To detach the antiquities that were revealed inside its shell Venizelos Station, during the second phase of the excavation, and which cover a time horizon from the 2nd century BC. until the 3rd century AD, the Central Archaeological Council (KAS) gave a unanimous positive opinion. The KAS also approved their transfer and exposure to another location, based on a study of their protection and promotion.
Specifically, according to an announcement by the Ministry of Culture and Sports, the KAS gave an unanimous opinion “In favor of the detachment of ancient remains of Roman and Hellenistic times, which form a single whole with completeness and continuity.” The opinion was made “according to the joint suggestion of the competent Directorates of the Ministry of Culture, ensuring the further preservation of the testimony of the urban organization and the historic urban fabric of the city in this location. The said remains will be transferred and exposed to another place, based on a study of their protection and promotion “.
“The antiquities that were discovered, inside the shell of Venizelos Station, during the second phase of the excavation, cover a time horizon from the 2nd century BC. until the 3rd century AD and offer important information about the organization of Thessaloniki during the Roman, but also the Hellenistic times until the founding of the city, in 315/316 BC. by Cassander. The latter is particularly important, as it presupposes the location and extent of Thessaloniki, when the city was founded. “is noted in the announcement of the Ministry of Culture.
“The newly discovered building remains refer to fragmentary surviving infrastructure networks and decks of the previous road axis (decumanus) and the vertical (cardo) at the height of today’s Venizelou Street. Bath complex, with a mosaic floor that shows a male figure and bears the inscription “HOUSEHOLDER” dates back to the 2nd – 3rd century AD, while areas west of the one used from the 1st c. e.g. until the 2nd c. AD, refer to laboratory and commercial use before the formation of a Roman street gallery of the 2nd c. A.D.”, adds the same announcement and concludes: “The excavation so far has yielded a number of finds, among which stand out objects related to religion, such as a votive relief with a representation of the Goddess Athena or a torso of a naked child Eros and a section of a marble statuette of a naked female Aphrodite. market, but also worship “.
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