Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Fragments of Byzantine Constantinople hidden in plain sight.
My tour of Byzantine Thessaloniki: youtu.be/pzU3xnCsJVQ

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:28 The late Byzantine city
2:17 The Ottoman city
3:32 Column of Leo
4:15 Column of Marcian
4:50 Forum of Constantine
5:44 Forum of Theodosius
6:38 St. Polyeuctus
7:37 Palace of Antiochus
8:48 "Botaneiates Palace"
9:36 Column of the Goths
10:29 Thessaloniki