![]() ![]() A deep cistern rich in holy water and the sound put the finishing touch on the whole gamut of life that can coexist in the same place.". On the other side is the church of Agioi Apostoloi, which belongs to a Byzantine monastery dedicated to the Virgin. " Still later, however, Ioannou continues, "the lights and raucous laughter vanished, the regiments departed, were tamed and died, the houses were razed, revealing behind all that a marvellous section of Byzantine wall, perhaps the most beautiful. Later, after the marshes had been dried up, the district spread high spirits, debauchery and the diseases of love to armies and fleets. ![]() This was where malaria first spread, with its raging fevers and profound shakes. These marshes gave the famous Bara district its name. Outside the Golden Gate were the inns, flour mills, farm houses and the vast area where they held the trade fair, the Demitria, but also many marshes. The citys two major museums - the Archaeological Museum and the Museum of Byzantine Culture - are handily located side by side near the fairgrounds. Communication with the part of town that lay outside the walls took place through a large double gate, which from Byzantine times was called the Golden Gate, and was something akin to the official gate of the then capital (i.e. The walls going down to the port cut the area almost down the middle. "Before they pulled down the walls", writes novelist Yiorgos Ioannou, "Vardari Square did not exist. The presentation on this page requires Real Player. If he can't make godglass, then we'll put him to work in some other way. PentzikisĮarly 20th century picture postcard with a scene of dancing in the Vardari neighbourhood, 1850-1920, Thessaloniki, G.Megas archive. Perhaps Thessa could get a message out through one of them. Thessaloniki from the 18th to the 20th century
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