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class="infobox-subheader"><span title="Greek-language text"><span lang="el">Υπουργείο Μακεδονίας και Θράκης</span></span><br />Ypourgeío Makedonías kai Thrákis</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Makedonias-Thrakis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Makedonias-Thrakis.jpg/250px-Makedonias-Thrakis.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Makedonias-Thrakis.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="213" /></a></span><br />The <a href="/wiki/Konak_(Thessaloniki)" class="mw-redirect" title="Konak (Thessaloniki)">building</a> of the ministry in <a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki" title="Thessaloniki">Thessaloniki</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Agency overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formed</th><td class="infobox-data">1912<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1912</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceding agency</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><b>Governorate-General of Macedonia</b><br />(1912–1955)<sup id="cite_ref-50years_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50years-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Ministry of Northern Greece</b><br />(1955–1988)<sup id="cite_ref-50years_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50years-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace</b><br />(1988–7 October 2009)<sup id="cite_ref-50years_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50years-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><b>General Secretariat of Macedonia and Thrace</b><br />(7 October 2009–21 June 2012)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">32 Kassandrou Street<br />54633 <a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki" title="Thessaloniki">Thessaloniki</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output 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class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/%E2%82%AC" class="mw-redirect" title="€">€</a> 21.23 million (2009)<sup id="cite_ref-minfin.gr_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-minfin.gr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Minister responsible</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stavros_Kalafatis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stavros Kalafatis (page does not exist)">Stavros Kalafatis</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82" class="extiw" title="el:Σταύρος 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Responsible for the <a href="/wiki/Geographic_regions_of_Greece" title="Geographic regions of Greece">regions</a> of <a href="/wiki/Macedonia_(Greece)" title="Macedonia (Greece)">Macedonia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Western_Thrace" title="Western Thrace">Thrace</a>, since 2015 it has been demoted to the level of a sub-ministry within the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_the_Interior_(Greece)" title="Ministry of the Interior (Greece)">Ministry of the Interior</a>. The incumbent <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Minister_for_Macedonia_and_Thrace" title="Deputy Minister for Macedonia and Thrace">Deputy Minister for Macedonia and Thrace</a> is <a href="/w/index.php?title=Stavros_Kalafatis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stavros Kalafatis (page does not exist)">Stavros Kalafatis</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82" class="extiw" title="el:Σταύρος Καλαφάτης">el</a>]</span> of <a href="/wiki/New_Democracy_(Greece)" title="New Democracy (Greece)">New Democracy</a>. </p><p>The ministry had been known as the <a href="/wiki/Category:Governors-general_of_Northern_Greece" title="Category:Governors-general of Northern Greece">Ministry of Northern Greece</a> until it was renamed on 19 August 1988. It was demoted to a general secretariat in 2009, but was re-established as a ministry in 2012, and again demoted to a sub-ministry within the Ministry of the Interior on 27 January 2015. It is housed in <a href="/wiki/Government_House_(Thessaloniki)" title="Government House (Thessaloniki)">Government House</a> in <a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki" title="Thessaloniki">Thessaloniki</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Macedonia_and_Thrace&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ministry was founded in 1912 as the <b>Governorate-General of Macedonia</b> (<span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Γενικὴ Διοίκησις Μακεδονίας</span></span>) following the acquisition of <a href="/wiki/Macedonia_(Greece)" title="Macedonia (Greece)">Macedonia</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Balkan_Wars" title="Balkan Wars">Balkan Wars</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50years_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50years-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was promoted to cabinet level in the late 1920s and renamed the <b>Governorate-General of Northern Greece</b> (<span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Γενικὴ Διοίκησις Βορείου Ἑλλάδος</span></span>) in 1945, after being merged with the <b>Governorate-General of Thrace</b> (<span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Γενικὴ Διοίκησις Θράκης</span></span>). </p><p>It was renamed the <b>Ministry of Northern Greece</b> (<span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Ὑπουργεῖον Βορείου Ἑλλάδος</span></span>) in 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-50years_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50years-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The third name change occurred in 1988, when it was renamed the <b>Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, the ministry was downgraded to a General Secretariat within the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_the_Interior_(Greece)" title="Ministry of the Interior (Greece)">Ministry of the Interior</a>, until it was re-established as a separate ministry in 2012. With the <a href="/wiki/January_2015_Greek_legislative_election" title="January 2015 Greek legislative election">legislative election</a> of <a href="/wiki/SYRIZA" class="mw-redirect" title="SYRIZA">SYRIZA</a> in January 2015, the ministry was once more subordinated to the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_the_Interior_and_Administrative_Reconstruction" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction">Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction</a>, headed by a deputy minister. </p><p>Shortly after the <a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Army" title="Hellenic Army">Hellenic Army</a> entered <a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki" title="Thessaloniki">Thessaloniki</a> on 26 October 1912, King <a href="/wiki/Constantine_I_of_Greece" title="Constantine I of Greece">Constantine I</a> demanded that he be given control of the newly acquired region of <a href="/wiki/Macedonia_(Greece)" title="Macedonia (Greece)">Macedonia</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Vima_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Greece" title="Prime Minister of Greece">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Eleftherios_Venizelos" title="Eleftherios Venizelos">Eleftherios Venizelos</a> had already decided that the fate of the region would lie with his minister of justice, <a href="/wiki/Konstantinos_Raktivan" title="Konstantinos Raktivan">Konstantinos Raktivan</a>, who arrived in the city on 30 October.<sup id="cite_ref-Vima_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His position within the Governorate-General of Macedonia was so powerful that his power matched that of the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Greece" title="Prime Minister of Greece">prime minister</a> and caused dismay among the other ministers in <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Vima_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Raktivan was later succeeded by other prominent politicians of Greece, such as <a href="/wiki/Stefanos_Dragoumis" title="Stefanos Dragoumis">Stefanos Dragoumis</a>, Emmanouil Repoulis and <a href="/wiki/Themistoklis_Sofoulis" title="Themistoklis Sofoulis">Themistoklis Sofoulis</a>. </p><p>Despite its limited freedom of action in later years, the Governorate-General of Macedonia managed to produce an astonishing amount of work between its founding in 1912 and the creation of the Ministry of Northern Greece in 1955. Following the <a href="/wiki/Great_Thessaloniki_Fire_of_1917" title="Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917">Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917</a>, the Governorate-General appointed <a href="/wiki/Ernest_H%C3%A9brard" title="Ernest Hébrard">Ernest Hébrard</a> as the master architect for the redesign of the city. The Governorate-General was also responsible for the complete incorporation of Macedonia into the Greek state despite the difficult circumstances of the <a href="/wiki/Interwar_period" title="Interwar period">interwar period</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Vima_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other successes of the Governorate-General at the time include the establishment of numerous government agencies, including the creation of Courts of Appeal, Courts of First Instance and District Courts, the creation of an independent archaeological department, a forestry department and public services, and the provision of shelter to hundreds of thousands of refugees after the <a href="/wiki/Population_exchange_between_Greece_and_Turkey" title="Population exchange between Greece and Turkey">population exchange between Greece and Turkey</a> in the 1920s.<sup id="cite_ref-Vima_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vima-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Ministry">The Ministry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Macedonia_and_Thrace&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The Ministry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Structure">Structure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Macedonia_and_Thrace&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to Presidential Decree no. 167 (2 September 2005),<sup id="cite_ref-mathra.gr_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mathra.gr-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace was made up of the following departments: </p> <ul><li>The Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace <ul><li>The Office of Solicitor of the State</li> <li>The Office of Financial Control</li> <li>The Office of the Borderland</li> <li>The Office of the Assessor of the Audit Office</li> <li>The Office of the Deputy Minister <ul><li>The Office of Defence and Political Planning in Case of Emergency</li> <li>The Office of Public Relations, of the Press and of Etiquette</li></ul></li> <li>The Office of the Secretary-General <ul><li>The Secretariat <ul><li>The Office of Foreign Affairs, Defence, Policing and Justice</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd><dl><dd><dl><dd><ul><li>Department of Cooperation with the countries of south-eastern Europe</li> <li>Department of European Affairs</li> <li>Department of the <a href="/wiki/Diaspora" title="Diaspora">Diaspora</a></li> <li>Department of Defence and the <a href="/wiki/Aegean_Sea" title="Aegean Sea">Aegean</a></li> <li>Department of Policing and Justice</li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li>The Office of Education, Culture and Citizen Protection</li> <li>The Office of the Economy and Tourism</li> <li>The Office of Infrastructure and the Environment</li> <li>The Office of Administrative Development and e-Governance</li> <li>The Office of the Media</li> <li>The Office of Quality and Efficiency</li> <li>The Office of Facilitation of People with Disabilities</li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li>The