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LOUI

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

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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.


LAMPOUSIADOU

Georgios Lampousiadis was born in Adrianople in 1858 and died in Athens in 1926. He was an educator, scholar and historian. He systematically studied the history, archaeology and folklore of Thrace.


KORYDALLEOU TH.

Theophilos Corrydalleus was a scholar, philosopher and clergy, during the Ottoman Rule. His philosophical method was called Corrydalism. It is considered a precursor of Modern Greek Enlightenment. No street by this name was found in the website gis.thessaloniki.gr .


KOROMILA PROXENOU

Lampros Koromilas (1854-1923) was an economist, diplomat and journalist and he had also been elected Minister. In 1904, he was appointed as Consul General in Thessaloniki and he played a leading role in the Macedonian Struggle.