THESSALONIKI-GREECEor Salonica- second-largest city of Greece and the capital of the Greek region of Macedonia. The White tower; on the eastern end of the city's sea walls; Most likely constructed by the Ottomans 1430 Sultan Murad II captured Thessaloniki in . The work was designed by the Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan; that replaced an older Byzantine tower mentioned by the 12th-century archbishop Eustathios 1185.[3]