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PellaFor other places named Pella, see: Pella (disambiguation). | align="center" colspan="2" | Statistics | Capital: | Edessa | Area: | 2,506 km | Elevation: | Lowest: southeastern part
Highest: northwestern part | Inhabitants: | 138,261(1991) | Population density: | 55.17/km | ISO 3166-2: | GR-61 | FIPS code: | 07 | Car designation: | EE (Edessa) | Code for the municipalities: | xx | Number of provinces: | 3 | Number of municipalities: | 11 | Number of independent communes: | none | Area/distance code: | 11-30-238x0 (030-238x0) | a href="/encyclopedia/List-of-postal-codes-in-Greece" title="List of postal codes in Greece">Postal code | 58x xx | Name of inhabitants: | Pellan sing.
-s pl. | 2-letter abbreviation/HASC: | PL | Website: | www..gr
(also in Greek) | colspan="2" bgcolor="#DEFFAD" | Map | colspan="2" align="center" | Map showing the Pella prefecture within Greece | Pella (Greek: Πέλλα) is one of the 51 prefectures of Greece. Its capital town is Edessa. The city-state of Pella was the palace-capital of ancient Macedon, (now in Greece), removed from the older palace-city of Aigi (Vergina) by king Archelaos, (413–399 BC), who invited the painter Zeuxis, the greatest painter of the time, to decorate it. Archelaos was the host of the Athenian playwright Euripides in his retirement. Euripides Bacchae premiered here, about 408 BC. Pella was the birthplace of Philip II of Macedon and of Alexander the Great, his son. The hilltop palace of Philip, where Aristotle tutored young Alexander, is being excavated. In antiquity, Pella was a port connected to the Thermaic Gulf by a navigable inlet, but the harbor has silted, leaving the site landlocked. Archaeological digs in progress since 1957 have uncovered a small part of the city, which was made rich by Alexander and his heirs. The large agora or market, was surrounded by the shaded colonnades of stoas, and streets of enclosed houses with frescoed walls round inner courtyards. The first trompe-l'oeil wall murals imitating perspective views ever seen were on walls at Pella. There are temples to Aphrodite, Demeter and Cybele, and Pella's pebble-mosaic floors, dating after the lifetime of Alexander, are famous: some reproduce Greek paintings; one shows a lion-griffin attacking a stag, a familiar motif also of Scythian art, another depicts Dionysus riding a leopard. The famous poet Aratus died in Pella c. 240 BC. Pella was sacked by the Romans in 168 BC, when its treasury was transported to Rome. It was then destroyed by earthquake in the 1st century BC; shops and workshops dating from the catastrophe have been found with remains of their merchandise. The city was rebuilt over its ruins, which preserved them. Geography The mountains lie to the north and the southwest especially the Vermio mountains, the Voras mountains to the northwest and the Paiko mountains to the northeast. Pella is bounded with the prefectures of Kilkis to the northeast, Thessaloniki to the east, Imathia to the south, Kozani to the southwest, Lake Vegolitida to the southwestl, Florina to the west and the Republic of Macedonia/FYROM to the north with the district of Brod to the northwest and Gevgeli to the northeast. Agriculture Agriculture is very common to the south and mainly produces fruits. Transportation - GR-1 (old highway), SE
- GR-2, W, SW, Cen., E, SE
- Edessa - Verroia road, S
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