Οχύρωση · Byzantine (4th–15th c.)

Byzantine Walls of Thessaloniki

Ενημερώθηκε 2026Ελέγχθηκε με τα πόδιαRinging the upper town and the eastern edge of the centre

Long stretches of the city's late-Roman and Byzantine fortifications still stand, climbing the hillside around Ano Poli and offering some of the finest views in Thessaloniki. The walls are among the UNESCO-listed Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki.

Byzantine stone walls and tower above Thessaloniki — Byzantine Walls of Thessaloniki · Byzantine (4th–15th c.)

Περίοδος

Byzantine (4th–15th c.)

Τοποθεσία

Ano Poli, 15–20 min uphill from the centre

Είσοδος

Free (open site)

Ώρες

Always open

Απαιτούμενος Χρόνος

1 hour combined with an Ano Poli walk

Βαθμολογία

4.5★ · 43 κριτικές

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Ιστορία

Πώς δημιουργήθηκε

The walls took their surviving form in the late 4th century and were repaired and rebuilt through the Byzantine and Ottoman periods. They once enclosed the entire city in a near-continuous ~8 km circuit of land and sea walls, 10–12 m high; the seaward stretch was pulled down in the 1870s to expand the port, but about 4 km of the land walls survive remarkably intact.

Τι Θα Δείτε

Σε μια επίσκεψη

Walk the upper ramparts past towers and gates, with the whole city, the gulf, and Olympus laid out below — especially around the Trigonion Tower and the Eptapyrgio.

Πώς να Επισκεφθείτε

Reachable on foot through Ano Poli or by city bus toward the upper town. The hillside paths are steep and uneven in places.

Καλύτερη Ώρα

Golden hour, when the walls and the gulf glow

Γκαλερί

Πώς να Πάτε

Τοποθεσία

Ano Poli, 15–20 min uphill from the centre · Ringing the upper town and the eastern edge of the centre

Οδηγίες

Άνοιγμα στο Google Maps

Καλό να Ξέρετε

Yes. The walls are an open monument woven through the streets of the upper town, free to walk along at any time.

The stretch around the Trigonion (Chain) Tower at the northeastern corner gives the classic panorama over the rooftops to the sea.

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Church of Agios Nikolaos Orfanos

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