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Rotunda of Galerius

Ενημερώθηκε 2026Ελέγχθηκε με τα πόδιαJust north of the Arch of Galerius

A colossal Roman domed rotunda built around 306 AD under the emperor Galerius, later a church and then a mosque, whose interior preserves some of the most important early-Christian mosaics in the world — one of the UNESCO-listed Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki.

The Roman Rotunda of Galerius with its surviving minaret — Rotunda of Galerius · Roman / Early Christian (4th c.)

Περίοδος

Roman / Early Christian (4th c.)

Τοποθεσία

City centre, off Egnatia

Είσοδος

€10 (reduced €5; recently raised, some guides still list €6) · covered by the €15 combined 3-day ticket · free on Greek museum days (6 Mar, 18 Apr, 18 May, last weekend of Sep, 28 Oct)

Ώρες

08:30–15:30 daily, closed Tuesdays

Απαιτούμενος Χρόνος

30–45 minutes

Βαθμολογία

4.6★ · 6,451 κριτικές

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Ιστορία

Πώς δημιουργήθηκε

Built as part of the emperor Galerius's palace complex — probably intended as a mausoleum or temple — it was converted into a Christian church in the late 4th century, when its dome was lined with golden mosaics. Under Ottoman rule it became a mosque, and its minaret still stands, the only one surviving in the city.

Τι Θα Δείτε

Σε μια επίσκεψη

The vast brick dome, the shimmering gold-ground mosaics of saints and architecture high in the cupola, and the lone Ottoman minaret outside.

Πώς να Επισκεφθείτε

A few minutes' walk up from the Arch of Galerius (Kamara). Step-free entry at ground level.

Καλύτερη Ώρα

Midday, when light reaches the upper mosaics

Γκαλερί

Πώς να Πάτε

Τοποθεσία

City centre, off Egnatia · Just north of the Arch of Galerius

Οδηγίες

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Καλό να Ξέρετε

They are late-4th-century gold-ground mosaics in the dome, among the earliest and finest surviving Christian mosaics anywhere.

The Rotunda was a mosque during Ottoman rule; its minaret is the only one left standing in Thessaloniki.

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Roman (early 4th c.)

Arch of Galerius

Known to everyone simply as 'Kamara', this triumphal arch from around 298–303 AD is the natural meeting point of the city. Its piers are carved with reliefs of the emperor Galerius's victory over the Sassanid Persian king Narseh at the Battle of Satala (298 AD), and it once stood on the ceremonial avenue that linked his palace to the Rotunda.

Late Byzantine (c. 1295–1314)

Church of Agios Panteleimon

A well-proportioned Palaiologan church with a central dome and a wraparound ambulatory, set in a planted courtyard just steps from the Rotunda and the Arch of Galerius — the easiest of the UNESCO Byzantine churches to fold into a city-centre walk.

Roman (early 4th c.)

Palace of Galerius

The excavated remains of the emperor Galerius's early-4th-century palace lie open in the middle of lively Navarinou Square, including an octagonal throne hall and mosaic floors. It was the heart of his imperial complex, linked by a ceremonial avenue to the Arch of Galerius and the Rotunda.

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