Eleftherias Square
Eleftherias Square is a central square in downtown Thessaloniki, Greece. It takes its name from the Young Turk Revolution, which began in the square in 1908.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Square
- Description: square in Thessaloniki, Greece
- Also known as: “Elefterias Square” and “Plateia Eleftherias”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Thessaloniki Museum of Photography and Thessaloniki Museum of Cinema.
Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
Museum
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MOMus Photography, in full MOMus–Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, is located in Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. It is currently housed in Warehouse A, Pier A, at the Port of Thessaloniki, next to the Cinema Museum of Thessaloniki. Thessaloniki Museum of Photography is situated 260 metres southwest of Eleftherias Square.
Thessaloniki Museum of Cinema
Museum
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The Cinema Museum of Thessaloniki is a museum in Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. It was founded in 1995 following a decision by the Organization for Thessaloniki, Cultural Capital of Europe 1997. Thessaloniki Museum of Cinema is situated 240 metres southwest of Eleftherias Square.
Holocaust Memorial
Memorial
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Menorah in flames is a sculpture created in 1997 by Nandor Glid as a Holocaust memorial commemorating deportation of the Thessaloniki Jews. The sculpture, initially built in a suburban area has been installed since 2006 on Eleftherias Square where a major roundup of 9,000 Jewish men took place in 1942.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ladadika and Louloudadika.
Ladadika
Neighborhood
Photo: MWD, Public domain.
Ladadika is the name of a historic district and a landmark area of the city of Thessaloniki, Greece. It is located near the Port of Thessaloniki and for centuries was one of the most important marketplaces of the city.
Eleftherias Square
- Category: locality
- Location: Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.63393° or 40° 38′ 2″ northLongitude
22.93808° or 22° 56′ 17″ eastElevation
13 metres (43 feet)Open location code
8GG4JWMQ+H6OpenStreetMap ID
way 1231954543OpenStreetMap feature
place=square
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Hebrew—“Eleftherias Square” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان الفثيرياس”
- Esperanto: “Placo de Libereco”
- Esperanto: “Placo Eleftherías”
- French: “place de la Liberté”
- French: “place Eleftherías”
- French: “Place Eleftherías”
- German: “Platia Eleftherias”
- Greek: “Πλατεία Ελευθερίας”
- Hebrew: “כיכר החירות של סלוניקי”
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