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Walk Thessaloniki in 1200

AI rebuilds Thessalonica (Thessaloniki) street by street, and you walk through it in your browser.

Historic Places, Rebuilt · City walk

Byzantine Thessalonica, 1200

Thessalonica in 1200 stands as the Byzantine Empire's great second city, its stone walls rising from the Thermaic Gulf to the citadel on the heights. The walk moves from the harbour and seaside walls through the Via Egnatia, past the Rotunda and Hagia Sophia to Hagios Demetrios and the autumn fair where foreign traders gather.

34 scenes — 21 streets, squares and views, 13 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Thessaloniki as it stood in 1200 (“History of Thessaloniki”).

The route, scene by scene

  1. 1. Thermaic Gulf Approach
  2. 2. Skaptos Limen
  3. ↳ Shipwright's Slip Hall · interior
  4. 3. Seaside Walls
  5. 4. Sea Gate
  6. 5. Arch of Galerius
  7. 6. Via Egnatia
  8. 7. Roman Forum (Agora)
  9. ↳ Imperial Mint Workshop · interior
  10. 8. Rotunda
  11. ↳ Rotunda's Mosaic Dome · interior
  12. 9. Panagia Chalkeon
  13. 10. Hagia Sophia
  14. ↳ Hagia Sophia Upper Galleries · interior
  15. 11. Acheiropoietos
  16. ↳ Acheiropoietos Stone Nave · interior
  17. 12. Silk-Weavers' Quarter
  18. ↳ Silk Weaver's Loom Room · interior
  19. 13. Market on Via Egnatia
  20. ↳ Covered Market Hall · interior
  21. 14. Quay Warehouses
  22. ↳ Quay Warehouse Hold · interior
  23. 15. Jewish Quarter
  24. ↳ Synagogue Prayer Hall · interior
  25. 16. Road to Hagios Demetrios
  26. 17. Hagios Demetrios Forecourt
  27. ↳ Saint Demetrios' Crypt · interior
  28. ↳ Marble Nave of Hagios Demetrios · interior
  29. 18. Saint Demetrios Fairground
  30. 19. Eastern Wall and Gate
  31. 20. Acropolis Slope
  32. ↳ Palace Staircase Hall · interior
  33. 21. Heptapyrgion Citadel
  34. ↳ Citadel Audience Hall · interior