Thessaloniki.
Thessaloniki.
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112. Thessaloniki,
Aghia Sophia,
ground plan
(Θεσσαλονίκη,
Αγία Σοφία,
κάτοψη)
112. Thessaloniki, Aghia Sophia (Θεσσαλονίκη, Αγία Σοφία)
112. Thessaloniki,
Aghios Demetrios,
ground plan
(Θεσσαλονίκη,
Άγιος Δημήτριος,
κάτοψη)
112. Thessaloniki, Aghios Demetrios, mosaic (Θεσσαλονίκη, Άγιος
Δημήτριος, ψηφιδωτό)
112. Thessaloniki, Aghios Demetrios, mural painting (Θεσσαλονίκη,
Άγιος Δημήτριος)
Pavlos, the mosaic image of the Ascension was created in the
dome of Aghia Sophia and, at approximately the same time,
the wall-painting of the Ascension in the apse of the Rotunda,
reconstructed after an earthquake.
In the late 9th c., the theme of Thessalonica aided the adminis-
trative and financial improvement of the city, which was seized
