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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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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Kapetan Rebelos was the nom de guerre of the army officer Christos Tsolakopoulos, by which he took part in the Macedonian Struggle as chieftain. He also took part in the Balkan Wars and the World War I. He died in 1923.
Konstantinos Raktivan was born in Manchester and died in Athens in 1935. He was a jurist and politician. He was the first representative of the Greek government in the liberated – after 1912 – areas, being assigned with their administrative restructuring. He was elected President of the Athens Academy and of the Council of State
Raidestos was a city in East Thrace, an important port on the coast of the Sea of Marmara. It was founded in the 6th century B.C. and it flourished culturally and commercially. Until the Exchange of Populations, it had a prosperous Greek community, which later fled to Greece.
“Kidoniatis or Kidonis. He was prominent and famous for his education in Thessaloniki, a friend of the Byzantine emperor Ioannis Kantakouzinos and Manouil II Palaiologos. His son Anastasios, born in Thessaloniki in 1770, was one of the national martyrs who had a torturous death by the Turks when the Revolution of 1821 broke out. He
Athanasios Tsakalov- Tekelis or Tsakalos was born in Ioannina and died in Moscow in 1851. He was one of the founders of Filiki Eteria, the secret organisation aiming at preparing the liberation of the enslaved Greeks. He took part to the Revolution of 1821 and he was also the plenipotentiary of Epirus at the 4th
