Roman Forum (Thessaloniki)
Sunken Roman square with colonnaded shops, a vaulted underground arcade, an odeon and a museum.
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This guide to the Roman Forum of Thessaloniki follows the money through a square built for trade, from its shops, storerooms and mint to a carved goddess of victory on a marble pillar nearby. It turns on November eighteen sixty-four, when a French scholar arrived with imperial backing and a plan for the Enchanted Ones. Along the way you'll meet a neighbour who sold chips of marble to tourists. Best heard from the railing above the square, looking down at the southern arcade.
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