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NIRVANA PAV.

Pavlos Nirvanas was the pen name of Petros Apostolides (1866-1937). He was a physician at the Navy. He was distinguished as a playwright, poet and chronicler. In 1928, he was acclaimed as member of Athens Academy.

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NIKOTSARA

Nikotsaras or Nikos Tsaras or Tziaras was a renowned armatolos of Olympus. He fought against the Turks in several regions. He also took part in the Serbian Revolution. He was killed in a battle near Litochoro in 1807.


CHRISTODOULOU BALANOU

Balanos Christodoulos was a National Martyr of 1821 from Thessaloniki, a descendant of an Epirotic family. Member of Filiki Eteria. He was hanged along with other notables of Thessaloniki by the Ottoman authorities, in the “Kapani” market after the uprising of Halkidiki. Information from the book by Aristides Kesopoulos “THE NAME OF THE ROADS OF


NIKOLAOU KITROUS BISHOP

Nikolaos Lousis was born in Stenimachos in 1840 and died in Athens in 1882. He was Bishop of Kitros, seated at Kolindros. He played a leading role in the Revolution of 1878 at Litochoro.


NAOUSAS

Naousa is a city of Macedonia, founded in the 15th century. The uprising that took place there in 1822 was heroic. Its suppression was violent and tragic and it was called the Holocaust of Naousa. For this reason, Naousa is considered a heroic city.


CHRISTOU MENEXE

Menexes Christos was from Thessaloniki, a remarkable member of the city’s society, he was caught along with many others, when the Greeks of Halkidiki revolted, in May 1821, as soon as the message of the National Uprising arrived. He was hanged along with other notables of Thessaloniki in 1821 Information from the book by Aristides


XANTHOU EMM.

Emmanouil Xanthos was born on Patmos in 1772 and he died in Athens in 1852. He was a merchant and one of the founders of Filiki Eteria in Odessa in 1814, where he was appointed Secretary and Treasurer. He published his memoirs.  


RODIOU GEORGIOU

Georgios Rodios was a militant of the Revolution of 1821. The Italian painter Cesare Mussini, on one of his paintings, depicts Georgios Rodios killing his wife Dimitra to prevent the Turks from taking her as a slave.


NIKOLAOU SPANDONI

Spandonis Nikolaos (1858 – 1913) was a warm patriot, novelist and a member of the Greek journalistic family. During the Balkan Wars and the liberation of Thessaloniki, he followed the Greek army as a war correspondent. Information from the book by Aristides Kesopoulos “THE NAME OF THE ROADS OF THESSALONIKI”, MALLIARIS – PAIDEIA SA publications.


RIGOPOULOU DION. PROF.

Dionysios Rigopoulos was a professor of Mathematics and author (1864-1943). He was the General Inspector of Commercial Education and professor at the Evelpidon Military Academy and the Army Cadet School.