Heptapyrgion

The Heptapyrgion (, ), modern Eptapyrgio (, Greek: [eptaˈpirʝio]), also popularly known by its Ottoman Turkish name (), is a Byzantine and Ottoman-era fortress situated on the north-eastern corner of the Acropolis of Thessaloniki in Greece. Despite its name, which in both languages means "Fortress of Seven Towers", it features ten, and was probably named after the Yedikule Fortress in Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey). It served as the major redoubt of the city's acropolis, as well as th…