White Tower of Thessaloniki

The White Tower of Thessaloniki is a monument and museum on the waterfront of the city of , capital of the in northern .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: fortified tower
  • Also known as: “Lefkos Pyrgos, Thessalonike”, “Leukos Pyrgos”, “White Tower”, and “White Tower (Thessaloniki)”
  • Wheelchair access: no
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Royal Theatre and National Theatre of Northern Greece.

Theater building
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The of Thessaloniki is the seat of the National Theatre of Northern Greece and one of the institution’s winter stages. It is located at 2, 30 October Avenue in White Tower Square in and has a capacity of 683 seats. is situated 160 metres southeast of White Tower of Thessaloniki.

Theater building
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is a theater building, which is situated 130 metres east of White Tower of Thessaloniki.

Museum
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The Museum for the Macedonian Struggle is located in the centre of the city in , . It occupies a neo-classical building designed by the renowned architect Ernst Ziller and built in 1893. is situated 640 metres northwest of White Tower of Thessaloniki.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Louloudadika and Ladadika.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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is the name of a historic district and a landmark area of the city of , . It is located near the Port of Thessaloniki and for centuries was one of the most important marketplaces of the city.

Neighborhood
Saranta Ekklisies or 40 Ekklisies is a neighbourhood in , . It is located next to the . It was created in the 1920s during the Greek-Turkish population exchange by Greek refugees from the city of in Eastern Thrace.

White Tower of Thessaloniki

Latitude
40.62633° or 40° 37′ 35″ north
Longitude
22.94838° or 22° 56′ 54″ east
Open location code
8GG4JWGX+G9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 730026417
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q550576
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Urdu—“White Tower of Thessaloniki” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Սպիտակ աշտարակ (Սալոնիկ)”
  • Armenian: “Սպիտակ աշտարակ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Salonikin Bəyaz qalası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Salonikinin Bəyaz qalası”
  • Bashkir: “Аҡ ҡәлғә”
  • Belarusian: “Белая вежа”
  • Bulgarian: “Бяла кула”
  • Catalan: “Torre Blanca (Tessalònica)”
  • Catalan: “Torre Blanca”
  • Chinese: “塞萨洛尼基白塔”
  • Czech: “Bílá věž v Soluni”
  • Czech: “Bílá věž”
  • Dutch: “Witte Toren”
  • Esperanto: “Blanka Turo de Tesaloniko”
  • Finnish: “Valkoinen torni”
  • French: “tour blanche”
  • French: “Tour blanche”
  • German: “Weißer Turm”
  • Greek: “Λευκός Πύργος”
  • Hebrew: “המגדל הלבן”
  • Hungarian: “Fehér torony”
  • Italian: “Torre Bianca di Salonicco”
  • Japanese: “ホワイトタワー”
  • Korean: “레프코스 피르고스”
  • Ladino: “La Kula Blanka de Selanik”
  • Ladino: “La Kulá Blanka de Selanik”
  • Macedonian: “Бела кула”
  • Malay: “Menara Putih Thessaloniki”
  • Portuguese: “Torre Branca de Tessalônica”
  • Portuguese: “Torre Branca”
  • Romanian: “Turnul Alb din Salonic”
  • Russian: “Белая башня”
  • Serbian: “Бела кула”
  • Slovak: “Biela veža”
  • Slovenian: “Beli stolp, Solun”
  • Spanish: “Torre Blanca de Tesalonica”
  • Spanish: “Torre Blanca de Tesalónica”
  • Spanish: “Torre Blanca”
  • Thai: “หอคอยขาวแห่งเทสซาโลนีกี”
  • Turkish: “Beyaz Kule”
  • Ukrainian: “Біла вежа”
  • Urdu: “تھیسالونیکی کا سفید مینار”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bust of Takis Kanellopoulos and Πάρκο Εθνικής Αμύνης- Παύλου Μελά.

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