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Imathia is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Central Macedonia, within the geographic region of Macedonia. The capital of Imathia is the city of Veroia.
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The entrance to the "Great Tumulus" at Vergina.
Emathia (Macedonia)
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Emathia is an ancient toponym for an area of Lower Macedonia on the Thermaic Gulf between the Pierian range and the Axius. Some ancient geographers give it as the name of a town in the region, or as a
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…1 and Pella Provincial Road 3, is partly built and incomplete. Alexandreia Airport is a military air base. Imathia was named after the historic region Emathia, which was used by several classical authors as a synonym for Bottiaea or even all of Macedon. Important ancient towns in the area of present Imathia…
Telescopic photograph of the Macedonian Mountains from Dion in Pieria. The center peaks are the Pierian Mountains. The main peak of Olympus is to be seen in the left background. This part of the plain was perhaps extant as such in the 5th century BC. It diminishes to the left as the mountains approach the Thermaic Gulf. Xerxes looked for some way to get over this mass into Thessaly behind it.
Aggradation, Axios Delta National Park. Note the sand.
View of the Haliakmon River from a cabin in the Pierian Mountains. The size of the river reflects its impoundment there. The river flows to the right.
View from the Vermio Mountains eastward over the plain.