Monument · Modern (1973)

Statue of Alexander the Great

Bijgewerkt 2026Te voet gecontroleerdOn 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)

Periode

Modern (1973)

Locatie

Waterfront, ~15 min walk SE of the White Tower

Toegang

Free (open public monument)

Openingstijden

Always open

Benodigde Tijd

10–15 minutes

Beoordeling

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Geschiedenis

Hoe het ontstond

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.

Wat Je Ziet

Bij een bezoek

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.

Hoe te Bezoeken

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

Beste Tijd

Late afternoon light, or floodlit after dark

Galerij

Bereikbaarheid

Locatie

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

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Goed om te Weten

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

The White Tower is the emblem of Thessaloniki — a 34-metre cylindrical bastion on the waterfront that now holds a museum of the city's history across its spiralling six floors.

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.