Imathia
Macedonia in northern Greece is the largest and second-most-populous region of Greece, with a population of about 2.4 million. It features scenic mountains such as Mount Olympus and the Rhodopes, the beaches of Chalkidiki, the heritage of Alexander's Kingdom of Macedon and the artistic flourishes of the Byzantine Empire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: regional unit of Greece with 142,000 residents
- Description: regional unit of Central Macedonia, Greece
- Also known as: “Imathia Prefecture”, “Imathia Regional Unit”, and “Nomos Imathias”
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Byzantine Museum of Beroea and Church of Saint George the Little.
Byzantine Museum of Beroea
Museum
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The Byzantine Museum of Veroia is a museum in Greece that opened in 2002. The museum focuses on artefacts from the Byzantine and Ottoman empires… Byzantine Museum of Beroea is situated 4½ km northwest of Imathia.
Church of Saint George the Little
Church
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Church of Saint George the Little is situated 4½ km northwest of Imathia.
Church of Saints Theodores
Church
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Church of Saints Theodores is situated 4½ km northwest of Imathia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Veria and Vergina.
Veria
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Veria is a town of Central Macedonia and the capital of the County of Imathia. The archaeological site of Vergina, some 12 km from the city center, is the main tourist draw in the area.
Vergina
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Vergina is a village in Central Macedonia, Northern Greece built on top of Aigai, the ancient capital of Macedonia. Its royal tombs, filled with unlooted treasures, are a World Heritage Site; one tomb is said to be that of King Philip II, father of Alexander the Great, while another is believed to be the final resting place of Alexander IV, son of Alexander the Great.
Makrochori
Town
Makrochori is a town in the municipal unit of Apostolos Pavlos, Imathia, Greece. Since the 2010 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Veroia. Makrochori is situated 6 km north of Imathia.
Imathia
- Category: prefecture of Greece
- Location: Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Imathia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إيماثيا”
- Armenian: “Իմաթիա”
- Basque: “Ematia”
- Bulgarian: “Берско”
- Bulgarian: “Иматия”
- Bulgarian: “Ном Иматия”
- Catalan: “Imathia”
- Catalan: “Prefectura d’Imathia”
- Catalan: “unitat perifèrica d’Imathia”
- Catalan: “Unitat perifèrica d’Imathia”
- Cebuano: “Nomós Imathías”
- Chinese: “伊馬夏專區”
- Chinese: “伊馬夏州”
- Chinese: “伊马夏专区”
- Croatian: “Prefektura Emacija”
- Czech: “Imathia”
- Danish: “Imathia”
- Dutch: “Imathia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ايماثيا”
- Esperanto: “Imatio”
- Estonian: “Imathía piirkonnaüksus”
- Finnish: “Imathía”
- Finnish: “Imathían alueyksikkö”
- French: “district régional d’Émathie”
- French: “district régional d’Imathie”
- French: “Imathie”
- French: “nome d’Émathie”
- French: “nome d’Imathie”
- Georgian: “იმათია”
- Georgian: “იმატია”
- German: “GR-53”
- German: “Imathia”
- German: “Regionalbezirk Imathia”
- Greek: “Ημαθία”
- Greek: “Νομός Ημαθίας”
- Greek: “Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Ημαθίας”
- Hebrew: “אימתיה”
- Hindi: “इमाथिया क्षेत्रीय इकाई”
- Ido: “Provinco Imatia”
- Italian: “Emazia”
- Italian: “Imathia”
- Italian: “Prefettura di Emazia”
- Japanese: “イマーシア”
- Japanese: “イマーシア県”
- Japanese: “イマシア県”
- Japanese: “イマティア県”
- Korean: “이마티아 현”
- Korean: “이마티아”
- Korean: “이마티아현”
- Latin: “Emathia”
- Lithuanian: “Imatijos nomas”
- Macedonian: “Иматија”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Imathia prefektur”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Imathia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Imathía”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Imathia prefektur”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Imathia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Imathía”
- Norwegian: “Imathia”
- Persian: “ایماتیا”
- Polish: “Imathia”
- Polish: “Imatia”
- Polish: “Jednostka regionalna Imatia”
- Polish: “Nomos Imatia”
- Portuguese: “Emátia”
- Portuguese: “Imathia”
- Romanian: “Prefectura Imathia”
- Russian: “Иматия”
- Serbian: “Imatija”
- Serbian: “Иматија”
- Serbian: “Префектура Иматија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Prefektura Imathia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Prefektura Imatija”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Prefektura Kutleš”
- Slovak: “Imathia”
- Slovenian: “Imatija”
- Spanish: “Emacia”
- Spanish: “Imacia”
- Spanish: “Imatia”
- Spanish: “Imatía”
- Spanish: “Prefectura de Emacia”
- Spanish: “Prefectura de Imacia”
- Spanish: “Prefectura de Imathia”
- Spanish: “Prefectura de Imatia”
- Spanish: “Unidad periferica de Emacia”
- Spanish: “Unidad periférica de Emacia”
- Spanish: “unidad periférica de Imathia”
- Spanish: “Unidad Regional de Imathia”
- Swedish: “Imathia”
- Turkish: “İmatya ilçesi”
- Turkish: “İmatya”
- Ukrainian: “Іматія”
- Urdu: “اماتھیا”
- Waray (Philippines): “Imathia”
- Western Armenian: “Իմաթիա”
- Western Armenian: “Յունաստան”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ammos and Agia Varvara.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hotel Aiges Melathron and Archaeological Museum of Veria Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Βέροιας.
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