KAMVOUNION
Kamvounia is a mountain range that is the natural border between Thessaly and Macedonia. Their strategic importance was recognized ever since ancient times.
July 20, 2021
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ANTONIOU KAMARA
Antonios Kamaras was born in 1854 in Kea. He was an army officer and he stood out in the War of 1897. He was fatally injured fighting in the battle of Kilkis in 1913.
KALLINIKOU
Callinicus was a Byzantine architect from Syria or Egypt. He is credited with the invention of the Greek fire in the 7th century A.D., that was used to repulse enemy raids.
KALLIKRATI
Callicrates was an architect and he worked with Iktinos and Pheidias, in the 5th century, for the construction of many public works in Athens. He was one of the architects of the Parthenon and he designed the Temple of Nike on the Acropolis.
KALLIKRATEIAS
Kallikrateia was a town in East Thrace. After the exchange of the populations, its Greek citizens founded Nea Kallikrateia in Halkidiki.
KALAPOTHAKI
Dimitrios Kalapothakis (1862-1921) was a journalist and author. He was a publisher, he worked for numerous newspaper and he significantly contributed to the Macedonian Struggle.
KAIRI THEOP.
Theophilos Kairis (1784-1853), born in Andros, was a priest, politician, theologist, author and philosopher. He was a member of Filiki Eteria and he fought in the Revolution of 1821. He was convicted by the Church due to his teaching and he died in prison.
KATHOLIKON
The street was named after the adjacent church of Immaculate Conception of Virgin Mary, that serves the needs of the Roman Catholic Church of Thessaloniki. The church is located in the district of the Franks and it was designed by architect Vitaliano Poselli.
HARISIOU PAPAMARKOU
Papamarkos Harisis was a philologist and a distinguished educator, he worked in high schools of Stromnitsa and Thessaloniki. In 1871 he went to Germany for further training but also for the dissemination of Greek education. He became a doctor of Philosophy and became the director of the first Greek School in the East, founded in
GEORGIOS STAVROU
Georgios Stavrou was born in 1788 in Ioannina and died in 1869 in Athens. He was a rich merchant and bank owner. He was a member of Filiki Eteria and he fought for the successful preparation of the Revolution of 1821. He was the first director of the National Bank of Greece (1841). He donated
