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Acheiropoietos ChurchThessaloniki Downtown, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia
The Church of the Acheiropoietos (Greek: Παναγία Ἀχειροποίητος) is a 5th-century Byzantine church in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. It is located in the city's centre, at Agias Sofias street opposite...
View MoreAgia Ekaterini ChurchThessaloniki Downtown, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia
The Church of Saint Catherine, Agia Ekaterini or Aikaterini (Greek: Αγία Αικατερίνη) is a late Byzantine church in the northwestern corner of the old city of Thessaloniki, Greece. The church dates to the Palaiologan...
View MoreAgia Sofia ChurchThessaloniki Downtown, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia
The Agia Sofia (Holy Wisdom) in Thessaloniki, Greece, is one of the oldest churches in that city still standing today. It is one of several monuments in Thessaloniki included as a World Heritage Site on the UNESCO list. Since...
View MoreAgioi Apostoli ChurchThessaloniki Downtown, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia
The Church of the Holy Apostles (Greek: Ἅγιοι Ἀπόστολοι) is a 14th-century Byzantine church in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki.As evidenced by remnants of a column to the south of the church and a cistern...
View MoreAgios Dimitrios ChurchThessaloniki Downtown, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia
Other magnificent mosaics, recorded as covering the church interior, were lost either during the four centuries when it functioned as a mosque (1493–1912) or in the Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917 that destroyed much of the...
View MoreAgios Nikolaos Orphanos ChurchThessaloniki Downtown, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia
The Church of Saint Nicholas Orphanos (Greek: Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Ὀρφανός) is an early 14th-century Byzantine church in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki.The church's name, "Saint Nicholas the Orphan",...
View MoreAgios Panteleimon ChurchThessaloniki Downtown, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia
The Church of Saint Panteleimon (Greek: Ναός Αγίου Παντελεήμονα) is a late Byzantine church in Thessaloniki, Greece, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.The church lies in the eastern part of the old city, near...
View MoreArch of GaleriusThessaloniki Downtown, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia
Arch of Galerius, stands on what is now Egnatia & Dimitrios Gounari Street. The arch was built in 298 to 299 AD and dedicated in 303 AD to celebrate the victory of the tetrarch Galerius over the Sassanid Persians and capture...
View MoreByzantine BathThessaloniki Downtown, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia
The Byzantine Bath of the Upper Town (Greek: Βυζαντινά Λουτρά Άνω Πόλης) in Thesaloniki is one of the few and best preserved of the Byzantine baths that have survived from the Byzantine period in Greece....
View MoreChrist Saviour ChurchThessaloniki Downtown, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia
Church of the Saviour (Greek: Ναός του Σωτήρος) is a 14th-century (app 1350) Byzantine church in Thessaloniki, Greece. The Church of Christ Saviour, is located very close to Galerius Arch and Rotunda and it is...
View MoreLatomou MonasteryThessaloniki Downtown, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia
The Church of Hosios David (Greek: Όσιος Δαβίδ) also referred to as the Latomou Monastery and Suluca Mosque, is a late 5th-century church in Thessaloniki, Greece. In Byzantine times, it functioned as the katholikon of...
View MoreMunicipal Art Gallery of ThessalonikiThessaloniki Downtown, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia
The Municipal Art Gallery of the Municipality of Thessaloniki in Central Macedonia, Greece was founded in 1966 as an offshoot of the Municipal Library. Since 1986 it has been housed in the Villa Mordoch on Vassilissis Olgas Avenue,...
View MorePalatial Complex of GaleriusThessaloniki Downtown, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia
The palace complex of Galerius Maximianus was built in ca. 300 A. D. to become the administrative and religious center of Roman Thessaloniki. The Rotonda, the Arch of Galerius, the Palace, the Octagon and the Hippodrome are its...
View MorePanagia Chalkeon ChurchThessaloniki Downtown, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia
The Church of Panagia Chalkeon is an 11th-century Byzantine church in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. The church is located at Dikastirion Square, north of the Via Egnatia at the point where it crosses the Aristotelous...
View MoreProfitis Ilias ChurchThessaloniki Downtown, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia
The Church of Prophet Elijah (Greek: Ναός Προφήτη Ηλία) is a 14th-century church in Thessaloniki, Greece, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.The church is located in the upper quarter of the old city, and dates to...
View MoreRotunda of GaleriusThessaloniki Downtown, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia
The Rotunda of Galerius is 125m northeast of the Arch of Galerius. It is also known (by its consecration and use) as the Greek Orthodox Church of Agios Georgios, and is informally called the Church of the Rotunda (or simply The...
View MoreState Museum of Contemporary ArtThessaloniki Downtown, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia
The Thessaloniki State Museum of Contemporary Art (Greek: Κρατικό Μουσείο Σύγχρονης Τέχνης) is a state museum based in Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. It was founded in 1997, at the occasion...
View MoreVlatades MonasteryThessaloniki Downtown, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia
Vlatades Monastery or Vlatadon Monastery (Greek: Μονή Βλατάδων) is a monastery in Thessaloniki, Greece. Built in the 14th century during the late Byzantine Empire, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Source: wikipedia.org
View MoreWalls of ThessalonikiThessaloniki Downtown, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia
The Walls of Thessaloniki are the city walls surrounding the city of Thessaloniki during the Middle Ages and until the late 19th century, when large parts of the walls, including the entire seaward section, were demolished as...
View MoreWhite TowerThessaloniki Downtown, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia
Through Filikis Etairias Street, where visible sections of the rampart and triangular cantilevers of the main wall are preserved, we reach the White Tower, at the meeting point between the marine and eastern land wall. The White...
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