One of the most important Historical monument in the city..Located at the center of thessaloniki..easy transer,close to manyother monuments!
Arch of Triumph of Roman Emperor Galerius... built in 4th century AD. I won't give it bellow 5 stars because it doesn't deserve it. The sculptures are really nice and give u a picture of how Romans viewed the World. But... on one of it's sides it was even painted by graffiti... the ministry of culture needs to take care of this arch at last... last cleaning was in the 90s...ps.. the Rotunda nearby is also worth a visit. It's really one of the most impressive Roman monuments and its well preserved.
Could be quite an attraction if only it was fully described and illuminated. What I knew about it was from a guide book and looking up the history. It is impressive and very "Roman" making a statement to everyone of the military might of Rome. It is worth a few minutes of time. The Rotunda is near by and is under reconstruction. You can probably visit both places in less than an hour.
You cannot say to have been in Thessaloniki without having been here! Simply amazing! You go around in the city centre and you cannot meet this amazing memory from the past many times during the day. It's also meeting point for all the young people before some going out.
Its like nothing else in the world, a symbole of the victory, in Thessaloniki. one of the wonderful places in the centre to meet your friends
Indeed almost into the traffic the arch is right there. Mostly in good repair, but sadly, not a lot of signage with history. For roads, it seems almost in the way and very busy with pedestrians. In other towns, this would be more of a celebrated site, but here it is just there, with little to no respect for the ancient history it has gone through.
The arc of Galerius or Kamara as is known to locals is one of the best preserved roman building in Thessaloniki.Build at the end of 3rd c A.D as part of the roman axis from the palace by the sea up to emperor's mausoleum (Rotonda).Today is also the main meeting place especially among young people.
This monument is over 1700 years old; the structure is almost in good shape ornamented nicely with sculptures depicting the unwritten history.The Arch that was connected to the Rotunda Church survived the earthquakes too; it is planned to be restored within a full project with the Rotunda Church.
One thing that makes this more impressive to me was that it is just there. Right beside a main road in the city centre you walk under this great arch. Disappointed by the graffiti but there was a lot of graffiti on most major archeological sites in thessaloniki. It's easy to walk here from most parts of the city. You can go past it and visit it if you take the hop on hop off bus and if you visit the rotunda you will see.
I´ve visited several arches of imperators in the last years, and I have to say, I liked this one, even so I don´t like Galerius! the Arch is very large, ynd lots of the reliefs are in good shape. But it´s not in an all around good condition, as you see in the pictures. Also it´s standing kind of at a road crossing and is not very idyllic. But it´s aso in the very nice university quarter of the city, so you can have a walk and enjoy a coffee there!