Aktualisiert 2026·Zu Fuß geprüft·On the seafront, the city's main square
The grand civic square of Thessaloniki, opening straight onto the waterfront — a sweep of arcaded, monumental architecture that is the city's living room. It was designed by the French architect Ernest Hébrard in 1918, the seafront centrepiece of his plan to rebuild the city after the Great Fire of 1917, though most of the square as it stands was built in the 1950s.
Aristotelous Square · Modern (1918 plan)
Epoche
Modern (1918 plan)
Lage
City centre
Eintritt
Free (public square)
Öffnungszeiten
Always open
Benötigte Zeit
20–30 minutes
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Geschichte
Wie es entstand
It was the centrepiece of French architect Ernest Hébrard's plan to rebuild the city after the 1917 fire, though its elegant buildings were completed over the following decades.
Was Sie Sehen
Bei einem Besuch
The symmetrical arcaded facades, the cafés and the Electra Palace hotel, and the open view over the gulf — a hub for events and people-watching.
Wie man Besucht
Flat, central, and fully step-free.
Beste Zeit
Evening, when the whole city passes through
Galerie
Anfahrt
Lage
City centre · On the seafront, the city's main square
It is the main square of Thessaloniki, designed after the 1917 fire, lined with arcaded cafés and opening directly onto the seafront.
The French architect Ernest Hébrard, who drew it up in 1918 as the centrepiece of the grand replanning of Thessaloniki after the Great Fire of 1917. His sweep of arcaded, monumental architecture — including landmarks like the Electra Palace hotel and the Olympion cinema — frames the axis that runs from the upper town down to the sea.
