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LIMNOU<br />
OU<br />
AZI<br />
G<strong>EN</strong>I<br />
I<br />
ICHA<br />
EOS<br />
ROKORDATOU<br />
SOU<br />
AMPELONON<br />
DOU<br />
STIRIOU<br />
TSONTOU<br />
14<br />
FANARIOU<br />
SKEPARNI<br />
VITSI<br />
GIANNITSON<br />
MAZARAKI<br />
MINOTAVROU<br />
IDOM<strong>EN</strong>IS<br />
ZARIFI<br />
LITOUS<br />
AFX<strong>EN</strong>TIOU<br />
1 st walk:<br />
ELEFTHERIAS<br />
KOLETTI<br />
SOKRATOUS<br />
DIMOSTH<strong>EN</strong>OUS<br />
ACHELOOU<br />
KILKIS<br />
PLATONOS<br />
KALLITHEAS<br />
FRIXOU<br />
CHALKIDOS<br />
KOUT<br />
VOTSI<br />
DAMOUL<br />
UNESCO BYZANTINE MONUM<strong>EN</strong>TS<br />
KRITIS<br />
MESOCHORIO<br />
FRYZI<br />
DOXATOU<br />
OIKONOMOU<br />
LIMNOU<br />
KAMELIAS<br />
CHALKOKONDYLI<br />
SAMOUIL MONACHOU<br />
AGATHONOS<br />
KAMPANI<br />
MARGAROPOULOU<br />
9.<br />
View of the<br />
eastern walls<br />
of <strong>Thessaloniki</strong>.<br />
MICHALA<br />
M<strong>EN</strong>ELAOU<br />
STAVROU<br />
KATECHAKI<br />
KOROVANGOU<br />
LIM. NOSON<br />
KOLETTI<br />
CEMETERY<br />
KALLITHEAS<br />
ARITIS<br />
RIGA FERAIOU<br />
KOLONIARI<br />
PAPATHANASIOU<br />
BARKOPOULOU<br />
BALOGLOU<br />
SEKERI<br />
ALIAKMONOS<br />
TSORLINI<br />
MANTZAROU<br />
PIGASOU<br />
GEORGIOU<br />
KEFALLINIAS<br />
FA<br />
ILIOUPOLEOS<br />
REGKOUKOU<br />
PIPSOU<br />
LIGDON<br />
MOUSCHOUNTI<br />
VOUTYRA<br />
STATHMOU<br />
ERMIONIS<br />
CHATZITSIROU<br />
DERMET<br />
MONASTIRIOU<br />
KYRILLOU PATR.<br />
KAPATOU<br />
IVANOF<br />
GALANAKI<br />
PAPATHANASIOU<br />
KARIOFYLLI<br />
TYROLOI<br />
TYROLOIS<br />
APOLLONIADOS<br />
LANGADA<br />
KALOU<br />
DRAGOUMANOU<br />
ANAG<strong>EN</strong>NISEOS<br />
KORYDALLOU<br />
SAPFOUS<br />
FINTIA<br />
KAVAKION<br />
SANTAROZA<br />
ANEROM<strong>EN</strong>IS<br />
BOROU<br />
NTEKA<br />
KAZANTZAKI<br />
DAMONOS<br />
ARKADIOUPOLEOS<br />
AFRODITIS<br />
FANEROM<strong>EN</strong>I<br />
STOURNARA<br />
<strong>EN</strong>OTIKON<br />
EIRINIS<br />
DIOS<br />
POLYZOIDI<br />
AISOPOU<br />
THALIAS<br />
14 AGIOS NIKOLAOS p. 44). During the Venetian Rule<br />
[SAINT NICHOLAS] (1 st half of the 15 th c.) there<br />
ORPHANOS CHURCH were efforts to boost it in the<br />
light of the Turkish threat; this<br />
It was built in the 1310s, AXIOS is why certain scholars support<br />
as a dependency of Vlatadon that the Trigoniou Tower (see p.<br />
Monastery and it served as a 45) and the White Tower (see p.<br />
monastery main church. GALANOPOULOU<br />
Within 24) were built during that period.<br />
the same grounds there used SQ.<br />
XIROKRINI<br />
In the following centuries, the<br />
to be an orphanage at earlier Turks completed reinforcement<br />
times – hence the name works in various places. DIMOKRATIAS The<br />
“Orphanos” [meaning Orphan]. wall inscriptions describe VARDARI the<br />
