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Travel story: Greece

Salonica
Salonica or Thessaloniki as the Greeks call it, the second-largest city of Greece, once was the second-largest city of Byzantium. Its port was the eastern terminal of the Roman Via Egnatia trade route that crossed the Balkans to reach the Adriatic Sea at Durres, now in Albania. Salonica's main avenue is called Via Egnatia.

Salonica was occupied by the Ottoman Turks from 1430 to 1912. The Orthodox religion was tolerated by the Ottoman Muslims in sharp... More

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