Museum of Photography / Thessaloniki

Warehouse A in the Port of Thessaloniki, Greece. 

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Hagia Sofia / Thessaloniki

Domed Basilica dating from C8 AD and included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1988. Built with alternating bands of white masonry and brick, with an Ottoman minaret added when it was used as a mosque. Thessaloniki, Greece.

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The interior mosaics and paintings arose over several centuries, the Ascension scene in the dome said to be from C9, although restored in 1980 after the 1917 fire and 1978 earthquake. Thessaloniki, Greece. 

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Aristotelian Theatre / White Tower

The theatre building is owned by the Society for Macedonian Studies. The historic White Tower is owned by the Ministry of Culture. Thessaloniki, Greece.

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Street seller / Thessaloniki

Young Romani street seller, café on Egiptou St., Thessaloniki, Greece. 

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Sunburst / Wall light

Wall light in a Thessaloniki hotel room. The sunburst symbol has been a feature of the region since at least C6 BC. Macedonia, Greece. 

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Aristotle / by Giorgos Georgiadis

Detail of bronze sculpture portraying Aristotle, by Giorgos Georgiadis (b.1934, Maroussi, Athens). Aristotle was born 384 BC in Macedonia, to which he returned c.342 BC in order to teach Alexander the Great. Aristotelous Square, Thessaloniki, Greece. 

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Graffito / Filippou

Stenciled graffito on wall in Filippou St., Thessaloniki, Greece. 

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Public Art / Sokratous Rd

2013 mural by Apset, Live2, Nade & Nastwo. Part of the 4th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art. Organised by Urban Act and KMST. In Sokratous Road, Thessaloniki, Greece. 

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Rotunda / Model

Model of the Rotunda of Galerius. Cast metal, located in the grounds of the Rotunda, near south entrance. Thessaloniki, Greece. 

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Rotunda / Interior

Round temple built early C4 AD, commissioned by Roman emperor Galerius. In the early years of the Byzantine era, when the building was adapted for Christianity, an apse was added to the eastern side. Also, decorative mosaics were applied to walls and dome. Thessaloniki, Greece. 

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ROTUNDA / ΡΟΤΟΝΤΑ

Built early C4 AD, probably as a temple for pagan worship or as a mausoleum for Constantine the Great. Nearly 30m high and with walls 6.3m thick, commissioned by emperor Galerius. Soon converted to Christian worship during the Byzantine era, then to a mosque during the Ottoman era. After the 1912 liberation it was dedicated to St George, although the minaret was retained [source: local signage]. Thessaloniki, Greece.

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Arch of Galerius / (Kamara)

Built c.299-303 AD at the behest of Roman emperor Galerius to commemorate victory over the Sassanid Persians in 298 AD. Brick-covered masonry core, each pillar clad with marble sculptures depicting victory scenes and symbols of the power of the Roman 1st Tetrarchy. Thessaloniki, Greece. 

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Street Art / by Disorder

Street art on the theme of the cycle of life, by Disorder, 2014. Situated southeast of the State Theatre of Northern Greece, Thessaloniki. 

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Central Circle / Fountain Xarhakos

Fountain in the public park known as Garden YMCA (Πάρκο ΧΑΝΘ), Thessaloniki, Greece. 

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'On Isso Battle' / by V Moustakas

Relief sculpture illustrating the Battle of Issus. Part of the Alexander the Great monument, 1974, by V Moustakas. Thessaloniki, Greece.

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Sarissas / Shields

Part of the Alexander the Great monument, 1974, by V Moustakas. Sarissas were long spears used by Macedon phalanxes. According to the sculptor, symbols of Medusa — a snake, an eagle, a hawk, a bull — were emblems of Alexander's military forces. In background, the Thermaic Gulf. Thessaloniki, Greece.

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Alexander the Great / by V Moustakas

Monument to Alexander the Great, 1974, by Vagelis Moustakas (b.1930 Piraeus). Showing Alexander III of Macedon riding Bucephalus, bronze on marble plinth, 6.15m high, 11m with base, installed at Nea Paralia near the White Tower. Thessaloniki, Greece. 

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White Tower / Thessaloniki

Built late C15 on the site of an earlier Byzantine tower. Ceded to the Ministry of Culture in 1984, its restoration received a Europa Nostra prize in 1988. Now used for exhibitions, the tower has become a symbol of the City of Thessaloniki, Greece. 

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Norwegian Embassy / Panel

Coade stone panel on the Grade I listed 25 Belgrave Square, Embassy of Norway. One of two pieces, depicting the themes of agriculture and the arts respectively. Nearby plaque indicates their date as 1796 and that in 1968 they were re-sited here from the former Danish - Norwegian Consulate at 20-21 Wellclose Square, Stepney. City of Westminster, London.

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47 Denyer St / SW3

Mid-C19 erstwhile public house, Grade II listed when it was the Shuckburgh Arms. Three storeys and cellar, brick-built with stucco quoins and dressings. At corner of Milner Street and Denyer Street, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London.

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Cadogan Hall / Looking up

Architect: Robert Fellowes Chisholm, 1907, in a Byzantine-Italian style using Portland stone ashlar. Originally as a New Christian Science Church, re-purposed as a concert hall in 2004. Grade II listed. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London. 

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Clabon Mews / SW

Clabon Mews to the south of Milner Street, where many properties have been rebuilt, typically with basement expansion. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London. 

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St Columba's / Pont St

Architect: Sir Edward Maufe, 1955, replacing the church destroyed in WW2. Portland stone and green tiles, with a distinctive bell roof on the tower. A landmark of Pont Street, Grade II listed. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London. 

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35-37 Donne Place / SW3

Donne Place is typical of the houses built in the streets off Blacklands Lane — now Draycott Ave. — in the mid 19th century [source: 'Settlement and building: From 1680 to 1865, Chelsea Park to Blacklands', in A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 12, Chelsea, ed. Patricia E C Croot (London, 2004), pp. 51-60. British History Online www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol12/pp51-60 accessed 6 April 2018]. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London. 

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Jumeirah Carlton Tower / SW1

Architect: Michael Rosenauer, 1961. Renowned Knightsbridge hotel with 17-storey tower and 9-storey wing, clad in Portland stone. Restoration and extension by Colwyn Foulkes. Cadogan Place, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London. 

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3-7 Milner St / SW3

Attractive terrace of four-storey houses built using stock brick with stucco frontages. Likely to have had ground-floor commercial use from when they were built c.1865. Number 3 now converted to full residential. Within the Chelsea Conservation Area, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London. 

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Cadogan Hall / Tower

Architect: Robert Fellowes Chisholm, 1907, in a Byzantine-Italian style using Portland stone ashlar. Originally as a New Christian Science Church, re-purposed as a concert hall in 2004. Grade II listed. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London. 

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UTC / Ebury Centre

Architects: Sheppard Robson, 2018 (work in progress). The brick-clad building will be a new University Technical College for 14-18 year olds. The 1898 school building it replaced is pictured here... There is also a 10-storey residential block under development. City of Westminster, London. 

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6 Cadogan Gate / SW1

Stucco-finished house, with mansard roof and arched sash windows, facing Cadogan Gate. At the end of a terrace of mews houses that would have been built at the same time (c.1879) as the grand red-brick mansions of Cadogan Square, just visible to left. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London. 

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St Peter's Eaton Sq / Organ

Architects: Braithwaite Partnership, 1991. Organ by Kenneth Jones & Associates, 1993. Eaton Square, City of Westminster, London. 

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