The Walls of Thessaloniki

The Walls of Thessaloniki

The walls of Thessaloniki are the great land and sea fortifications that ringed the Byzantine city, a circuit of close to four kilometres of stone and brick. They stand in their present form from the late fourth to the middle of the fifth century, raised on the line of an earlier late-Roman wall. The defence … Read more

The Eptapyrgio of Thessaloniki

The Eptapyrgio of Thessaloniki

The Eptapyrgio is the acropolis fortress that crowns the Upper Town of Thessaloniki, a citadel of ten towers set into the north-eastern corner of the ancient walls about two hundred metres above the sea. Its Byzantine masonry and its Ottoman gate carry the name Yedi Kule, the seven towers, and its long service as a … Read more