Pella (modern)

Pella (modern)

Infobox Greek Dimos
name = Pella
name_local = Πέλλα
periph = Central Macedonia
prefec = Pella
population = 2455
population_as_of = 2001
area = 3
elevation = 36
lat_deg = 40
lat_min = 48
lon_deg = 22
lon_min = 31
postal_code = 580 05
area_code = 23820
licence = ΕΕ
mayor = Vasilios Xiros
website =


caption_skyline = Ancient Pella
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Pella ( _el. Πέλλα) is a village in Pella Prefecture, Greece. It is located on the site of ancient Pella, the capital of the Kingdom of Macedonia.

History

Ancient Pella was a vast city. By the 19th century, Agii Apostoli occupied a site near the upper city, and the lower city extended down to the wetlands of Mavroneri. [Grande Encyclopedie, "s.v." Pella] The village is also the birthplace of Krste Misirkov.

Name

During the Byzantine and Ottoman periods, the town was known in Greek as Άγιοι Απόστολοι (Agii Apostoli) 'Holy Apostles', in Slavic as "Sveti Apostol" and "Postol" (Свети Апостол, Постол) [Todor Hristov Simovski, The Inhabited Places of the Aegean Macedonia (Skopje 1998), ISBN 9989-9819-4-9, p. 77.] derived from the Greek name, and in Ottoman Turkish as "Allah Kilise" 'God's Church'. [Grande Encyclopedie, "s.v." Pella] The name "Pella" was revived in 1936.

Famous inhabitants of Pella

*Krste Misirkov (1874 - 1926), philologist and publicist

References


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