The Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917 destroyed two thirds of the city of Thessaloniki, the second-largest city in Greece, leaving more than 70,000 homeless. The fire burned for 32 hours and destroyed 9
Aftermath of the fire
The fire as seen from the Thermaic Gulf.
Thessaloniki (Selânik) in the late 1800s, when it was part of the Ottoman Empire.
Aristotelous Plateia
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Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917
…The Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917 (Greek: Μεγάλη Πυρκαγιά της Θεσσαλονίκης, 1917) destroyed two thirds of the city of Thessaloniki, the second-largest city in Greece, leaving more than 70,000 homeless. The fire burned for 32 hours and destroyed 9,500 houses within an extent of 1…
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Tower of Thessaloniki panoramio
Thessaloniki Heptapyrgion northeastern wall from the inner yard
Galerius Arch