The Byzantine empire lasted from 330 to 1453, when Thessaloniki fell to the Turks. Here: early Christian art (4-7th centuries).
Church of St Demetrius, mostly destroyed in the 1917 fire.
Bare-vaulted tomb, 4th century. Scene of a family cult of the dead, and symbolic motifs.
Burial complex from a cemetery in the west of Thessaloniki, first half of the 4th century. In the entrance of the antechamber of a vaulted tomb was a table…
Cemetery finds.
Middle byzantine (7-9th centuries) church sculpture.
Middle byzantine (7-9th centuries) church sculpture.
Late Byzantine period. Virgin Hodegetria, ca. 1400.
Post-Byzantine era (after the fall of Constantinople to the Turks, 1453). Scenes from the old testament, 1677-1682.
St Soyridon, mid 18th century (from an area under Venetian influence).
17-19th centuries.
Bracelets with cloisonné enamel decoration, 9-10th centuries.
Here: early Christian art (4-7th centuries).