Thessaloniki: They sprayed the Tower of Triangular

The perpetrators used and changed the image at the Triangle Tower in . Unfruitful investigations to locate them… Unknowns sprayed the Tower of Triangular in the area of Upper Town in Thessaloniki. As you will see in the video published on TikTok, the perpetrators wrote slogans with red paint on the tower wall and were removed without being noticed. At the northern edge of the eastern wall of Thessaloniki is the second most important tower of the city built at the end of the 15th century, almost the same time period as the White Tower that held its southern edge. The two fortresses have impressive architectural and morphological similarities, with the difference in the way the Triangle tower is founded on the descending ground of Upper Town. The images of shame left behind by the perpetrators make the last few hours around the internet. What a pity there are no words to describe the desecration of the monument that suffered an iconic tower of the triangle According to historians, the circular tower replaced an older four-sided tower that incorporated it into its new form. In addition to the Byzantine name, it was also called “the tower of the chain”, “Ginjirli kule” and “Kousaklis kule”. After the 18th century the Trigon tower, due to its fortified structure, served to store gunpowder and weapons. The space in front of the tower gate is a famous place of view, as from there one enjoys the panorama of the city and Thermaikos to Olympus.