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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LEONTOS SOFOU

Leon VI the Wise (866-912) was a Byzantine Emperor. He was renowned for his broad education and his literary works. During his reign, legislation was codified and reformed.

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MICHALIS PAPADOPOULOS

Michalis Papadopoulos (1918-1982) was a lawyer. He was the first elected Mayor of Thessaloniki, after the fall of Dictatorship, from 1975 to his death in 1892.


VICTOR HUGO

Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was a French poet, playwright, novelist and politician. His works had international and timeless appeal. His philhellenism was obvious in his works. He was in favour of all the struggles of Greeks for their freedom, from the Greek Revolution of 1821 to the Revolution of Crete of 1866-1869.


FRAGINI

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ANDRONIKOS PAIKOS

Andronikos Paikos (1799-1880) was a Macedonian fighter, lawyer, politician and university professor. He was born in Thessaloniki and took part in the Revolution of 1821, with Dimitrios Ypsilantis. He was elected plenipotentiary in two National Assemblies and served as Minister and Prosecutor of the Supreme Court.


LYKOURGOS

Lykourgos was a Spartan politician, great social reformer and distinguished legislator who shaped the characteristics of ancient Sparta. According to other views, he is a mythical person and a symbolic figure.


FLORINIS

Florina is a city of Western Macedonia. Its residents actively participated in the Revolution of 1821 and the Macedonian Struggle. Nea Filiki Eteria was founded there in 1865. The city was one of the main focal points of the ethnic rivalries in the 19th and 20th century.


PHIΝΤIOU

Phintias was a Pythagorean philosopher, similarly to his friend Damon, in Syracuse. Their names are the symbol of unbreakable friendship and the source of inspiration for many works of art, because Damon volunteered to die instead of his friend Phintias, who was accused by Tyrant Dionysius of Syracuse.


PHILOTA

Philotas was the son of General Parmenion, Commander of the Companion Cavalry and comrade of Alexander the Great. Later, Alexander the Great ordered his execution with the accusation of conspiracy. It was also the name of a renowned Macedonian General, who after the death of Alexander the Great became the Satrap of Cilicia. Philotas is


PHALEREUS

Demetrius Phalereus was born in the early 17th century in Istanbul and he was a scholar. He was also a professor of greek at the University of Rome. This was also the surname of Grigorios Phalereus (1873-1937). He was an army officer who took part in the Macedonian Struggle as a chieftain by the nom-de-guerre


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