Salonika's Walls Photo

Photographer’s Note

We can see the 5th Century A.D. walls at the end of this alley. These small houses were built in 1922 to house some of the million or so Christians who were expelled from Turkey after the Treaty of Lausanne. Ethnic cleansing in an earlier and treaty ratified form. Nowadays they are home to newer immigrants. I heard unknown languages in passing - certainly not Greek.

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valentinos (453) 2008-11-22 9:30

i know this place quite good. and indeed, you can listen people talking there in albanian, turkish, russian, bulgarian, armenian and many other languages. it is a lovely photo you captured here showing this place as it is and not faked. with my best wishes, valentinos

Olympos (855) 2008-11-23 0:01

Good morning Phil!!

It is so long to be in touch with you, I was away from TE as well as from other activities... Sorry about this.

Your photo is really excellent, from a place I love:- Colourful, well captured and meaningful.

I hope to be in touch in the near future.

Best wishes
Michael

mikolaj_kawa (30829) 2008-12-06 2:41

Hello Phil! Very interesting walls. Interesting street and houses. Nice lightness. Good capture. Very original picture. Good luck!

brano14 (1920) 2008-12-09 19:52

Hello Phil,
Nicely captured,showing a piece of history. Someone can say it is not nice looking, but if you look closely , especially the right side how everything is so clean, colorful with flowers everywhere,you can not to love it.
Brano