Under fluttering strings of Greek and Byzantine flags, three men raised a party tent on the terrace of the 5th century Osios David church one recent Saturday, hoping it would shelter festivalgoers from the heat that already shrouded the view of Mount Olympus across the gulf. That’s Thessaloniki in a snapshot — a seaside trove of early Christian art and architecture, with echoes of the sacred all around the city, from the mythical mountain home of the ancient Greek gods to the contemporary Orthodox Christian monasticism of Mount Athos. The White Tower, built in the late 15th century as part of the city's defensive walls, stands as the iconic monument of Thessaloniki, Greece, on Saturday, June 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto) Pervasive if more hidden traces of Islam and Juda...
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