Thessaloniki, Greece

Rotunda of Galerius

Rotunda of Galerius, Thessaloniki

A massive domed cylinder built around the year 306 as part of the emperor Galerius's palace complex. Later a Christian church and then an Ottoman mosque, it preserves rare early golden mosaics beneath one of antiquity's great surviving domes.

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Location

Coordinates: 40.63333, 22.95292

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