Wandering Anew in Byzantine Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki, the second most important city of the Byzantine Empire after Constantinople, experienced periods of great prosperity, which, among other things, resulted in monuments that profoundly shaped the evolution of Byzantine culture. This book reveals the Byzantine face of the city to the visitor, a distant but tangibly present layer in the modern metropolis; however, it also provides comprehensive information about the Roman and Ottoman monuments that are encountered when walking around the city. Long out of print, the book is being republished, enriched with new routes and references to some newer monuments, which bear witness to the once large and prosperous Jewish community of Thessaloniki, contributing to a better understanding of how the city functioned and its identity. The newly revised edition incorporates the results of extensive research carried out on the monuments of all historical periods of the city since 1997, when the book was first published. The lavish illustrations that accompany the descriptions of the monuments, the topographical maps that guide the reader through their walks, the elegant and informative presentation of the material and the user-friendly format make the book an ideal ‘companion’ while wandering the streets of Thessaloniki, inviting readers on a captivating journey through space and time.