Edessa, Greece
Template:Infobox Town GR Edessa (Greek: Έδεσσα) is an ancient town of 25,000 inhabitants in Central Macedonia, Greece, the capital of the Pella prefecture and is also the provincial capital of the province of the same name.
Edessa is also the home of the Marketing and Administration Department of the University of Macedonia.
Name
The name Edessa was ascribed an Illyrian origin by U. Wilcken, in his biography of Alexander the Great (noted by Walter Bauer 1934; 1971; ch. 1), the "town of the waters", due to its copious water resources and its tourist attraction of the waterfalls, located in the actual town center. The Ancient Macedonian name "Edessa" (Έδεσσα) was commemorated by Seleucus I Nicator in refounding an ancient city in northern Mesopotamia: see Edessa, Mesopotamia. The name of the city in Slavic is "Voden/Воден" (derived from voda/вода, i.e. water), in Turkish the city can be known as either "Edessa" or "Vodine", and in Aromanian the city can be known as either "Edessa" or "Vudena".
Communications
Other
Edessa has schools, lyceums, gymnasia, banks, a train station (Florina - Edessa - Veria), a sports centre, a post office, and squares (plateies) including Egon Square.
Historical population
| Year | Population | Change | Municipal population | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 16,642 | - | - | - |
| 1991 | 17,128 | 428/2.57% | 25,051 | - |
| 2001 | 18,253 | - | - | - |
References
- F. Papazoglou, Les villes de Macédoine romaine = The Cities of Roman Macedonia, BCH Suppl. 16, 1988, 127-131.
External links
- Mapquest - Edessa, street map not yet available
- Coordinates: 40°47′55″N 22°2′44″E / 40.79861°N 22.04556°E
- Edessa official site
- Pella Prefecture official site, containing useful information about Edessa
- Hellenic Mininstry of Culture
See also
Reference
- Walter Bauer, Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest Christianity, 1934, (in English 1971) (On-line text)