About the neighborhood
Old town of Thessaloniki, Greece
Upper Town or Ano Poli (Greek: Άνω Πόλη ˈano ˈpoli) is the old town of Thessaloniki and is located around the city's acropolis north of the city center. The neighborhood is known for its well preserved Byzantine and Ottoman era structures and urban design and as a center for Thessaloniki's poets, intellectuals, and bohemians.
Ano Poli is one of the most traditional areas in Thessaloniki. The area preserves much of the Byzantine and Ottoman era city design which was largely destroyed elsewhere in the city in the Great Fire of 1917. It is known for its small stone-paved streets, old squares, and houses in traditional Greek and Ottoman architecture. Ano Poli is the highest part of the city and is dominated by the city's acropolis, a Byzantine and Ottoman era fort known as the Eptapyrgio. What remains of the old city walls still surround Ano Poli and many Ottoman and Byzantine structures such as the church of Profitis Elias, the Church of Saint Nicholas Orphanos, the Taxiarches church, the Byzantine bath, the Church of Saint Catherine, the Vlatades Monastery, the Atatürk Museum, and the Alaca Imaret Mosque still stand in the neighborhood. Other landmarks include the buildings of Karipio Melathro and Villa Varvara.
During the Ottoman period, Ano Poli was the main district for the Turks of the city while Greeks, western Europeans, and Jews lived below around the port.
On clear days Mount Olympus, about 80km (50mi) away across the gulf, can also be seen towering the horizon.
People
Dinos Christianopoulos, writer
Iphigénie Chrysochoou, writer
Anestis Evangelou, poet
Nâzım Hikmet, Turkish poet
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Republic of Turkey
Kostis Moskof, writer
Antonis Sourounis, writer
Giorgos Themelis, writer
Georgios Vafopoulos, writer
Konstantinos Zervas, mayor of Thessaloniki
Gallery
References
Upper Town
"Ano Poli (Upper Town) & Acropolis (Eptapyrgio) - enjoythessaloniki.com". enjoythessaloniki.com. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
Ottoman period Alaca Imaret Mosque
Bey Hamam
Church of Saint Gregory Palamas
Immaculate Conception Cathedral
Government House
Lazarist Monastery
White Tower of Thessaloniki
Yahudi Hamam
Yeni Mosque
Modern period Agias Sofias Square
Alexandreio Melathron
Aristotelous Square
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Ladadika
Stoa Modiano
Thessaloniki railway station
National Theatre of Northern Greece
OTE Tower
Port of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki Concert Hall
Jewish sites Monastir Synagogue
Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki
Allatini Mills
Eleftherias Square
Holocaust Museum of Greece
Stoa Hirsch
Streets Egnatia Street
Nikis Avenue
Tsimiski Street
Vasilissis Olgas Avenue
Villas/Mansions Villa Allatini
Villa Bianca
Villa Mehmet Kapanci
Villa A. Kapanci
Villa Modiano
Villa Mordoch
Villa Petridi
Gategno-Florentin Mansion
Longos Mansion
Moskof Mansion
Stein Mansion
Palataki
State Conservatory of Thessaloniki
Centre for Byzantine Research
Gardens/Parks Seih Sou
Nea Paralia
Pedion tou Areos
Pasha's Gardensel
Marinas Marina Aretsou
Other Labbatoir
Ano Poli
Stoa Malakopi
Mikra British Cemetery
Church of Taxiarches
Museums Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
Atatürk Museum
Museum of Byzantine Culture
Cinema Museum
French Museum of Zeitenlik
Museum for the Macedonian Struggle
NOESIS
Macedonian Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Photography
State Museum of Modern Art
Teloglion Foundation of Art
War Museum
Events Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Thessaloniki International Fair
Thessaloniki International Book Fair
40°38′31″N 22°57′07″E / 40.642°N 22.952°E / 40.642; 22.952
Encyclopedic content adapted from the Wikipedia article on Ano Poli, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
