{"id":148911,"date":"2025-09-29T10:18:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/?p=148911"},"modified":"2025-09-29T10:19:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:19:51","slug":"a-walk-through-byzantine-thessaloniki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/en\/a-walk-through-byzantine-thessaloniki\/","title":{"rendered":"A Walk Through Byzantine Thessaloniki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The sixth-grade students participated in the program: <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;The First After the First: A Walk Through Byzantine Thessaloniki&#8221;<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, organized by the team of guides from Dot2Dot. 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