Walls of Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki Municipality, Greece

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The Walls of Thessaloniki are a 4-kilometer circuit of Byzantine fortifications surrounding the city, originally built around 390 CE and incorporating sections of a late 3rd-century predecessor. Constructed in the typical late Roman style of alternating ashlar masonry and brick bands, they defended Thessaloniki from the early Byzantine period through the late 19th century, when Ottoman authorities demolished large sections, including the entire seaward defenses, as part of urban restructuring. The northern walls adjoin the acropolis, a separately fortified enclosure that contains the Heptapyrgion (Seven Towers), known in Turkish as Yedi Kule. In 1988, the walls were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of Thessaloniki's Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments, recognized for their outstanding Byzantine architectural significance.

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Byzantine architecture

Type: geographical feature, city walls
Heritage: part of UNESCO World Heritage Site, archaeological site in Greece
Place: Thessaloniki Municipality, Greece

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