SMART STREET NAME SIGNS

Meet our City Through the History of Its Streets

Street names in cities often seem to exist only to guide lost travelers, however the story behind street names reveals a past that reflects their true meaning as well as the history of the city itself.

Street names give character and life to the place they refer to and often serve the meaning of a historical landmark for a city. They reveal the politics, culture and ideologies of cities and also provide a common language for the city and its inhabitants.

The placement of 450 smart street name signs with historical information using QR-Code and NFC (Near Field Communication) labels in the historical center of the city is an initiative of the Municipality of Thessaloniki and D. MASOUTIS SA.

D. MASOUTIS SA in the context of Corporate Social Responsibility and its active presence in Thessaloniki wishes to express its interest in the city and the citizens by donating all the necessary equipment for the study, design, construction and placement of the smart street name signs in order to facilitate residents and visitors.

The purpose of this is first to have the needful street signage in the city, for residents and visitors and then to get familiar with the history of the streets we pass every day.

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KAPETAN PATRIKI

No information was found. In the website: gis.thessaloniki.gr, the street is mentioned as Kapetan Patrikiou.

20/07/2021 10:09

KAPETAN AGRA

Kapetan Agras was the nom de guerre by which Sarantos Agapinos was known. He was born in 1881. He was Lieutenant of the Greek Army and Chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle. He operated in the area of Giannitsa and he was hanged in 1907.


KAMENIATOU I.

Ioannis Kameniatis was a scholar clergy from Thessaloniki who lived in the 9th and 10th century A.D. Being an eye witness of all contemporary events, he wrote the chronicles of the conquest of Thessaloniki by the Saracens in A.D. 904.


KAMVOUNION

Kamvounia is a mountain range that is the natural border between Thessaly and Macedonia. Their strategic importance was recognized ever since ancient times.


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.


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