Fortress of Heptapyrgion (Yedi Kule), Thessaloniki, Greece
ΕΛΛΝΙΚΑ The Eptapyrgio, at the highest point of the acropolis of Thessaloniki, functioned as the last refuge for the defenders of the city during periods of siege and consists of ten towers (Π1-Π10), four-sided and three-sided, as well as the middle towers that connect them. From the 1890s, when the first written testimony is preserved that the fortress functions as a prison to meet the needs of the Ottoman Empire, until the 20th century. during which it functioned as a penitentiary institution, the history of Eptapyrgio is identified with the history of prisons. In 1989, the Fortress together with the plots surrounding it was transferred from the Ministry of Justice to the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Culture. From 1990 to 1995, the Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities of Thessaloniki undertook the archaeological research, the architectural study and its documentation (imprints, pathology records, measurements and chemical analyzes of materials, tree dating). Subsequently, the impleme...