Paralia Thessalonikis Thessaloniki, has many places at which you can walk by the sea. One of the most popular is the one called 'Paralia Thessalonikis' and it is the esplanade that is starting from the beginning of Leoforos Nikis street and reaches a few meters after the White Tower (until the Royal Theater [...]
Pier 1 Thessaloniki Port The Pier 1 of Thessaloniki Port, was remodeled in mild form and handed to the citizens of Thessaloniki in March 2012. Its new appearance made it one of the most favorite destinations of the people who love the city center . The Pier 1 is located almost opposite the Freedom [...]
Valaoritou Area in Thessaloniki Valaoritou, is an area located between the streets Tsemiski, Ionos Dragoumi, Egnatia and Leontos Sofou (see point 2 in the Map bellow). The are has become more popular during the last decade as famous architects in Thessaloniki showed an interest in renovating some of its old buildings and gave [...]
Ladadika Thessaloniki Ladadika, is an old quarter of Thessaloniki opposite one of the port's entrances (see point 1 in the map below). It is located between the streets "Ionos Dragoumi", "Tsimiski", "Salaminos" and "Navarchou Kountouriotou". It is an area that escaped from the flames of the big catastrophic fire that destroyed Thessaloniki's center [...]
Emporiou Square Thessaloniki Today's Commerce Square used to be the conjunction of one of the oldest streets of Thessaloniki which connected the Gate of Gialos, which mean the Gate by the seashore with the Gateof Defterdar Hane which was located next to the White Tower. The road was only a few dozen meters [...]
Governors Square Thessaloniki The Governor's square is located in front of the Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace at the centre of Thessaloniki. The Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace used to be the Governor's building during the late Ottoman period of Thessaloniki and this is how the Square got its name. Nowadays, the Governor's [...]
Rotunda Thessaloniki Rotunda, and the Arch of Galerius are two of the most popular monuments of Thessaloniki. Rotunda, was build during Roman times (approx. 306-308AD). Other say it was build to serve аs a temple for the Olympic god Jupiter or for Cabiri and other say that it was build to become the [...]
Thessaloniki City Walls Thessaloniki city walls, date back to the Thessaloniki's Byzantine times and are of a great archaeological interest. The city walls were build in order to protect the city from attackers from its north side. They were built as an addition to the Roman city walls and more additions plus some [...]
Acheiropoietos Church Thessaloniki Acheiropoietos church, (or else great church of Virgin Mary) dates back to the 5th century (around 431AD) and it is one of the oldest temples of Easter Christianity that has remained a temple through all the years of its existence. As such it is included in Thessaloniki's Unesco World heritage. [...]
Saint Demetrios Church Thessaloniki Saint Demetrios church, is situated on Agiou Dimitriou street in the centre of Thessaloniki close to the Roman Agora. According to various sources, approximately between 303-306AD, a very small private chapel was first built in the position that Saint Demetrios is located today, by the Christians of Thessaloniki in [...]
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