Thessaloniki’s History and Culture Come to Life via ‘Artelot’ App
The Municipality of Thessaloniki has introduced a new augmented reality (AR) application for residents visitors that wish to experience more of the city’s history and culture.
The new Artelot AR app is part of “Thessaloniki Alive”, a project that aims to “revive” stories and urban myths dating from 4th century BC until today through the mobile phone cameras of residents and tourists and the AR technology.
Available for free for the next two years, the app provides Thessaloniki’s residents and visitors with the opportunity to receive information on 25 points of interest and monuments, in English and in Greek.
Through the application users are able to visit the sites, read interesting stories and have their photo taken with visual depictions of the characters related to each story.
Among the 25 sites and monuments included in the Thessaloniki Alive project are the White Tower, the Rotunda of Galerius, the Church of Agios Dimitrios, the Arch of Galerius, the Church of Panagia Halkeon, the Ancient Agora and many more.
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Through the new app, the municipality aims to strengthen the image of Thessaloniki as a center of innovation, hospitality and digital entrepreneurship; offer information to visitors with many different interests; provide residents with information on the city’s history and culture.
The application for the moment is available for mobile phones with an IOS operating system at https://apps.apple.com/gr/app/artelot/id1537569221.
The app was developed by the Thessaloniki Convention Bureau with the support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
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