Rotunda | Thessaloniki | Greece | Things To Do In Greece | Travel Video

Rotunda | Thessaloniki | Greece | Things To Do In Greece | Travel Video

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The Rotunda is one of the most important Roman monuments in Thessaloniki. It is also known as the Church of Agios Georgios. This cylindrical structure was built in 306 A.D. by the Roman Tetrarch Galerius, who intended it to be his grave.

Eventually, Galerius died in 311 A.D. and he was buried in Felix Romuliana, Modern Serbia. In the 4th century A.D., the Byzantine Emperor Constantine I converted it into an Orthodox Church and many frescoes were painted inside.

In the 14th century, the Ottomans occupied Thessaloniki and in 1590, the Rotunda was converted into a mosque. A minaret was added to the building. In 1912, the Greeks deliberated Thessaloniki and Rotunda was converted into an Orthodox Church again.

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