In 1955, a royal decree designated Naousa as a heroic city, honoring the struggle of its inhabitants during the Greek War of Independence.

Naousa is famous for its carnival[3] its ski resort and its wine production, as well as for the archaeological sites discovered at the area of ancient Mieza.

[5] Although no ancient settlement has been identified in the current location of the city itself, numerous archaeological findings at the sites of Kopanos, Hariessa, and Lefkadia date back from the Bronze Age era to the Roman period.

[6] They indicate the presence of an important city (Mieza), where Aristotle's school, an ancient theatre, and several tombs from the Hellenistic period have been found.

[7] Information described in this section is mainly derived from books written by François Charles Hugues Laurent Pouqueville,[8] William Martin Leake,[9] and Basil Nicolaïdes.

In addition, two historical works by the Greek authors, Efstathios Stougianakis[11] and Thomas Bliatkas[12] are exclusively dedicated to Naousa.

The anarchy prevailed in the region and people took refuge in the place of present-day Naousa, from where they could easily see impending dangers, the entire plain lying at their feet.

An important uprising took place in 1705, when a Turkish official arrived with the order to recruit young boys for the Janissary battalions.

Led by the armatoles Zisis Karademos and his two sons, some 100 people raised the flag of rebellion and inflicted blows on the conquerors.

[14] In 1772, Naousa became one of the centers of a conspiratorial movement for a rebellion against the Ottomans, instigated by Sotirios Lefkadios, an agent of the Russian Empire.

The bishops of Edessa, Veria, Servia, Kozani and other cities, decided the formation of military corps with the help of the armatoles.

This situation ended with the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca (1774), which forced the Ottoman Empire to grant many privileges to the Greeks.

[15] A solemn declaration of the revolution was made in the Cathedral with praise, swearing, revolutionary chants and the raising of flags on the towers and gates of the city.

Their attack failed, but on 6 April, after receiving a reinforcement of additional 3,000 men, they finally overcame the Greek resistance and entered Naousa.

Several women preferred to kill themselves by falling with their children into the foamy waters of the Arapitsa waterfall in the Stubanoi site in order to avoid being captured.

The city's population increased significantly following the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) and the subsequent Treaty of Lausanne, when a large number of Greek refugees, originating from Asia Minor, were settled in Naousa.

The large number of workers living in the city constituted a fruitful recruiting ground for Greek Communist Party (KKE).

In January 1949, the Democratic Army of Greece occupied the city for a few days, set on fire and kidnapped residents, especially young women; several prominent citizens were executed.

Naousa is today the largest forest-owning municipality in the country[30] being also surrounded by orchards, producing peaches, apples, cherries and other fruits.

Due to its location, the altitude varies by as much as 150m between the lowest and highest parts of the city, and it reaches nearly 550m in the Saint Nicholas Park.

The annual precipitation of Naousa is typically lower than in western Greece, but it is one of the highest in the Macedonia region, measuring around 710 mm per year.

[31] The wider area of Naousa is famous for the production of high quality peaches, apples, cherries and, most importantly, for its wine.

The hallmark of the city is the 25 meters high Clock Tower, donation of the industrialist Georgios Anastasiou Kirtsis.

With a landscaped flower garden and a lake of approximately 1.5 acres, hosting fish, ducks and swans, it has a commanding view of the plain of Imathia.

[36] The sources of the Arapitsa river are located at Agios Nikolaos, a site characterized by dense vegetation of plane trees, at a distance of only three kilometers from the city center.

The location provides organized sports areas such as volleyball, basketball, tennis, football courts as well as a state-of-the-art indoor swimming pool of Olympic dimensions.