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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HATZIGIANNAKI K. PHYS.

Konstantinos Hatzigiannakis was a physician from East Thrace. He was elected MP in the national elections of 1920, with the Liberal party, in the electoral district of Saranta Ekklisies.

19/07/2021 12:08

GEORGIOU CHARALAMPOUS

Georgios Charalampous was a Cypriot fighter of EOKA, from Morphou. He worked as a carpenter and he was shot and died in November 1955.


CHALKEON

The street is called Chalkeon because since the Byzantine times, there have been coppersmith workshops there. The homonymous church of Panagia Chalkeon is located there. It was built in 1028 by the royal protospatharios Christopher.


IORDANIDI GEOR.

Georgios Iordanidis was born in 1902 in Istanbul and died in 1977. He was an army officer, he was involved in the resistance against dictatorship and later he was elected State MP. On the website gis.thessaloniki.gr, the street is mentioned as Stratigou Iordanidi and not as Iordanidi Geor.


IOULIANOU

Julian (A.D. 331 or 332-363) was an Emperor of the Roman State, with excellent classical education. He was killed in a battle against the Persians. He is remembered as Julian the Apostate by the Church.


IOUSTINIANOU

Justinian I (A.D. 482-565) was an Emperor of the Byzantium. He carried out victorious military operations and he implemented important legislative work and administrative reforms. During his reign, the church of Hagia Sophia was built in Constantinople. There is another Byzantine Emperor by the same name, Justinian II (A.D. 669-711 ).


ISAVRON

The Isaurian was a dynasty of Byzantine Emperors (A.D. 8th-9th century), founded by Leo III. They carried out victorious wars. Their territory was divided into Themes and legislation was reformed, but the state was divided due to Iconoclasm.


EUXINOU PONTOU

Euxine Pontos is the name of the inland sea between SE Europe and the northern coasts of Minor Asia. It is broadly known as the Black Sea. Hellenism on the coast of the Black Sea was notably prosperous.  

16/07/2021 12:56

ESPERIDON

Hesperides, according to Greek Mythology, were Nymphs. They guarded the golden apples that Hercules stole from them in one of his Labours.


ISAIAH

Isaiah was an Israelite prophet. He lived in the 8th century B.C. and he wrote the homonymous book of the Bible. He is commemorated by the Orthodox Church on the 9th of May. Isaiah was also the name of a Patriarch of Constantinople (1323-1334). He was born in Epirus and before he became Patriarch, he


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