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Sykies, Thessaloniki

Sykies or Sykeai is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and was a former municipality in the , . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality , of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.
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  • Type: Suburb with 37,800 residents
  • Description: suburb of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Also known as: “Sikéai”, “Sykéai”, and “Sykies”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hagios Demetrios and Moni Latomou.

Church
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The Church of Saint Demetrius, or , is the main sanctuary dedicated to Saint Demetrius, the patron saint of , dating from a time when it was the second largest city of the Byzantine Empire.

Church
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The Church of Hosios David is a late 5th-century church in , in the region of . During Byzantine times, it functioned as the katholikon of the Latomos Monastery, and was adorned with rich mosaic and fresco decoration, which was renewed in the 12th–14th centuries.

Monastery
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Vlatades Monastery or is a monastery in , , . Built in the 14th century during the late era of the Byzantine Empire, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with 14 other Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki because of its Byzantine architecture and importance of Thessaloniki during early and medieval Christianity.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tsinari and Upper Town.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Suburb
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or Ano Poli is the old town of and is located around the city's acropolis north of the city center. The neighborhood is known for its well preserved Byzantine and Ottoman era structures and urban design and as a center for Thessaloniki's poets, intellectuals, and bohemians.

Suburb
is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and a former municipality in the , , . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality , of which it is a municipal unit.

Sykies, Thessaloniki

Latitude
40.64967° or 40° 38′ 59″ north
Longitude
22.95354° or 22° 57′ 13″ east
Population
37,800
Elevation
115 metres (377 feet)
Open location code
8GG4JXX3+VC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 359610355
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
734301
Wiki­data ID
Q1021683
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Urdu—“Sykies, Thessaloniki” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Sykies”
  • Arabic: “سيكيي، ثيسالونيكي”
  • Arabic: “سيكييس”
  • Bulgarian: “Сикиес”
  • Cebuano: “Sykiés”
  • Chinese: “西基埃斯”
  • Dutch: “Sykies”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سيكييس”
  • Finnish: “Sykiés”
  • French: “Sykies”
  • French: “Sykiés”
  • German: “Sykies”
  • Greek: “Sykiés”
  • Greek: “Συκέαι”
  • Greek: “Συκιές Θεσσαλονίκης”
  • Greek: “Συκιές”
  • Hungarian: “Szikiész”
  • Irish: “Sykies”
  • Italian: “Sykies”
  • Japanese: “シキエス”
  • Macedonian: “Сикјес”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sykies”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sykiés”
  • Persian: “سیگز”
  • Polish: “Sikies”
  • Polish: “Sykies”
  • Romanian: “Sykies”
  • Russian: “Сикеэ”
  • Serbian: “Sikijes”
  • Serbian: “Сикијес”
  • Spanish: “Sykies”
  • Swedish: “Sykiés”
  • Ukrainian: “Сікіес”
  • Urdu: “سیکیئس”

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