Triandria

Our first project meeting, was held at Triandria, close to Thessaloniki, Greece.

Map Thessaloniki, Greece

Map Triandria, area of Thessaloniki

The borough is named after the World War I-era "Triumvirate of National Defence" (in Greek: Τριανδρία της Εθνικής Αμύνης), comprising the statesman Eleftherios Venizelos, the Admiral Pavlos Koundouriotis and the General Panagiotis Danglis.

History:

1915: refugees from Turkey

1917: some of the citizens of Thessaloniki move to Triandria after the Great Fire destroyed many houses in their city.

1919: refugees from Russia

1922: additional houses built for refugees from Minor Asia

Historical population:

Year Population Density 2001 11822 8,015/km ²

Triandria has four schools, a gymnasia, a lyceum, our hostschool

First Lyceum of Triandria

Hostschool of first project meeting "Kaleidoscope", November 2009.

two sporting fields, a basketball and soccer, and a few squares (plateia).

There is also a church of Agios Spiridonas,

Triandria church

the biggest in honour of the Saint outside the island of Corfu where he is considered a patron saint.

Greek pupils wrote this article.