Thessaloniki, also known as Thessalonica, Saloniki or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece, with over 1 million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of Macedonia, the administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace. It is also known in Greek as η Συμπρωτεύουσα (i Simprotévousa), literally "the co-capital", a reference to its historical status as the Συμβασιλεύουσα (Simvasilévousa) or "co-reigning" city of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire, alongside Constantinople.
Thessaloniki is located on the Thermaic Gulf, at the northwest corner of the Aegean Sea. It is bounded on the west by the delta of the Axios. The municipality of Thessaloniki, the historical center, had a population of 325,182 in 2011, while the Thessaloniki Urban Area had a population of 824,676 and the Thessaloniki metropolitan area had 1,030,338 inhabitants in 2011. It is Greece's second major economic, industrial, commercial and political centre; it is a major transportation hub for Greece and southeastern Europe, notably through the Port of Thessaloniki. The city is renowned for its festivals, events and vibrant cultural life in general, and is considered to be Greece's cultural capital. Events such as the Thessaloniki International Fair and the Thessaloniki International Film Festival are held annually, while the city also hosts the largest bi-annual meeting of the Greek diaspora. Thessaloniki was the 2014 European Youth Capital.
The city of Thessaloniki was founded in 315 BC by Cassander of Macedon and was named after his wife Thessalonike, daughter of Philip II of Macedon and sister of Alexander the Great. An important metropolis by the Roman period, Thessaloniki was the second largest and wealthiest city of the Byzantine Empire. It was conquered by the Ottomans in 1430 and remained an important seaport and multi-ethnic metropolis during the nearly five centuries of Turkish rule. It passed from the Ottoman Empire to Greece on 8 November 1912. It is home to numerous notable Byzantine monuments, including the Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as well as several Roman, Ottoman and Sephardic Jewish structures. The city's main university, Aristotle University, is the largest in Greece and the Balkans.
Thessaloniki is a popular tourist destination in Greece. In 2013, National Geographic Magazine included Thessaloniki in its top tourist destinations worldwide, while in 2014 Financial Times FDI magazine (Foreign Direct Investments) declared Thessaloniki as the best mid-sized European city of the future for human capital and lifestyle. Among street photographers, the center of Thessaloniki is also considered the most popular destination for street photography in Greece.
GPS: 40° 39′ 0″ N, 22° 54′ 0″ E
Credits:
This scenery has been extracted from Google Maps, hence all 3D credits goes to Google.
This scenery has been generated with the Google Earth Decoder tool (credits to /u/Jonahex111):
https://www.reddit.com/r/FS2020Creation/comments/j3faaj/google_earth_decoder_now_userfriendly/
Addon history:
v1.0: initial release
v1.1: reduced package size
v1.2: fix elevation issues near the center
Installation:
Extract both thalixte-thessalonique1, thalixte-thessalonique2, thalixte-thessalonique3 and thalixte-thessalonique4 folders into the Community folder.
If you want to donate, you will always be welcome to help me continue with more projects and update the existing ones https://paypal.me/Thalixte.
5 months ago
tasosth
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Thalixte
Vaskarf
Have you considered Santorini?
1 years ago
It would be cool, but a scenery already exists.
1 years ago
Thalixte
carlos
Wow, I can't believe how smooth flying in this city is. It is the smoothest where I've flown. You rock man!
1 years ago
carlos
Perfect!
2 years ago
dafymoto
Can you please update compatiblity for SU8? That would be great! 😊
2 years ago
Of course, but what is the problem with SU8 ?
2 years ago
Thalixte
AegeanGermany
Thank you for this amazing work 😊 Thats so nice, and i have no Performance Problems.... Can you to this for Heraklion ( Iraklio ) or Chania ?
3 years ago
Patrick1899
I thing is missed the area of Thessaloniki International Fair? Or I do something wrong?
3 years ago
Solomonfaro
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Thalixte
earthdog
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nikos_f3n
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stelios78
3 years ago
JiannisCamel
hope you have a solution for me!
Which tool do you use to edit the Google Maps data, I would like to familiarize myself with it.
my wife is from greece and i want to add her hometown to the MSFS.
3 years ago
ChrissBitt
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Thalixte
eksa
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Thalixte
Panos