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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.
The White Tower of Thessaloniki, built by the Ottomans in 1430 and rebuilt in 1535, [89] has become a symbol of the city. Thessaloniki was the capital of the Sanjak of Selanik within the wider Rumeli Eyalet (Balkans) [101] until 1826, and subsequently the capital of Selanik Eyalet (after 1867, the Selanik Vilayet).
The structure was an octopylon (eight-pillared gateway) forming a triple arch that was built of a rubble masonry core faced first with brick and then with marble panels with sculptural relief. The central arched opening was 9.7 m wide and 12.5 m high, and the secondary openings on other side were 4.8 m wide and 6.5 m high.
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 ...
The Church of Saint Demetrius, or Hagios Demetrios (Greek: Άγιος Δημήτριος), is the main sanctuary dedicated to Saint Demetrius, the patron saint of Thessaloniki (in Central Macedonia, Greece), dating from a time when it was the second largest city of the Byzantine Empire.
The Bedesten of Thessaloniki (Greek: Μπεζεστένι Θεσσαλονίκης) is a historical Ottoman market in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece, built during the reign of Sultan Mehmed II (in around 1455–1459). [1] It is located on Venizelou and Solomou streets, near the Hamza Bey Mosque and the city's old town hall.
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.
The Roman Forum of Thessaloniki is the ancient Roman-era forum of the city, located at the upper side of Aristotelous Square. It is a large two-terraced forum [ 1 ] featuring two-storey stoas , dug up by accident in the 1960s.