Department of Inspection and Coordination of Services</li></ul></dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_leadership">Political leadership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Macedonia_and_Thrace&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Political leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Macedonia_and_Thrace" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Macedonia and Thrace">Minister for Macedonia and Thrace</a></div> <p>Since the <i><a href="/wiki/Metapolitefsi" title="Metapolitefsi">Metapolitefsi</a></i>, there have been twenty Ministers for Macedonia and Thrace from two parties, <a href="/wiki/New_Democracy_(Greece)" title="New Democracy (Greece)">New Democracy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Panhellenic_Socialist_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Panhellenic Socialist Movement">PASOK</a>. The first to assume the post following the fall of the <a href="/wiki/Greek_military_junta_of_1967%E2%80%9374" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek military junta of 1967–74">military junta</a> in 1974 was <a href="/wiki/Nikolaos_Martis" title="Nikolaos Martis">Nikolaos Martis</a>. Stavros Kalafatis served as the last minister before the ministry's abolition upon the <a href="/wiki/2009_Greek_legislative_election" title="2009 Greek legislative election">election</a> of <a href="/wiki/George_Papandreou" title="George Papandreou">George Papandreou</a> in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ministry was re-established on 21 June 2012 after the <a href="/wiki/June_2012_Greek_legislative_election" title="June 2012 Greek legislative election">election</a> of <a href="/wiki/Antonis_Samaras" title="Antonis Samaras">Antonis Samaras</a>, but was again absorbed by the Ministry of the Interior on 27 January 2015 after the <a href="/wiki/January_2015_Greek_legislative_election" title="January 2015 Greek legislative election">election</a> of <a href="/wiki/Alexis_Tsipras" title="Alexis Tsipras">Alexis Tsipras</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Role">Role</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Macedonia_and_Thrace&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Role"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace is responsible for "the development of the border regions of Greece, giving Northern Greece the opportunity to acquire a voice and role in the political and economic processes".<sup id="cite_ref-mathra.gr_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mathra.gr-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In particular, the ministry gathers information regarding the communities that fall under its jurisdiction and proceeds to propose and discuss legislation and policies with 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background: #cedff2;">Administration</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Macedonia" title="Western Macedonia">Western Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Macedonia" title="Central Macedonia">Central Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Macedonia_and_Thrace" title="Eastern Macedonia and Thrace">Eastern Macedonia and Thrace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background: #cedff2;">Economy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agios_Dimitrios_Power_Plant" title="Agios Dimitrios Power Plant">Agios Dimitrios Power Plant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amyntaio_Power_Plant" title="Amyntaio Power Plant">Amyntaio Power Plant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drama_coal_mine" title="Drama coal mine">Drama coal mine</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerakini_mine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gerakini mine (page does not exist)">Gerakini mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympias_mine" title="Olympias mine">Olympias mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piavitsa_mine" title="Piavitsa mine">Piavitsa mine</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_of_Kavala&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Port of Kavala (page does not exist)">Port of Kavala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_of_Thessaloniki" title="Port of Thessaloniki">Port of Thessaloniki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prinos_oil_field" title="Prinos oil field">Prinos oil field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ptolemaida-Florina_coal_mine" title="Ptolemaida-Florina coal mine">Ptolemaida-Florina coal mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skouries_mine" title="Skouries mine">Skouries mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stratoni_mine" title="Stratoni mine">Stratoni mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki_International_Fair" title="Thessaloniki International Fair">Thessaloniki International Fair</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background: #cedff2;">Major cities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki" title="Thessaloniki">Thessaloniki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kavala" title="Kavala">Kavala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kastoria" title="Kastoria">Kastoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serres" title="Serres">Serres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veria" title="Veria">Veria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katerini" title="Katerini">Katerini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edessa,_Greece" title="Edessa, Greece">Edessa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florina" title="Florina">Florina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drama,_Greece" title="Drama, Greece">Drama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naousa,_Imathia" title="Naousa, Imathia">Naousa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kozani" title="Kozani">Kozani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siatista" title="Siatista">Siatista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilkis" title="Kilkis">Kilkis</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cities_in_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Cities