It is an aisleless timber-roofed<br />
SQ.<br />
interventions and restorations<br />
church sided by an ambulatory RAILWAY STATION that took place over time. The<br />
forming the shape “Π”. SQ. walls followed the shape of an<br />
The 14 th c. murals inside are irregular trapezium and ended<br />
true masterpieces depicting to the west in Vardariou Tower<br />
scenes of Dodekaorto [the (see p. 59) and to the east in<br />
Twelve major religious feasts the White Tower (see p. 24),<br />
of the year], of the Passion reaching a total length of 7 km.<br />
of Christ, the Resurrection and After 1870, demolition of the<br />
the Liturgical Cycle as well as seafront walls as well as of parts<br />
figures of saints; the monument<br />
OLD RAILWAY of the western and eastern walls<br />
is considered as STATION one of SQ. the began, in order to sanitise the<br />
best preserved in <strong>Thessaloniki</strong>. plains and also to expand the<br />
It is surrounded by lush and city. Today there are 3 remaining<br />
serene gardens.<br />
km of city walls (mainly on Ano<br />
Poli, see p. 42); their height<br />
ranges from 8.30 to 10.50 m.<br />
and their width may measure<br />
up to 4.50 m, making them<br />
an impressive monument and<br />
one of great archaeological and<br />
cultural value.<br />
PAPADIMA<br />
15 CITY WALLS<br />
<strong>Thessaloniki</strong> was walled<br />
immediately after it was<br />
founded by Cassander; in<br />
390 AD a series of largescale<br />
changes took place by<br />
Theodosius I. In the Byzantine<br />
times a harbour was constructed<br />
(in the SW part) and the<br />
Acropolis wall was raised (see<br />
9<br />
KREMASTIS<br />
STEFANAKI<br />
FARMAKI<br />
VAKCHOU<br />
TANTALOU<br />
ODYSSEOS<br />
PROMITHEOS<br />
SAPFOUS<br />
ODYSSEOS<br />
KALVOU<br />
ZEFYRON<br />
PAPARIGOPOULOU<br />
KARATZA<br />
Note: To get a complete<br />
picture of the town’s Byzantine art<br />
monuments make sure you visit<br />
the Museum of Byzantine Culture<br />
(see p. 26 and p. 71).<br />
MOUSHOUNTI<br />
SQ.<br />
AGIOU DIMITRIOU AGIOU<br />
IFAISTIONOS<br />
OLYMPOU<br />
GLADSTONOS<br />
MAVILI<br />
PINIOU<br />
FILOTA<br />
DANAIDON<br />
FRANGON<br />
PALAMA<br />
POLYTECHNIOU<br />
SOUTSOU<br />
SELEFKIDON<br />
TANTALIDI<br />
SOURI<br />
ORPHANIDI<br />
ANTIGONIDON<br />
DODEKANISOU<br />
OLYMPIOU<br />
DIAMANTI<br />
NAVM.<br />
KARATASOU<br />
KOUNTOURIOTI<br />
TON<br />
SYNGROU<br />
KRYSTALI<br />
CHAPSA<br />
KYPRION<br />
AGONISTON<br />
SQ.<br />
AMVROSIOU<br />
PTOLEMAION<br />
VALAORITI<br />
SALAMINOS<br />
OUGKO<br />
7.5<br />
VAIOU<br />
AVEROF<br />
PANGAIOU<br />
ZALIKI<br />
EMPORIOU<br />
SQ.<br />
4.1<br />
PINDOU<br />
DOXIS<br />
AXIOU<br />
TOSITSA<br />
OLYMPOU<br />
IOUSTINIANOU<br />
AIGYPTOU<br />
5<br />
KATOUNI<br />
7.3<br />
VOTSI<br />
KARBOLA<br />
CHALKEON<br />
1 ARISTOTELOUS<br />
SQUARE<br />
SOLOMOU<br />
VLALI<br />
