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Hagios Demetrios

The Church of Saint Demetrius, or Hagios Demetrios, is the main sanctuary dedicated to Saint Demetrius, the patron saint of Thessaloniki, dating from a time when it was the second largest city of the Byzantine Empire. It is part of the site Palaeochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki on the list of World Heritage Sites by UNESCO since 1988.

Located at 40.6388, 22.9476 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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World Heritage Sites in Greece, 630s architecture, 730s architecture, Byzantine sacred architecture, Eastern Orthodox church buildings in Greece, Basilica churches in Europe, Thessaloniki (regional unit), Buildings and structures in Thessaloniki, 7th-century church buildings, Eastern Orthodox church buildings, Christianity in Late Roman Thessalonica, Byzantine churches of Thessalonica, Mosques converted from churches by the Ottoman Empire, Museums in Macedonia (Greece), Visitor attractions in Thessaloniki

Karipeion Melathron

Karipeio Melathro is an Ottoman-period historical building in the center of Thessaloniki, Greece. It is located in the crossroad of Olympiados and F. Dragoumi streets. Its architect is the Italian Vitaliano Pozzeli. Karipio was the official residence of the then Selanik Prefect, who was the political representative of the Ottoman Empire in Macedonia. After Thessaloniki became part of Greece in 1912, the building became a property of the Greek State.

Located at 40.6421, 22.9461 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Ottoman architecture, Ottoman Thessalonica, Buildings and structures in Thessaloniki

Church of Panagia Chalkeon

The Church of Panagia Chalkeon (Greek: Παναγία τῶν Χαλκέων) is an 11th-century Byzantine church in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki.

Located at 40.6368, 22.9437 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Eastern Orthodox church buildings in Greece, Byzantine churches of Thessalonica, World Heritage Sites in Greece, 1028 establishments, 1020s architecture, 11th-century church buildings, Mosques converted from churches by the Ottoman Empire, Former mosques

Atatürk Museum (Thessaloniki)

The Atatürk Museum (Greek: Μουσείο Ατατούρκ, Mousío Atatúrk, Turkish: Atatürk Evi Müzesi, Atatürk House Museum) is a historic house museum in Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. The house is the birthplace of the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who was born here in 1881. It is a three-floor house with a courtyard on 24 Apostolou Pavlou Street, next to the Turkish Consulate.

Located at 40.6358, 22.9545 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Museums in Thessaloniki, Museums in Macedonia (Greece), Historic house museums in Greece, Atatürk Museums, Museums established in 1953, 1953 establishments in Greece

Battle of Thessalonica (380)

The Battle of Thessalonica was fought in the summer or autumn of 380 by Fritigern's Goths and a Roman army led by Theodosius I. Reconstituted after Adrianople, the Eastern Roman army suffered another major defeat. Theodosius retreated to Thessalonica and surrendered control of operations to the Western Emperor, Gratian.

Located at 40.6403, 22.9439 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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380, 4th-century conflicts, Battles involving the Roman Empire, Battles involving the Goths, Late Roman Thessalonica

Heptapyrgion (Thessaloniki)

The Heptapyrgion, modern Eptapyrgio (Επταπύργιο), also popularly known by its Ottoman Turkish name Yedi Kule (Γεντί Κουλέ), is a Byzantine and Ottoman-era fortress situated on the north-eastern corner of the acropolis of Thessaloniki in Greece. Despite its name, which in both languages means "Fortress of Seven Towers", it features ten, and was probably named after the Yedikule Fortress in Constantinople.

Located at 40.644, 22.962 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Thessaloniki, Byzantine military architecture, Castles in Greece, Ottoman Thessalonica, Prisons in Greece, Ottoman fortifications

Thessaloniki Province

Thessaloniki Province was one of the two provinces of Thessaloniki Prefecture of Greece. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipalities Ampelokipoi-Menemeni, Chalkidona, Delta, Kalamaria, Kordelio-Evosmos, Neapoli-Sykies, Oraiokastro, Pavlos Melas, Pylaia-Chortiatis, Thermaikos, Thermi and Thessaloniki. It was abolished in 2006.

Located at 40.6405, 22.9444 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Provinces of Greece

Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki

The city of Thessaloniki in northern Greece, for several centuries the second-most important city of the Byzantine Empire, played an important role for Christianity during the Middle Ages and was decorated by impressive buildings.

Located at 40.6389, 22.9481 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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World Heritage Sites in Greece, Buildings and structures in Thessaloniki, Late Antiquity, Byzantine churches of Thessalonica, Visitor attractions in Thessaloniki, Byzantine Greece

Church of Hosios David

The Church of Hosios David is a late 5th-century church in Thessaloniki, Greece. In Byzantine times, it functioned as the katholikon of the Latomos Monastery, and received a rich mosaic and fresco decoration, which was renewed in the 12th–14th centuries. The surviving examples are of high artistic quality. Under Ottoman rule, the building was converted into a mosque (probably in the 16th century), until it was reconsecrated as a Greek Orthodox church in 1921, receiving its present name.

Located at 40.6418, 22.9523 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Byzantine churches of Thessalonica, World Heritage Sites in Greece, Mosques converted from churches by the Ottoman Empire

Byzantine Bath (Thessaloniki)

The Byzantine Bath of the Upper Town (Greek: Βυζαντινά Λουτρά Άνω Πόλης) in Thesaloniki is the only Byzantine bath that has survived from the middle Byzantine period in Greece. It is located on the Theotokopoulou Street in the Upper Old City of Thessaloniki. The baths date to the late 13th/early 14th century, and functioned continuously until 1940. The original architecture follows the typical conventions of Roman baths, with a frigidarium, tepidarium and caldarium, each with two rooms.

Located at 40.64, 22.9535 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Thessaloniki, Byzantine architecture, Medieval Thessalonica, Bathing

Church of Prophet Elijah (Thessaloniki)

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 the Palaiologan period, but its original dedication is unknown. In Ottoman times, it was known as the Saraylı Mosque, and through a misinterpretation of this name came about its modern dedication to the Prophet Elijah.

Located at 40.6409, 22.9485 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Eastern Orthodox church buildings in Greece, Byzantine churches of Thessalonica, World Heritage Sites in Greece, 14th-century church buildings, Mosques converted from churches by the Ottoman Empire, Former mosques

Church of Saint Catherine, Thessaloniki

The Church of Saint Catherine is a late Byzantine church in the northwestern corner of the old city of Thessaloniki, Greece. The church dates to the Palaiologan period, but its exact dating and original dedication are unknown. From its interior decoration, which survives in fragments and is dated to ca. 1315, it has been suggested that it was the katholikon of the Monastery of Christ Almighty. It was converted to a mosque by Yakup Pasha in the reign of the Ottoman sultan Bayezid II (r.

Located at 40.6432, 22.9442 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Byzantine churches of Thessalonica, World Heritage Sites in Greece, Mosques converted from churches by the Ottoman Empire, 14th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings