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The Rotunda of Galerius, also known as the Rotunda of Saint George, is 125 m (410 ft) northeast of the Arch of Galerius at 40°37'59.77"N, 22°57'9.77"E. 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 Rotunda).
Thessaloniki developed rapidly and as early as the 2nd century BC, it had its first walls built, which enclosed and protected the city. The city also came to be an autonomous part of the Kingdom of Macedon, with its own parliament where a King was represented that could interfere in the city's domestic affairs.
Rotunda of Galerius in Thessaloniki. Early – Church of St. George, Sofia is probably completed. 303 – Arch of Galerius in Thessaloniki (Macedonia) is dedicated. [1] 306 – Rotunda of Galerius in Thessaloniki is built. c.310 – Aula Palatina (Basilica of Constantine) at Trier is built. 312–315 – Arch of Constantine in Rome is built.
In 1988, fifteen monuments of Thessaloniki were listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites: [1] [2] City Walls (4th/5th centuries) Rotunda of Saint George (4th century) Church of Acheiropoietos (5th century) Church of St. Demetrios (7th century) Latomou Monastery (6th century) Church of St. Sophia (8th century) Church of Panagia Chalkeon (11th century)
A mosaic of Saint George in Saint Demetrios Church. ... The White Tower of Thessaloniki, built by the Ottomans in 1430 and rebuilt in 1535, [89] ...
The famous Rotunda church in Thessaloniki, Greece. ... Rotunda of st. George in Nitrianska Blatnica was built sometimes around the year 830, ...
The Walls of Thessaloniki (Greek: Τείχη της Θεσσαλονίκης, Teíchi tis Thessaloníkis) are the 4 kilometer-long 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 part of the Ottoman authorities' restructuring of Thessaloniki's urban ...
View of the Heptapyrgion from the south-east. Photo c.1918. The Heptapyrgion is located in the north-eastern corner of the city's acropolis. Although the urban core of the city essentially dates from its foundation by Cassander in 316 BC, the walls that defined the medieval and early modern city, and that are still visible today, date to the late Antiquity, when the Roman emperor Theodosius I ...