VERNADAKI
Dimitrios Vernadakis (1834-1907), born in Mytilene, was an author, philologist, theologist, journalist and dramatic poet. He was Professor of History at the University of Athens.
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CONSUL VATIKIOTOU
Vatikiotis Konstantinos was the consul general of Greece in the Turkish-occupied Thessaloniki, who with remarkable courage and organizational ability began to incite the Greeks of Macedonia against the Turks. He distributed weapons to old, experienced warlords and fighters and created armed guerrilla corps, about 25 years before Lambros Koromilas, around 1878. Information from the book
VASSOU
Timoleon Vassos (1836-1931) was a Greek army officer. He graduated from the Evelpidon Military Academy and then, he went to France to continue his studies. After his return to Greece, he was appointed aide to King George I. He was the Commander of the Greek military forces that disembarked to Crete in 1897. He retired
VASSILIKOU
Vasilios Vassilikos (1891-1977) was born in Riza, Halkidiki. He worked as a teacher and later as a journalist in Thessaloniki. Then (1929) he was elected as a City Councillor and later (1932) as a MP for Halkidiki. He had been Vice Minister, General Governor of Eastern Macedonia, Vice Minister of Industry, Vice-President of the Parliament
VASILEOUS ΗΕRACLIOU
Heraclius (A.D. 575-641) was the Emperor of the Byzantium from 610 to his death. He carried out victorious campaigns against the Persians and he retrieved the True Cross. He pronounced greek as the official language of the State.
VAMVAKA HARIS. MAYOR
Harisios Vamvakos (1872-1952) was a jurist and politician, born in Kozani. He was elected as an MP for Servia and Kozani at the Ottoman Parliament and then as the Mayor of Thessaloniki (1931-1933). Senator and Vice-chairman of the Senate. He was assigned diplomatic missions and he was sentenced to death in absentia by the Turkish
ARISTOTELI VALAORITOU
Aristotelis Valaoritis was a poet and politician. He was born in 1824 in Lefkada. His family came from Valaora of Acheloos and from there they got their name. He got a doctorate in law in Paris at the age of 24.He fought for the Union of the Ionian Islands with Greece and after its completion,
NIKOLAOU GERMANOU
Germanos Nikolaos was born in 1864 in Polygyros, Halkidiki and died in Athens in 1935. He studied Zoology in Greece and Germany and was the founder of the first zoo in Athens (1916). He taught Natural History in Athens and was elected Member of Parliament for Thessaloniki in 1915. In 1925 he founded the Thessaloniki
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ALEXANDER THE GREAT ANENUE
Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and one of the greatest military commanders in the world. He was the son of King Philip II and aimed to overthrow the vast Persian state, which had caused so much suffering in Greece. Uniting all the Greeks under his
VASILEOS GEORGIOU LEOF.
Christian – William – Ferdinand – Adolf – George, second son of the king of Denmark Christian IX, ascended the throne of Greece in 1863 after his unanimous election by the Second National Assembly of Athens and ruled for 50 years. He was born in 1845 in the capital of Denmark and died in 1913
