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Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
The Thessaloniki Museum of Photography , located in a cool former warehouse on the port, displays historical and contemporary Greek photography, plus dynamic temporary exhibitions. The small café overlooks the water.
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Napoleon's house
Napoleon's house is where the man himself is said to have stayed incognito with a local family when his ship anchored in Crete for one night in 1798 on the way to Egypt. He apparently left a note revealing his identity.
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Loggia
A little north of the Municipal Art Gallery is the attractively reconstructed 17th-century Loggia, a Venetian version of a gentleman's club, where the male aristocracy came to drink and gossip. It is now the town hall.
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kastro
Looming over the town is the 13th-century kastro. Remarkably, it survived the 1986 earthquake. The entry gate is its most impressive feature. There's not much else to see, but there are good views from the battlements.
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Hill of the Pnyx
The meeting place of the Democratic Assembly in the 5th century BC. Among the great orators who addressed assemblies here were Aristides, Demosthenes, Pericles and Themistocles. The site offers great views over Athens.
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Theatre Museum
Aspiring thespians can visit the Theatre Museum to see memorabilia from the 19th and 20th centuries, including costumes, props and reconstructions of the dressing rooms of Greece's most celebrated 20th-century actors.
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Archaeological Museum
The small Archaeological Museum, on the right-hand side of the street as you descend from the church, has a collection that includes impressive clay pithoi (Minoan storage jars), grave reliefs and sculptures.
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Museum of the History of Greek Costume
Run by the Lyceum of Greek Women, this museum has changing exhibitions from its comprehensive collection of regional costumes, jewellery and accessories. The gift shop sells books on folk culture and handmade crafts.
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Rimondi Fountain
Pride of place among the many vestiges of Venetian rule goes to the Rimondi Fountain with its spouting lion heads and Corinthian capitals, built first in 1588 and rebuilt in 1626 by a rector of the city, A Rimondi.
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Theatral Area
A stairway leads down from the Upper Court to the Theatral Area that was once the staging ground for performances. The seats are at the northern end, and the southern end contains the west facade of the Old Palace.
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Atatürk's House
Atatürk's House , located within the Turkish Consulate grounds, is where the dashing Mustafa Kemal was born in 1881. The museum honours modern Turkey's founder, and has original furnishings and memorabilia.
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New Archaeological Museum
The ticket grants entry to the new archaeological museum, 400m away, which portrays island life from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD. Spectacular floor mosaics under glass are among the highlights here.
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Archaeological Museum
The excellent Archaeological Museum houses a comprehensive collection of area finds. Especially impressive is the large collection of painted grave stelae from the nearby Hellenistic site of Dimitrias.
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Museum of Ancient Greek & Byzantine Instruments
The Museum of Ancient Greek & Byzantine Instruments is an unusual, three-floor museum that displays instruments from antiquity to the 19th century. Excellent multi-lingual museum catalogues are available.
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Archaeological Museum
Not to be missed is the walled cliff-top village of Kastro, 3km from Apollonia. The former capital, it is a magical place of buttressed alleyways and whitewashed houses. It has a small Archaeological Museum .
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City Walls
Iraklio burst out of its city walls long ago, but these massive Venetian fortifications, with seven bastions and four gates, are still very conspicuous, dwarfing the concrete structures of the 20th century.
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New Bouleuterion
To the south of the Temple of Hephaestus was the New Bouleuterion (Council House), where the Senate (originally created by Solon) met, while the heads of government met to the south at the circular Tholos.
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Vikos Gorge
Although it's less well known than the one in Monodendri, Dilofo also has a hiking trail that leads to the Vikos Gorge - if you're a glutton for punishment and want more walking, then start the hike here.
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kazarma
Towering over the town is the kazarma (from 'casa di arma'), which was a garrison under the Venetians. The only remains of the wall that once protected the town, the site is now used as an open-air venue.
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Museum of Greek Folk Art: Man & Tools
As the name suggests, this museum takes a historical journey through a well-displayed collection of tools and machinery, spread out in a warren of small rooms in a stately early 19th-century Plaka house.
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Loggia
A major town landmark is the 16th-century Loggia, a Venetian version of a gentleman's club. It was once a meeting house for Venetian nobility, and is now a museum shop selling good-quality reproductions.
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Hellenic Maritime Museum
This expansive museum brings Greece’s maritime history to life, with models of ancient and modern ships, seascapes by some of Greece’s greatest 19th- and 20th-century painters, and guns, flags and maps.
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Fortress of Trikala
It is worth a wander up to the gardens surrounding the restored Byzantine. An adjacent café-bar overlooks the town. Walk 400m up Sarafi from the central square and look for the sign pointing right.
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Chapel of Profitis Ilias
The old Turkish quarter of Varousi is a fascinating area of narrow streets and fine old houses with overhanging balconies. About 200m up the hill from Varousi, you'll find the Chapel of Profitis Ilias.
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Archaeological Museum
Lamia's frourio (fortress) is worth the hike just for the views. Within it is the Archaeological Museum , which displays finds from Neolithic to Roman times, including some Hellenistic children's toys.
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