ASKITOU<br />
ERMOU<br />
ARISTOTELOUS<br />
VAS. IRAKLEIOU<br />
6.2 6.5<br />
6.1 6.3<br />
MITR. G<strong>EN</strong>ADIOU<br />
TSIMISKI<br />
KOMNINON<br />
KALAPOTHAKI<br />
3.1<br />
ELEFTHERIAS<br />
SQ.<br />
3<br />
4<br />
7<br />
7.4<br />
PE<br />
ARCHAIAS<br />
AGORAS<br />
SQ.<br />
6.4<br />
<strong>Thessaloniki</strong>’s central square<br />
is one of the largest and most<br />
impressive in Greece, and<br />
a bustling place twenty four<br />
hours a day. It is one of the<br />
few sections of the Hébrard<br />
Committee urban plan, which<br />
came to be realised after the<br />
1917 fire, although it became<br />
fully shaped in as late as the<br />
early 1960s. It is a square<br />
on the seafront, with a 100<br />
m. opening, that affords an<br />
amazing view of the Thermaic<br />
Gulf and the Olympus massif.<br />
The monumental style of<br />
architecture is shown in the<br />
buildings’ facades, colonnades,<br />
arcades and porticos, which<br />
combine elements from the<br />
AMYNTA<br />
DIMOSTH<strong>EN</strong>OUS<br />
BALANOU<br />
OS<br />
7.2 7.2<br />
7.1<br />
6.6<br />
M<strong>EN</strong>ELAOU<br />
AGIA<br />
THEODORA<br />
NIKIS<br />
AV<br />
DELMOUZOU<br />
IDON<br />
FILIPPOU<br />
KASTRITSIOU<br />
MITROPOLEOS<br />
PLOUTARCHOU<br />
STAVROU<br />
SONIDOU<br />
MODI<br />
MAKRYGIANNI<br />
AG.<br />
ATHANASIOS<br />
PRASAKAKI<br />
AG. SOFIAS<br />
SQ.<br />
TATI<br />
IKTINOU<br />
PROX.<br />
KOROMILA<br />
OU<br />
PATR. IOAKEIM<br />
VOGATSIKOU<br />
city’s Byzantine tradition<br />
with European interwar<br />
period motifs. The square is<br />
landmarked by two identical<br />
concave buildings: Electra<br />
Palace hotel (late sixties) -<br />
built by GNTO architects -<br />
on the west side, and Olympion<br />
on the east side, which was<br />
progressively erected and<br />
completed by the late fifties<br />
(designed by J. Moshé)<br />
and is now the seat of the<br />
<strong>Thessaloniki</strong> Film Festival<br />
(see p. 108).<br />
MUST SEE:<br />
1.1 Aristotelous Street.<br />
Pedestrianised historic<br />
boulevard, that ends in Egnatia<br />
Street (see p. 34). According<br />
to the Hébrard plans, it would<br />
LASSANI<br />
LOUI<br />
PALAION PATRON GERMANOU<br />
2 nd walk:<br />
HISTORIC C<strong>EN</strong>TRE (1)<br />
TRADITIONAL COMMERCIAL C<strong>EN</strong>TRE<br />
1.1<br />
6.7<br />
6.8<br />
1.2<br />
1 2<br />
MITR. IOSIF<br />
CHR. SMYRNIS<br />
YPAPANTI<br />
MICHAIL IO.<br />
SVOLOU<br />
OUS<br />
ISAVRON<br />
MORK<strong>EN</strong>TAOU<br />
GOUNARI<br />
PANAGIA<br />
KALARI<br />
AG<br />
SYNTRIVANI<br />
SQ.<br />
DELIOU<br />
IPPODROMIOU<br />
AG.<br />
ANTONIOS<br />
FOKA<br />
FANARIOTON<br />
SQ.<br />
NIKIS<br />
NIKIFOROU<br />
15<br />
ETHNIKIS A<br />
AG.<br />
NAVARINOU KONSTANTINOU<br />
SQ.<br />
FILIKIS ETAIR
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