Thessaloniki & Northern Greece
Thessaloniki brings Roman streets, Early Christian and Byzantine monuments, Ottoman traces, a long waterfront and an influential food culture together at the crossroads of northern Greece.
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Fifteen protected monuments make Thessaloniki one of the clearest records of Byzantine urban life.
UNESCO describes Thessaloniki, founded in 315 BCE, as a provincial capital and sea port whose Early Christian and Byzantine monuments were built from the fourth through the fifteenth centuries. The serial World Heritage property brings together fifteen monuments, including the Rotunda, the church of Saint Demetrius and the church of Hosios David. Their architecture, frescoes and mosaics show the city's long influence across the Byzantine world and reward a connected route rather than a checklist of isolated stops.
Story source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre · Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of ThessalonikaKnow the gateway behind the destination.
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