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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ICTINOU

Ictinus was an architect of the 5th century B.C. He worked for the construction of the Parthenon and other renowned temples of antiquity.

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MITROPOLITOU IOSIF

Saint Iosif was Archbishop of Thessaloniki, lived in the late 8th and early 9th c. He was born in Constantinople into a pious Christian family and was deeply influenced by the personality of Saint Plato, who was abbot of a monastery in Bithynia. Iosif was a monk in the same monastery, but was exiled to


CHRYSOSTOMOS KALAFATIS

Chrysostomos Kalafatis was born in Triglia of Vithynia in 1867 and died in 1922 in Smyrna, Minor Asia. He was the Metropolitan Bishop of Drama and Philippoi (1902-1910) and then, of Smyrna (1910-1922). He martyred during the Burning of Smyrna. He is commemorated by the Orthodox Church the Sunday before the Exaltation of the Holy


BYRON GEORGE GORDON

Byron George Gordon was an English poet. He was born in 1788 in London and he died in 1824 in Mesologgi, where he was fighting for the Greek independence. He was a great philhellene and an advocate of political freedom.


MELAS PAVLOS

Pavlos Melas (1870-1904) was an officer. He was member of Ethniki Eteria (National Society), he fought in the war of 1897 and then, he participated in the Macedonian Struggle by the nom de guerre Mikis Zezas. He organised guerrilla troops and he was killed in October 1904. He is considered as a symbol of the


GOUNARIS DIMITRIOS

Dimitrios Gounaris was born in Patras in 1867. He studied Law in Athens and in Germany, England and France. He was a politician and he served as a Prime-Minister twice. He was executed at Goudi in 1922, as severally liable for the Minor Asia Catastrophe. (Former Name: FRAGOPOULOU)


THEOCHARIS GEORGIOS

Georgios Theocharis was born in Kastoria in 1758 and died in Leipzig, Germany in 1843. He was a merchant and he was a militant and close associate of Rigas Feraios. He was the first Consul of the Kingdom of Greece in Saxony.


ETHNIKIS AMYNIS

Ethniki Amyna (National Defence) was the political and military movement that erupted in September 1916. Following its prevalence, a temporary government was formed in Thessaloniki with Eleftherios Venizelos as Prime-Minister. (Former Name: VAS.SOPHIAS)


DANGLIS PANAGIOTIS

Panagiotis Danglis (1853-1924) was an army officer and politician. He invented Scheider-Danglis mountain gun. He served in the Macedonian Struggle. He was a close associate of Eleftherios Venizelos and member of the leading Triumvirate of National Defence


DIALETTIS PHOKION

Phokion Dialettis was born in 1861 and he was killed in the battle of Kilkis – Lachana in 1913. He was an army officer and he fought in the Greek-Turkish war of 1897 and the Balkan Wars.


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