Practical info

Type of location: House

Modiano Family Mansion

84 Vassilissis Olgas Avenue, Thessaloníki

Historical description

Thessaloníki

When David Ben Gurion moved to Thessaloníki to learn Turkish in 1910, he was surprised to discover a city like none found in “Eretz Israel”: The Shabbat marked the day of rest here, and even the dockworkers were Jewish. He was advised not to ... Read more