Ο Σύλλογος Ελλήνων Αρχαιολόγων κάνει διεθνή έκκληση για την ΔΙΑΣΩΣΗ ΚΑΙ ΣΥΝΥΠΑΡΞΗ ΤΩΝ ΜΟΝΑΔΙΚΩΝ ΜΝΗΜΕΙΩΝ 4ου -9ου αιώνα στον ΣΤΑΘΜΟ ΜΕΤΡΟ στην ΒΕΝΙΖΕΛΟΥ, το διαχρονικό ιστορικό & εμπορικό κέντρο της ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ.
ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΥΜΕ ΥΠΟΓΡΑΨΤΕ ΗΛΕΚΤΡΟΝΙΚΑ & ΔΙΑΔΩΣΤΕ τον ΣΥΝΔΕΣΜΟ της ΕΚΚΛΗΣΗΣ (petition) ) ΜΕΣΩ ΤΩΝ ΕΠΑΦΩΝ ΣΑΣ σε E-mail και άλλα κοινωνικά δίκτυα.
Breaking the heart of Thessaloniki through time?Save city’s byzantine center, the city’s memory and identity!Recent rescue excavations contacting by the Greek Archaeological Service atthe historical center of Thessaloniki, Northern Greece, due to theconstruction of modern city’s Metro Station (Venizelou str.), revealed oneof the most significant material evidence of city’s urban life at 6th – 9thcentury: the monumental Gate (Tetraphylon) placed at the crossroad of thecentral avenue (decumanus) with the road leading to the harbor. The centralroad (ca. 76 m in length) was paved with marble plaques, and framed bypublic buildings.
These extraordinary finds signify the city’s early urbandevelopment and constitute a unique monumental evidence of social,commercial, administrative and every day life in early byzantineThessaloniki.The decision, made up by the State, of removing the whole monumental complexand placing it in a far distant ex-army camp undermines the essence of theun-movable archaeological monument according to the Greek and InternationalLaw. Thus, this rare piece of world heritage will loose its original placeand context and far more its exceptional archaeological/historicalcharacter.
Consider what will be the Eifel Tower or the Big Ben removed from theiroriginal place?
The citizens of Thessaloniki, as well the citizens all over the World havethe right to stay attached with this monument and stay connected with theirheritage, memory and identity through time.Please sing up and vote in order to save this irreplaceable monument.
Thereare technical solutions to preserve it and place it straight to heart ofThessaloniki’s modern life
