Listed 1 sub titles with search on: UNESCO - World Heritage List for wider area of: "THESSALONIKI Prefecture MAKEDONIA CENTRAL" .
THESSALONIKI (Ancient city) MAKEDONIA CENTRAL
Founded in 315 B.C., Thessalonika, provincial capital and seaport, was one of the first bases for the spread of Christianity. Among its Christian monuments are distinguished churches, built in the Greek cross-plan and a three-nave basilica plan. Constructed over a long period, from the 4th to 15th centuries, they thus constitute a diachronic typological series, which had considerable influence in the Byzantine world. The mosaics of the Rotond, Saint-Demetrius and Saint David's are among the great masterpieces of early Christian art.
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