Saranta Ekklisies
4Θ Ekklisies (Greek: Σαράντα Εκκλησιές "Forty Churches") is a neighbourhood in Thessaloniki, Greece. It is located next to the Ano Poli.
It was created in the 1920s during the Greek-Turkish population exchange by Greek refugees from the city of Saranta Ekklisies (currently known as Kırklareli) in Eastern Thrace.[1]
The central street was constructed in 1940. Beside the area there was the Jewish cemetery.
Streets
- Kyriakidi Street
- Teloglou Street
- Vizyinou Street
People
- Dinos Christianopoulos, poet
References
- ^ ΜΥΛΩΝΑΣ, ΘΑΝΑΣΗΣ (25 Jun 2017). "Σαράντα Εκκλησιές: Το μπαλκόνι της Θεσσαλονίκης - Από προσφυγικός συνοικισμός, αστικό προάστιο". ThessNews.gr. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- Σαράντα Εκκλησιές
- Ο δρόμος είχε τη δική του ιστορία
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Neighbourhoods of Thessaloniki
- Aristotelous
- Ano Poli
- Charilaou
- Depot
- Frangon
- Ksirokrini
- Ladadika
- Navarinou
- Port
- Saranta Ekklisies
- Toumba
- Triandria
- Vardaris (Hirsch)
- Agios Pavlos
- Ampelokipoi
- Eleftherio-Kordelio
- Evosmos (Nea Politeia)
- Kalamaria (Finikas, Nea Aretsou)
- Konstantinopolitika
- Menemeni
- Neapoli
- Panorama
- Polichni
- Pylaia
- Sykies
- Stavroupoli
- Ilioupoli
40°37′57″N 22°57′56″E / 40.632573°N 22.965573°E / 40.632573; 22.965573
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