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Church of Hosios David
A late 5th-century church, once part of a monastery. Many surviving elements of the Byzantine decoration are of high artistic quality, especially the 5th-century apse mosaic the Icon of Christ of Latomos. Under Ottoman rule, the building was converted into a mosque.
The Church of Hosios David is a late 5th-century church in Thessaloniki, in the Central Macedonia region of Greece. During Byzantine times, it functioned as the katholikon of the Latomos Monastery, and was adorned with rich mosaic and fresco decoration, which was renewed in the 12th–14th centuries. The church is dedicated to David the Dendrite. Many surviving elements of the Byzantine decoration are of high artistic quality, especially the 5th-century apse mosaic the Icon of Christ of Latomos.
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Vlatadon Monastery
A monastery built in the 14th century.
A 14th-century church. Fragments of the church's original wall paintings survive.
Agios Demetrios
Constructed in the mid-7th century on the ruins of a Roman bath complex, in honor of Demetrius, a Roman officer who was imprisoned and martyred here in 303 AD. An earlier small church, built on the site of martyrdom, burned down during the earthquake of 620 and a new large basilica was erected at expenses of Leontius, the Byzantine prefect of Illyricum and the Bishop of Thessaloniki. The new church of S. Demetrios became one of the most famous centres of pilgrimage for Orthodox Christians until its Muslim conversion in 1492. In the Great Fire of Thessaloniki of 1917 the basilica was gutted. The work of restructuring the church lasted fifty years. Most of the ancient mosaics in the western wall and in the inner central aisle survived the heat from the fire.
A 14th-century church, particularly worth a look for its well-preserved frescoes. See if you can spot one of the turtles in the garden.
Ancient Agora
Excavations and an interesting museum underneath.
Πύργος Τριγωνίου
There is an observation deck just outside the tower, offering great views of the city.