Walking in Thessaloniki, Greece ????????: Arch of Galerius and Rotunda, 4K, summer, travel, tourism

Walking in Thessaloniki, Greece ????????: Arch of Galerius and Rotunda, 4K, summer, travel, tourism
The Arch of Galerius (Greek: Αψίδα του Γαλερίου) or Kamara (Καμάρα) and the Rotunda (Ροτόντα) are neighbouring early 4th-century AD monuments in the city of Thessaloniki, in the region of Central Macedonia in northern Greece.
Thessaloniki (Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη), also known as Thessalonica, Saloniki or Salonica is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of Macedonia, the administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace. It is also known in Greek as η Συμπρωτεύουσα (i Symprotévousa), literally "the co-capital", a reference to its historical status as the Συμβασιλεύουσα (Symvasilévousa) or "co-reigning" city of the Byzantine Empire alongside Constantinople.

Thessaloniki is located on the Thermaic Gulf, at the northwest corner of the Aegean Sea. It is bounded on the west by the delta of the Axios. The municipality of Thessaloniki, the historical center, had a population of 325,182 in 2011, while the Thessaloniki metropolitan area had 1,030,338 inhabitants in 2011. It is Greece's second major economic, industrial, commercial and political centre, and a major transportation hub for Greece and southeastern Europe, notably through the Port of Thessaloniki. The city is renowned for its festivals, events and vibrant cultural life in general, and is considered to be Greece's cultural capital. Events such as the Thessaloniki International Fair and the Thessaloniki International Film Festival are held annually, while the city also hosts the largest bi-annual meeting of the Greek diaspora.Thessaloniki was the 2014 European Youth Capital
The city was founded in 315 BC by Cassander of Macedon, who named it after his wife Thessalonike, daughter of Philip II of Macedon and sister of Alexander the Great. An important metropolis by the Roman period, Thessaloniki was the second largest and wealthiest city of the Byzantine Empire. It was conquered by the Ottomans in 1430 and remained an important seaport and multi-ethnic metropolis during the nearly five centuries of Turkish rule. It passed from the Ottoman Empire to the Kingdom of Greece on 8 November 1912. Thessaloniki exhibits Byzantine architecture, including numerous Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments, a World Heritage Site, as well as several Roman, Ottoman and Sephardic Jewish structures. The city's main university, Aristotle University, is the largest in Greece and the Balkans.
Thessaloniki is a popular tourist destination in Greece. In 2013, National Geographic Magazine included Thessaloniki in its top tourist destinations worldwide, while in 2014 Financial Times FDI magazine (Foreign Direct Investments) declared Thessaloniki as the best mid-sized European city of the future for human capital and lifestyle.

El Arco de Galerio (en griego: αψίδα του Γαλερίου o Kamara, en griego: καμάρα) y la Rotonda de Galerio (ροτόντα του Γαλερίου) son monumentos cercanos entre sí de la ciudad de Tesalónica, en la región de Macedonia Central, al norte de Grecia. Ambas estructuras fueron declaradas Patrimonio de la Humanidad en 1988 dentro de la denominación Monumentos paleocristianos y bizantinos de Tesalónica con el código 456-02
Salónica o Tesalónica2​ (en griego, Θεσσαλονίκη, Thessaloníki [θesaloˈnici]3​ o Σαλονίκη, Saloníki) es la segunda ciudad más importante y poblada de Grecia, capital de la periferia de Macedonia Central, y un puerto importante del norte del Egeo en el golfo Termaico. La ciudad tiene una población de 325 182 habitantes censados, y su área metropolitana 1 030 338 habitantes.

Ένα από τα πιο χαρακτηριστικά μνημεία της Θεσσαλονίκης είναι η Θριαμβική Αψίδα του Γαλερίου, γνωστή και ως Καμάρα, που βρίσκεται στην πάνω πλευρά της οδού Εγνατίας και σε μικρή απόσταση από την Ροτόντα. Αποτελεί ένα από τα πιο γνωστά σημεία συνάντησης των κατοίκων και επισκεπτών της πόλης.

Η Καμάρα είναι κτίσμα της εποχής της Ρωμαϊκής «Τετραρχίας» (αρχές 4ου μ.Χ. αιώνα) και αποτελεί το ένα σκέλος (δυτικό) μίας στεγασμένης στοάς, που σχηματιζόταν από αψίδες και τόξα. Κατασκευάστηκε για να τιμηθεί ο Ρωμαίος Αυτοκράτορας Γαλέριος, όταν αυτός επέστρεψε νικητής στην πόλη (περί το 306 μ.Χ.) μετά από πολέμους του κατά των Περσών. Η θριαμβική αυτή αψίδα ήταν τοποθετημένη κάθετα στην αρχαία Εγνατία, που διέσχιζε την πόλη (δυτικά προς ανατολικά) και αποτελούσε μέρος του λεγόμενου Γαλεριανού συγκροτήματος (Ρωμαϊκά Ανάκτορα), που αναπτύσσονταν κύρια νοτιοδυτικότερα, στις σημερινές πλατείες Ναυαρίνου και Ιπποδρομίου.