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Pella

Pella

Pella is a town in the in the of , . Pella is built on a hill at a distance of one kilometre from the road Thessaloniki - Edessa and the archeological site of ancient Pella, and 7 km from .
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  • Type: Town with 2,400 residents
  • Description: town in Macedonia, Greece
  • Also known as: “Pélla”
  • Postal code: 58005

Places of Interest

Highlights include Statue of Alexander the Great and Archaeological Museum of Ancient Pella.

Work of art
Photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a work of art.

Museum
Photo: Joyofmuseums, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Archaeological Museum of Pella is a in in the of . The building was designed by architect Kostas Skroumpellos and is on the site of the ancient city of Pella.

Temple
The Sanctuary of the Mother of Gods and Aphrodite was a sanctuary in ancient Pella dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite and the Mother of the Gods. It was a Panhellenic sanctuary and a place of pilgrimage from all over Greece.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Koufalia and Mikro Monastiri.

Town
Photo: Подпоручик, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town and a municipal unit of the in , , . is the seat of the municipality of Chalkidona. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a municipality. is situated 4½ km northeast of Pella.

Village
is a village and a community of the in , . Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of , of which it was a municipal district. is situated 6 km south of Pella.

Village
is a village and a community of the . Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of , of which it was a municipal district. is situated 8 km east of Pella.

Pella

Latitude
40.76041° or 40° 45′ 38″ north
Longitude
22.52711° or 22° 31′ 38″ east
Population
2,400
Elevation
62 metres (203 feet)
United Nations Location Code
GR PLL
Open location code
8GG4QG6G+5R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 296269474
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
734726
Wiki­data ID
Q2478944
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Pella” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيلا، بيلا”
  • Arabic: “بيلا”
  • Asturian: “Pella”
  • Bulgarian: “Постол”
  • Chinese: “派拉”
  • Czech: “Pella”
  • Dutch: “Pella”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيلا”
  • Finnish: “Pella”
  • French: “Pella”
  • German: “Pella”
  • Greek: “Αρχαία Πέλλα”
  • Greek: “Πέλλα”
  • Irish: “Pella”
  • Italian: “Pella”
  • Japanese: “ペッラ”
  • Latin: “Pella”
  • Macedonian: “Пела”
  • Macedonian: “Постол”
  • Norwegian: “Pella”
  • Polish: “Pella (Grecja)”
  • Polish: “Pella”
  • Portuguese: “Pela”
  • Russian: “Айи-Апостоли”
  • Russian: “Апостол”
  • Russian: “Пела”
  • Russian: “Пелла”
  • Russian: “Постол”
  • Serbian: “Пела”
  • Serbian: “Постол”
  • Slovenian: “Pella”
  • Spanish: “Pela”
  • Spanish: “Pella”
  • Swedish: “Pella”
  • Turkish: “Alakilise”
  • Western Armenian: “Բելա”

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