Pierian Mountains in the context of "Imathia"

Aegae or Aigai (Ancient Greek: Αἰγαί) was the original capital of Macedon, the ancient kingdom of the Makedones in Emathia in northern Greece. The site is located on the foothills of the Pierian Mountains, between the modern towns of Vergina and Palatitsia, and overlooks the Central Macedonian Plain. The city was abandoned in the 3rd century and was rediscovered in the 19th.

Three major archaeological missions have been carried out at Aegae. The first was led by Léon Heuzey of the French School at Athens in the 1860s; Manolis Andronikos led excavations over a century later and made many important discoveries, including the tomb of Philip II and the Golden Larnax bearing the Vergina Sun; and Angeliki Kottaridi [el] led restoration efforts in the 2000s. Today it is the site of an archaeological site and two museums. Prior to the discoveries at Vergina, Edessa was thought to be the site of Aegae.

Kozani (Greek: Κοζάνη, pronounced [koˈzani]) is a town in northern Greece, capital of Kozani regional unit and of Western Macedonia. It is located in the western part of Macedonia, in the northern part of the Aliakmonas river valley. The city lies 710 metres (2,329 feet) above sea level, 15 kilometres (9 miles) northwest of the artificial lake Polyfytos, 120 km (75 miles) south-west of Thessaloniki, between the mountains Pieria, Vermio, Vourinos and Askio. The population of the Kozani municipality is over 67,000 people. The climate of the area is continental with cold and dry winters, and hot summers.

Kozani is the home of the University of Western Macedonia, with about 15,000 students from all over Greece and other places. It is also the seat of West Macedonia's court of appeal, police department, fire brigade, the seat of the 1st Army Corps of the Hellenic Army and of the Bishop of Servia and Kozani.

Emathia (Greek: Ἠμαθία, romanized: ēmathía) is an ancient toponym for an area of Macedonia on the Thermaic Gulf between the Pierian range and the Axius (Vardar). Some ancient geographers give it as the name of a town in the region, or as a name in alternation with Macedon. In later poetic use, the name may vaguely refer to regions as disparate as Thessaly and Thrace. Etymologically, the homeric name suggests the meaning "sandy." It was used by several classical authors as a synonym for Bottiaea or even all of Macedon. The Imathia regional unit of Greece is named after the historic region's name.

Olympiaki Akti (Greek: Ολυμπιακή Ακτή, also known as Olympic Beach and Olympic Coast) is a village in the Katerini municipality, Greece. It is also still domestically known by its initial name Katerinoskala (Κατερινόσκαλα) which can be literally expressed as "Katerini's staircase".

Olympiaki Akti is a tourist destination and seaside resort suburb (settlement) in the Gulf of Thermaic of the Katerini municipality in the east Pieria province, Greece. It is part of the Olympian Riviera and its namesake beach awarded E.U. Blue Flag with entire sand coastline. It is located 7.5 km from Katerini city, 3 km south of Paralia, 70 km from the city of Thessaloniki, 107 km from Thessaloniki International Airport "Makedonia" (IATA: SKG, ICAO: LGTS), 434 km from Athens, northeast of Pierian Mountains and Mount Olympus. The Olympiaki Akti belongs to Olympus Riviera which is both the Mount Olympus and Pieria region coastal area located about 70klm stretching from the southern region of Pieria, Neoi Poroi to Makrygialos settlement on the north. Olympiaki Akti had a population of 236 inhabitants according to the 2021 census. The settlement Olympiaki Akti has been part of the municipality of Katerini since 1981.