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The great fire of the 5/18th August 1917 in Thessaloniki.

Articles

• Βακαλόπουλος, Απόστολος Ε.
• Βακαλόπουλος, Αποστ. Ε.

The author, in this article, collects and exposes the interesting information on the devastating fire of Thessaloniki in 5/18 August 1917 given by R.M.E. Dufour de la Thuillerie, officer of the French navy during world War I (1914-1918) in his book «From Salonique to Constantinople». To this trustworthy information, not exploited until today, Vakalopoulos adds his own memories of this sensational event, as an eight-year old child in this town. R.M.F. Dufour de la Thuillerie makes as well other description of the Byzantine walls and of various neighborhoods of Thessaloniki, especially of the Turkish quarter on the upper town, influenced no doubt by the romantic feeling of Pierre Loti.

• History and Archaeology

• Ιστορία

856:https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/makedonika/article/view/5665, DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/makedonika.104

• http://makedonikajournal.org/index.php/makedonika/article/view/104