Aventuras a Pie (de Página)This paragraph contains an embedded YouTube video. In this video we explore the main Roman and Hellenistic ruins in Thessaloniki.
Thessaloniki was an imperial capital during the Tetrarchy and suffered an important construction boom, where several of the structures arrived to our days.
Edessa (or Ancient Edessa) was the first capital of ancient Macedonia and was founded by the Argead clan, to which Alexander the Great belonged.
However, this city in Greece is much more known for a more recent phenomenon, a series of impressive waterfalls that fall at the edge of the city.
In this video we explore the waterfalls and their history.
Platamon Castle is a Crusader castle in northern Greece with a violent history and many changes of hands.
In this video, we explore her inside and her story in detail.
In this video, we explore a good part of its walls, including the history of its predecessors, the Hellenistic wall and the Roman wall.
Paleochora is a deserted medieval village, above a mountain and full of churches, which makes it very similar to the most famous Mistra.
In this video we explore the village, its churches and tell its story.
We explore inside and outside the Trigoniou tower in the walls of Thessaloniki.
Eptapirgio is a Byzantine fortress on the acropolis of Thessaloniki and was the last line of defense of the city.
However, the Greeks know it much more as a prison with inhumane conditions where people were tortured and killed.
The Rotonda of Thessaloniki is one of the best-preserved buildings of the Roman Empire that has come to our days.
In this video, we tell its story as well as explore it inside.
In this video, we tell the story of the goddess/nymph as well as the history of the sanctuary.
In this video, we explore it inside.