Πολυχώρος Πολιτισμού "Ισλαχανέ" — Attraction in Municipality of Thessaloniki

As a Turkish citizen, I would like to thank you for the amazing setup and friendly hospitality. We have visited the centre with my family who is their parents who migrated from Thessaloniki. The staff were extremely friendly and nice. Full of knowledge about the place and also Ottoman history.

The way they have presented the orphanage and Ottoman history related to that was amazing and impressive. I have to say, the way how they presented the place and story is way better than the Turkish government's presenting Ottoman / Turkish culture in the city.

Keep up the good work! Çok...

This place is just amazing.Certainly worth visiting of you are a tourist in Thessaloniki. It was been recently renovated , just like the sunny park outside. It is a museum dedicated to the history of the building and the area in general. There is also an exhibition about a writer (Antonis Sourounis) of the neighborhood. On top of that it has a very good video projection on this topic. Entrance is free .The only downside is it's working hours. Only Monday to Friday and 9:00- 14:00.

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A great find, with helpful guides, a video on the previous building there where orphans were taught a trade, and a great collection of industrial artefacts from when the present building was a factory. The shelves of numerous moulds for making cast iron pipes etc are particularly impressive and a great photo opportunity. The centre needs to be on TripAdvisor. There is no signage on the main road. You need to follow Google maps and walk up a car ramp next to what is presently a building site. Thrre was no...