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A Walk Through Ottoman Salonica

White tower, Thessaloniki © Leandros Papakarmezis / Unsplash

We spoke with Vasiliki Kartsiakli, an archaeologist and co-founder of dot2dot, a Thessaloniki agency designing themed tours of the city, about the traces the Ottomans left in what was, for nearly five centuries, one of the empire’s great cities. Thessaloniki fell to Murad II in 1430, taken from Venetian control in a siege that, Vasiliki… Continue reading A Walk Through Ottoman Salonica

Strolling in ancient Greece

This article originally appeared (in Italian) on Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Traseuropa. Acces the article here: La grecità della Calabria The jeep climbs the slopes of the Aspromonte, leaving behind a cloud of dust. On either side of the vehicle run wild pear trees, clumps of purple heather, yellow cushions of thorny spurge or the… Continue reading Strolling in ancient Greece