Part of the walk along the Heptapyrgion in Thessaloniki. The Heptapyrgion, also popularly known by its Ottoman Turkish name Yedi Kule, is a Byzantine and Ottoman-era fortress situated on the north-eastern corner of the acropolis of Thessaloniki in Greece.
Part of the walk along the Heptapyrgion in Thessaloniki. The Heptapyrgion, also popularly known by its Ottoman Turkish name Yedi Kule, is a Byzantine and Ottoman-era fortress situated on the north-eastern corner of the acropolis of Thessaloniki in Greece.
Part of the walk along the Heptapyrgion in Thessaloniki. The Heptapyrgion, also popularly known by its Ottoman Turkish name Yedi Kule, is a Byzantine and Ottoman-era fortress situated on the north-eastern corner of the acropolis of Thessaloniki in Greece.
Part of the walk along the Heptapyrgion in Thessaloniki. The Heptapyrgion, also popularly known by its Ottoman Turkish name Yedi Kule, is a Byzantine and Ottoman-era fortress situated on the north-eastern corner of the acropolis of Thessaloniki in Greece.
Inscription in marble block from the Library of Pantainos built by Flavius Pantaenus in about A.D. 100 and situated just south of the Stoa of Attalos in the Ancient Agora of Athens. The inscription reads "No book shall be taken out, since we have sworn it. It will be open from the first hour until the sixth."
The Castle of Kavala dominates the top of the peninsula, where the old city is built. During the Byzantine period and later, repeated reconstruction works and fortification repairs were made by the Byzantines, Venetians and Turks. The castle/fortress in its current form was built in the first quarter of the 15th century, relying on the foundatio...