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Allatini Villa is a baroque piece of Greek history in Thessaloniki

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Allatini Villa definitely sticks out when you look at the rest of the buildings in Thessaloniki. This building is in the baroque architecture style and was built by an Italian architect names Vitaliano Poselli for a wealthy family who wanted a vacation home. Throughout the years, the building has been transformed for many different purposes. This video does a quick overview, and shows you the building from the outside but does not provide much detail. If anyone has more info, I would love to know.

 
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This place is really gorgeous and so interesting!. Thank you for sharing this video, it is really great to watch.
 
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ladytina said:
This place is really gorgeous and so interesting!. Thank you for sharing this video, it is really great to watch.
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Not my typical visit during a vacation to Thessaloniki but I will consider it when I have some down time.
 
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