Pella (Greek: Πέλλα) is a town in the Pella municipality in the Pella regional unit of Macedonia, Greece. Pella is built on a hill at a distance of one kilometre from the road Thessaloniki - Edessa and the archeological site of ancient Pella, and 7 km from Giannitsa. The community of Pella has an area of 30.09 km, and a population of 2,050 inhabitants (2021). The municipal unit covers 113.819 km.
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Pella (Greek: Πέλλα) was an ancient city located in Central Macedonia, Greece. It served as the capital of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon starting from 4th century BC up until the Roman conquest in 168 BC. Currently, it is located 1 km outside the modern town of Pella.
Pella was probably founded at the beginning of the 4th century BC by Archelaus I as the new capital of Macedon, supplanting Aigai, which still remained the burial place for the kings and the royal family. Pella was the birthplace of Philip II in 382 BC, and of Alexander the Great, his son, in 356 BC. Pella quickly became the largest and richest city in Macedonia and flourished particularly under the rule of Cassander and Antigonus II. In 168 BC the city was sacked by the Romans during the Third Macedonian War and entered a long period of decline, its importance eclipsed by that of the nearby Thessalonica.