Athens - Thessaloniki (October 2022)
Channel: adis ceman
Date: 2023-04-06

Athens:
Hill of the Nymphs. This small hill about 100 meters in height, located to the north point of the green area making up the south west area of the Acropolis, is very close to the Pnyx.
By the end of the 6th century B.C. the hill was used to by principal assembly of the democracy for their meetings, and by the end of the 4th century B.C. it was linked with the neighboring Hill of the Muses.

Thessaloniki:
It was named after the princess Thessalonike of Macedon, the half sister of Alexander the Great, whose name means "Thessalian victory". Its foundation was in 316/315 B.C.
It is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of Macedonia.

The White Tower of Thessaloniki is a monument and museum on the waterfront of the city of Thessaloniki. The present tower replaced an old Byzantine fortification, known to have been mentioned around the 12th century, that the Ottoman Empire reconstructed to fortify the city's fortress some time after Sultan Murad II captured Thessaloniki in 1430. During the period of Ottoman rule, White tower became a notorious prison and scene of mass executions.

In 1912, as Greece gained control over the city, and the White Tower was substantially remodeled and its exterior was whitewashed. White Tower has been adopted as the symbol of the city.