Old and New Thessaloniki
Late Roman and early Byzantine ruins in the city center of Thessaloniki
New houses walking down from Ano Poli district
Through Kapani covered market
Locked and abandoned places below the Kastra (castle)
Yamounti Hammam, an Ottoman-era building
New districts aside Aristotelous Square
Old districts along Thessaloniki’s waterfront
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Radial symmetries
When feeling in danger, octopuses spread out their arms, pump water through their siphon and exhibit phosphorescent pigments. Octopuses are animals with bilateral symmetry, despite these postures make them looking like radial. “My” octopus did not ink, maybe it was not so frightened after all.
Sedentary marine tube worms quickly retract their colorful bristles (visible) in their calcareous tube (not visible). Despite their exposed, radial head, they are bilateral annelids
Sea anemones are true radial animals. This anemone belongs to the Actinaria subclass
Sea urchins (Echnoidea) are true radial symmetry animals
A runaway octopus with its usual pigmentation
This sea anemone belongs to the Spirularia subclass
Sea stars (Asteroidea) are true radial animals. This specimen is crawling through a bed of peacock tail’s algae.
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The Arc of Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus, Emperor of Rome in Thessaloniki, capital of Central Macedonia, Greece
A small christian orthodox chapel above Klimataria beach, Sithonia, Greece
Veranda of an abandoned hotel in Porto Koufo
The Rotunda of Galerius with its 1,600 year old cupola decorated with mosaics from Byzantium era.
Beach umbrella and beds in Tourkolimnionas beach
A Byzantine fountain in the crypt of Agios Demetrios Basilica in Thessaloniki
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Modern Greeks
Sunday morning 7am at the Greek Orthodox Church, bells across our street.
Waiting for thirsty tourists for breakfast at the Beach bar
Every evening a new show: her balcony in front of the only place in town
Boys playing the bouzouki at the beach, such lucky chance!
Ugly and tasteful vegetables of Sikias
Pelagic Greek – from Ancient Greek Ï€Îλαγος (pélagos), meaning ‘open sea’
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