Built in 1910 by the Italian architect Pierro Arigoni as a residence of the Jewish businessman Dino Fernandez, Dino Fernandez Diaz was the son of David Fernandez and a well-known factory owner. He was an Italian citizen and an outstanding member of the Jewish community of Thessaloniki. It has since been associated with the controversial romantic involvement of his daughter Aline with Lieutenant Aliberti, captain of the 7th battalion of the Greek Army. Their relationship shocked the city’s conservative society as a marriage between them would require Aline to be baptized, something that her family was not accepting. Extensive articles and reports to the press at that time were referred to this relationship as a social scandal since Aline was Jewish and Spyros Alibertis a Christian.Against all odds and despite the hostile social environment they secretly fled to Athens and got married in 1914. They later returned to Thessaloniki only after the situation had calmed down Dino Fernandez, members of his family and other Jewish families tried to escape in Italy. Unfortunately, near the village of Meira, next to Magiore Lake they were arrested by German SS troops and were executed. Today it houses the Municipal Gallery of Thessaloniki