Thessaloniki, Greece, Arch, wood engraving 1898

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Thessaloniki, Greece, Arch of Triompje, wood engraving 1898 This is an authentic wood engraving, taken from a German periodical with a printed text on the back. It is not a modern reproduction. Size of the image: 22 x 15 cm. Thessaloniki ( Greek : Θεσσαλονίκ�· , Thessalonica , or Salonica is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of Macedonia , the nation's largest region . It is honorarily called the Συμπρωτεύουσα Symprotevousa (lit. co-capital) of Greece, as it was once called the συμβασιλεύουσ�± symbasilevousa (co-queen) of the Byzantine Empire . The Thessaloniki Urban Area is the largest city in the wider geographical region of Macedonia . According to the 2001 census, the municipality of Thessaloniki had a population of 363,987 Thessaloniki is Greece's second major economic, industrial,commercial and political centre, and a major transportation hub for the rest of southeastern Europe; its commercial port is also of great importance for Greece and its southeast European hinterland. It has been traditional for the country's Prime Minister to set out his government's policies for each coming year in a speech at the annual Thessaloniki International Trade Fair . (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) Wood engraving is a relief printmaking technique, engraving in the medium of wood . It is different from the older technique read more