Pella, the ancient capital of Macedonia, and the birthplace of Philip II. and Alexander the Great, was situated in the midst of marshes, a few miles NW. of Thessalonica, which stood half-way between it and the head of what is now the Gulf of Saloniki. Its royal castle had wall-paintings by Zeuxis.
Pella
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 16
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