Monument · Modern (1973)

Statue of Alexander the Great

Mis à jour 2026Vérifié à piedOn the seafront at the foot of Leoforos Megalou Alexandrou

A monumental bronze of Alexander the Great astride his horse Bucephalus, sword drawn, on the Nea Paralia seafront. Erected in 1973 and unveiled in 1974, the work of sculptor Evangelos Moustakas, it stands six metres tall — eleven with its plinth — one of the largest equestrian statues in Greece, flanked by his sarissas (spears) and a row of shields.

The bronze equestrian statue of Alexander the Great on his horse Bucephalus on the Thessaloniki seafront, with the gulf behind — Statue of Alexander the Great · Modern (1973)

Période

Modern (1973)

Emplacement

Waterfront, ~15 min walk SE of the White Tower

Entrée

Free (open public monument)

Horaires

Always open

Temps Nécessaire

10–15 minutes

Note

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Histoire

Comment c'est né

Sculpted by Evangelos Moustakas, erected in 1973 and inaugurated on the waterfront on 30 August 1974 (Saint Alexander's name day), the statue honours the Macedonian king after whom the wider region and countless local institutions are named. The accompanying spears and shields evoke the Macedonian phalanx that carried Alexander's empire to the edge of the known world.

Ce Que Vous Verrez

Lors d'une visite

The dynamic pose of horse and rider against the open gulf, the cluster of tall bronze sarissas beside it, and the sweep of the promenade — a natural pairing with a waterfront walk toward the Umbrellas.

Comment Visiter

Flat, step-free seafront promenade, a level walk from the White Tower; fully accessible.

Meilleur Moment

Late afternoon light, or floodlit after dark

Galerie

S'y Rendre

Emplacement

Waterfront, ~15 min walk SE of the White Tower · On the seafront at the foot of Leoforos Megalou Alexandrou

Itinéraire

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Bon à Savoir

On the seafront promenade at the foot of Leoforos Megalou Alexandrou, about a 15-minute walk southeast of the White Tower toward the New Waterfront.

The bronze of Alexander on Bucephalus stands around six metres tall and rises much higher on its marble plinth, making it one of the largest equestrian statues in Greece. It was sculpted by Evangelos Moustakas and unveiled in 1974 (erected the year before, in 1973).

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The steel Umbrellas sculpture by Zongolopoulos on the Thessaloniki waterfront, silhouetted against a golden sunset over the gulf

Modern (1997)

The Umbrellas

A cluster of stainless-steel umbrellas striding up out of the boardwalk into the sky — George Zongolopoulos first showed the work at the 1995 Venice Biennale and installed this 13-metre version on the waterfront in 1997, the year Thessaloniki was European Capital of Culture. It is now the emblem of the redesigned New Waterfront and the city's single most photographed modern landmark, especially at sunset.

Ottoman (15th c.)

White Tower

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Modern (1962)

Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki

The leading museum of Macedonian antiquity, famous for its Hellenistic gold — including the dazzling Derveni Krater and the Derveni papyrus, a 4th-century-BC scroll that UNESCO's Memory of the World register lists as the oldest surviving book in Europe.