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BRANTOUNA STRAT.

Christos Brantounas (1873-1906) was an army officer. He took part in the Macedonian Struggle under the nom de guerre Kapetan Kapsalis. He was killed at the Lake of Giannitsa in 1905.

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MYLONA DION.

Dionysios Mylonas (1900-1977) was a politician and trade-unionist. He was elected MP in Thessaloniki and he was the Chairman of the City Council of Thessaloniki.


MYRIVILI STRAT.

Stratis Myrivilis was born in 1892 on Lesvos and died in 1969 in Athens. His real name was Efstratios Stamatopoulos. He was a novelist and journalist. In 1958 he became a member of the Athens Academy. He is considered to be a representative of the literary generation of the ’30s and he left a prodigious


LOUI

Spyros Louis (1872 – 1940) was a Marathon runner. He was the first Greek Olympic Winner at the Olympic Games of Athens in 1896.


LOUDIA

Loudias is a river of Macedonia. During the Macedonian Struggle, important events took place in the area forming the Lake of Giannitsa that is now dry. The homonymous battle between Greeks and Turks also took place at Loudias in October 1912.


LIVANOVOU

Livanovo is a village in Bulgaria. It was the place where the victorious battle of the Greek army against the Bulgarian army took place. Livanovo is also the old name of Aiginio, near Eleftherochorio, Katerini.


LETOUS

According to mythology, Leto was the mother of Artemis and Apollo.


LEVANTI PET.

Petros Levantis (1892-1956) was born in Constantinople in 1892 and died in Thessaloniki in 1957. He was a journalist and politician. He was the publisher of the newspaper called Ellinikos Voras and he was elected MP for Thessaloniki.


LAPITHON

Lapiths are a group of mythical people from Thessaly. They took part in the Argonaut Expedition and the Trojan War. Their battle against the Centaurs is called Centauromachy.


LAODIGITRIAS

Panagia Laodigitria or Lagoudiani is a three-aisled basilica with timber roof, dedicated to the Mother of God of the Life-giving Font. The church was restored in the early 19th century by merchant Kaftatzoglou.