Thessaloniki – Official Start

We arrived at our hotel in Thessaloniki, dropped off our bags, met our guide Emily and set off on a bus and walking tour through the heart of Thessaloniki.
We started at the ruins of the Agora shadowed by the Jewish quarter. There is a rich but tragic history of Jewish involvement in the city with over 70,000 before the holocaust.
The Church of Demetrius is also adjacent to the agora where he was martyred and the church was built a few years later following the edict of Milan.
We followed the ancient ancient walls from 4C AD to the upper city. An amazing view with Mt Olympus the home of the 12 gods over 3kms high over shadowing the port city.
From there we could see the Via Egnatia - the way Paul walked into the city.
Also up there was the Vlatadon Monastery which tradition has as the site of the house of Jason.
We went down to the lower city and traced the Via Egnatia. This identifiable by the Arch of Galerius built over the Via Egnatia in 300AD to celebrate Romes victory over Narses(Narseh), the seventh ruler of the Sassanid (Persian) Empire, in 299 AD..もっと詳しく