in Greece">Other</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background: #cedff2;">Nature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vardar" title="Vardar">Axios River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doiran_Lake" title="Doiran Lake">Doiran Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falakro" title="Falakro">Falakro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallikos_(river)" title="Gallikos (river)">Galikos River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haliacmon" title="Haliacmon">Haliacmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Kerkini" title="Lake Kerkini">Lake Kerkini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Koroneia" title="Lake Koroneia">Lake Koroneia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Orestiada" title="Lake Orestiada">Lake Orestiada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Prespa" title="Lake Prespa">Lake Prespa</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Small_Prespa_Lake" title="Small Prespa Lake">Small Prespa Lake</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Vegoritida" title="Lake Vegoritida">Lake Vegoritida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Volvi" title="Lake Volvi">Lake Volvi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Paiko" title="Mount Paiko">Mount Paiko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nestos_(river)" title="Nestos (river)">Nestos (river)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Olympus" title="Mount Olympus">Mount Olympus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pangaion_Hills" title="Pangaion Hills">Pangaion Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pindus" title="Pindus">Pindus</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pindus_National_Park" title="Pindus National Park">Pindus National Park</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petralona_cave" class="mw-redirect" title="Petralona cave">Petralona cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Struma_(river)" title="Struma (river)">Strymon River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasilitsa" title="Vasilitsa">Vasilitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vermio_Mountains" title="Vermio Mountains">Vermio Mountains</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kato_Vermio" title="Kato Vermio">Seli</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verno" title="Verno">Verno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voras_Mountains" title="Voras Mountains">Voras Mountains</a></li> <li><b>Islands</b>: <a href="/wiki/Thasos" title="Thasos">Thasos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ammouliani" title="Ammouliani">Ammouliani</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; background: #cedff2;">Monuments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agios_Athanasios,_Thessaloniki" title="Agios Athanasios, Thessaloniki">Agios Athanasios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexandrion_(Litochoro)" title="Alexandrion (Litochoro)">Alexandrion (Litochoro)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amphipolis" title="Amphipolis">Amphipolis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lion_of_Amphipolis" title="Lion of Amphipolis">Lion of Amphipolis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasta_Tomb" title="Kasta Tomb">Kasta Tomb</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dion,_Pieria" title="Dion, Pieria">Dion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dion,_Archaeological_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Dion, Archaeological Park">Archaeological Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hellenistic_theatre_of_Dion" title="Hellenistic theatre of Dion">Hellenistic theatre</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Athos" title="Mount Athos">Mount Athos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mieza,_Macedonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Mieza, Macedonia">Mieza</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_Judgement,_Lefkadia" title="Tomb of Judgement, Lefkadia">Tomb of Judgement</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_the_Palmettes" title="Tomb of the Palmettes">Tomb of the Palmettes</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paleochristian_and_Byzantine_monuments_of_Thessaloniki" title="Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki">Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pella" title="Pella">Pella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippi" title="Philippi">Philippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Platamon_Castle" title="Platamon Castle">Platamon Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vergina" title="Vergina">Vergina</a></li> <li><i>Museums </i>: <a href="/wiki/Archaeological_Museum_of_Amphipolis" title="Archaeological Museum of Amphipolis">Archaeological Museum of Amphipolis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aiani_Archaeological_Museum" title="Aiani Archaeological Museum">Aiani Archaeological Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dion,_Archaeological_Museum" title="Dion, Archaeological Museum">Archaeological Museum of Dion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Archaeological_Museum_of_Pella" title="Archaeological Museum of Pella">Archaeological Museum of Pella</a>, <a href="/wiki/Archaeological_Museum_of_Thessaloniki" title="Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki">Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Byzantine_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Museum of Byzantine culture">Museum of Byzantine culture</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center; 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