Arch of Galerius and Rotunda

The Arch of Galerius and the Rotunda are neighboring mid fourth century AD landmarks in the city of Thessaloniki, in the area of Central Macedonia in northern Greece. The Arch of Galerius stressed the intensity of the head and connected the great structures with the texture of fourth century Thessaloniki. The curve was made out of a stone work center looked with marble sculptural boards commending a triumph over the Sassanid Persians. Around 66% the curve is saved. The building was utilized as a congregation for more than 1,200 years until the point that the city tumbled to the Ottomans.

In 1590 it was changed over into a mosque, called the Mosque of Suleyman Hortaji Effendi, and a minaret was added to the structure. It was utilized as a mosque until 1912, when the Greeks caught the city amid the Balkan War. Greek Orthodox authorities reconsecrated the structure as a congregation, and they cleared out the minaret. The structure was harmed amid a tremor in 1978 yet was consequently reestablished. Starting at 2004, the minaret was all the while being settled with platform. The building is presently a recorded landmark under the Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities of the Greek Ministry of Culture, in spite of the fact that the Greek Orthodox Church approaches the congregation for different merriments.