Ancient marble-paved town square from Byzantine era found in Thessaloniki

A new important archaeological find has been brought to light by works conducted at railway stations in Thessaloniki.

At Agia Sofia station they discovered a huge marble-paved town square from the Byzantine era, which has never been seen before.

According to Greek media reports, the Square is dated back to the 6^th Century and from the first excavations it seems to have an oval shaped pattern. A town square with similar shapes, paved with marble, has only ever been found worldwide in the city of Jerash in Jordan.

The new findings come to light just a few blocks from the station Venizelou (Venizelos and Egnatia), where they previously discovered the famous decumanus maximous. According to archeological sources, these latest findings are said to be of equal importance to those at Venizelos station.

The marble paved square of the 6th century was located at the southern entrance of Agia Sofia and it seems to extend all the way to the north entrance of the station.