Pefka

Pefka, also known as Retziki, is a suburb and a former municipality in the of , . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality , of which it is a municipal unit.
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  • Type: Suburb with 13,400 residents
  • Description: suburb of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Also known as: “Pefka, Thessaloniki”, “Rendzíki”, “Rentzíkion”, “Retziki”, and “Retzíkion”
  • Postal code: 57010

Places of Interest

Highlights include Heptapyrgion and Byzantine Bath.

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The , modern Eptapyrgio, also popularly known by its Ottoman Turkish name Yedi Kule, is a Byzantine and Ottoman-era fortress situated on the north-eastern corner of the Acropolis of in . is situated 2½ km southwest of Pefka.

Archaeological site
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The of the Upper City in is one of the few and best preserved of the Byzantine baths that have survived from the Byzantine period in . is situated 3½ km southwest of Pefka.

Museum
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The , also known as the Ishak Pasha Mosque, is a in , . Completed in the 1480s, during the Ottoman era, the mosque was built under the direction of Ishak Pasha. is situated 4 km southwest of Pefka.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Agios Pavlos and Sykies, Thessaloniki.

Suburb
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is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and a former municipality in , . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality of , of which it is a municipal unit. is situated 3 km southwest of Pefka.

Suburb
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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. is situated 3 km west of Pefka.

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. is situated 3½ km west of Pefka.

Pefka

Latitude
40.65811° or 40° 39′ 29″ north
Longitude
22.98901° or 22° 59′ 20″ east
Population
13,400
Elevation
250 metres (820 feet)
Open location code
8GG4MX5Q+6J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1833817697
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
734405
Wiki­data ID
Q2164623
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Pefka” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيوكا، ثيسالونيكي”
  • Arabic: “بيوكا”
  • Bulgarian: “Юренджик”
  • Cebuano: “Péfka”
  • Dutch: “Pefka”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيوكا”
  • Finnish: “Péfka”
  • French: “Péfka”
  • French: “Retzíki”
  • Greek: “Péfka”
  • Greek: “Πεύκα Θεσσαλονίκης”
  • Greek: “Πεύκα”
  • Greek: “Ρετζίκι”
  • Hungarian: “Péfka”
  • Irish: “Pefka”
  • Italian: “Pefka”
  • Japanese: “ペフカ”
  • Macedonian: “Јуренџик”
  • Macedonian: “Певка”
  • Macedonian: “Реџик”
  • Macedonian: “Уреџик”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pévka”
  • Serbian: “Пефка”
  • Swedish: “Péfka”
  • Urdu: “پیفکا”

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