Agora at Thessalonica

Agora at Thessalonica, looking south

Agora at Thessalonica

Agora at Thessalonica, looking south

Roofed Colonnade at Thessalonica

Theater, Thessalonica

Thessalonica

Much of the ancient city of Thessalonia is buried under the present city centre of Thessaloniki. However, some areas have been excavated, and the site of the agora and some of the buildings around it, including a roofed colonnade alongside the agora, and the theater, can be seen today. Both of these places would have been important public facilities in Paul's day.

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Paul and Thessalonica

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Resources

  Map of Thessalonica and historical information.

  On This Site - The Cities and Districts of Paul's Churches:
Corinth     Colossae     Ephesus     Galatia     Philippi     Rome     Thessalonica

  Saint Paul's Letters:
To the Church at Thessalonica (2)

  Books:
Paul     Gunther Bornkamm
The Search for the Twelve Apostles     W S McBirnie
Zondervan NIV Atlas of the Bible     Prof Carl Rasmussen