Vestingwerk · Ottoman (15th c.)

Trigonion Tower

Bijgewerkt 2026Te voet gecontroleerdNortheastern corner of the upper walls

A massive cylindrical artillery tower at the corner of the city walls — built by the Ottomans late in the 15th century to mount cannon after their conquest, and known in Ottoman times as the Chain Tower. The Trigonion is the classic viewpoint over Thessaloniki's rooftops and the sweep of the Thermaic Gulf.

The round Trigonion Tower on the ramparts above Thessaloniki — Trigonion Tower · Ottoman (15th c.)

Periode

Ottoman (15th c.)

Locatie

Ano Poli, ~20 min uphill

Toegang

Free (exterior viewpoint)

Openingstijden

Always open

Benodigde Tijd

20–30 minutes

Beoordeling

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Geschiedenis

Hoe het ontstond

Built in the late 15th century to mount cannon and strengthen the corner of the fortifications, it is also called the Chain Tower after the Turkish 'Zincirli Kule'.

Wat Je Ziet

Bij een bezoek

The bulky round tower itself and, above all, the panorama — the most photographed view in the city, particularly at sunset.

Hoe te Bezoeken

On foot through Ano Poli; benches and cafés sit nearby.

Beste Tijd

Sunset

Galerij

Bereikbaarheid

Locatie

Ano Poli, ~20 min uphill · Northeastern corner of the upper walls

Routebeschrijving

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Goed om te Weten

It is the city's favourite sunset viewpoint, with the gulf and rooftops spread out below and cafés a few steps away.

A massive cylindrical artillery tower at the northeastern corner of the Byzantine city walls, built by the Ottomans late in the 15th century to mount cannon after their 1430 conquest — known in Ottoman times as the Chain Tower. It forms part of the walls that are among the city's UNESCO-listed monuments, at the top of Ano Poli.

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Byzantine stone walls and tower above Thessaloniki

Byzantine (4th–15th c.)

Byzantine Walls of Thessaloniki

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 / Ottoman

Heptapyrgion

The 'Fortress of Seven Towers' — which despite its name has ten — crowns the acropolis of Thessaloniki, a walled citadel that guarded the city's highest ground before spending nearly a century, from the 1890s to 1989, as its most feared prison. It held political prisoners through the turbulent 20th century and lives on in old rebetiko songs by its Ottoman name, Yedi Kule.

Byzantine (early 14th c.)

Church of Agios Nikolaos Orfanos

A small church of around 1310–1320 in the upper town whose interior is covered, almost wall to wall, with exceptionally well-preserved Palaiologan frescoes — spared because, unusually among the city's Byzantine churches, it was never turned into a mosque under Ottoman rule, so its walls were never plastered over.