Thessaloniki

The White Tower of Thessaloniki is a cylindrical stone tower monument and museum in the city of Thessaloniki.  Constructed by the Ottomans in the 15th Century, it was originally built to help defend the city’s harbour and replaced an older Byzantine structure. However, the White Tower of Thessaloniki later gained a far more sinister reputation when it became an infamous prison and the scene of executions during the Ottoman period.The tower is part of the city walls and part of the UNESCO site the Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki.

Unesco: Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki
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Date: April 17

Galerius Arch

The Arch of Galerius is certainly among the most distinctive monuments in Thessaloniki. The Roman Emperor Galerius ordered its construction so that a road running through this arch would connect it to his palace. The Arch of Galerius had a masonry symbolism with marble sculptural panels emphasizing on the power of the emperor. The arch was constructed to celebrate the victory of Galerius over the Sassanid Persians.

Unesco: Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki
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Date: Sept 5

Thessaloniki

Mountain Olympus view from Thessaloniki, a Greek port city on the Thermaic Gulf of the Aegean Sea. Evidence of Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman history remains, especially around Ano Poli, the upper town. Much of the city center was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1917. The rebuilt 20th-century city has a modern European layout.
Mount Olympus is the highest mountain in Greece. It is located in the Olympus Range on the border between Thessaly and Macedonia, about 80 km southwest from Thessaloniki.

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Date: Sept 21