янніца”
- Urdu: “گیانیتسا”
- Vietnamese: “Giannitsa”
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