Triandria () is a suburb of the

Thessaloniki Urban Area The Thessaloniki metropolitan area or larger urban zone (LUZ) is the complete area covered and directly influenced by Thessaloniki. The metropolitan area traditionally consisted of the municipality of Thessaloniki and its immediate surroundings, w ...

and was a former municipality in the regional unit of Thessaloniki,

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; ), also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece (with slightly over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area) and the capital cit ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 1.475 km². It is located east of Thessaloniki's city centre at an average elevation of . It borders on the Thessaloniki districts of

Saranta Ekklisies Saranta Ekklisies ( "Forty Churches") or 40 Ekklisies Saranta Ekklisies ( "Forty Churches") or 40 Ekklisies'' is a neighbourhood in Thessaloniki, Greece. is a neighbourhood in Thessaloniki, Greece. It is located next to the Upper Town (Thessaloniki ...

to the northwest and of Ano Toumpa to the southeast. Motorway 25, which forms the eastern beltway of Thessaloniki, passes east of Triandria. The suburb (borough) is named after the

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

-era "

Triumvirate of National Defence The Provisional Government of National Defence (), also known as the State of Thessaloniki (Κράτος της Θεσσαλονίκης), was a parallel administration, set up in the city of Thessaloniki by former Prime Minister Eleftherios Ven ...

" (Τριανδρία της Εθνικής Αμύνης), comprising the statesman

Eleftherios Venizelos Eleftherios Kyriakou Venizelos (, ; – 18 March 1936) was a Cretan State, Cretan Greeks, Greek statesman and prominent leader of the Greek national liberation movement. As the leader of the Liberal Party (Greece), Liberal Party, Venizelos ser ...

, together with Admiral

Pavlos Koundouriotis Pavlos Kountouriotis (; 9 April 1855 – 22 August 1935) was a Greek admiral who served during the Balkan Wars, was regent of Greece, and the first president of the Second Hellenic Republic. In total he served four times as head of the Greek stat ...

and General

Panagiotis Danglis Panagiotis Danglis (; – 9 March 1924) was a Greek military officer and politician. He is particularly notable for inventing the Schneider-Danglis mountain gun, his service as chief of staff in the Balkan Wars, and participation in the Triumvi ...

. Triandria has four elementary schools, two gymnasiums and a lyceum. There is also a church of

Saint Spyridon Spyridon, also Spyridon of Tremithus (Greek: ; c. 270 – 348), is a saint honoured in both the Eastern and Western Christian traditions. Life Spyridon was born in Assia, in Cyprus. He worked as a shepherd and was known for his great piety. ...

. The first church was housed in a stable in 1915 with the arrival of the first Asia Minor refugees. After the

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of 1922, a wooden Church of Saint Spyridon was built on the site of the old church (stable), as he is the protector saint of shoemakers, the job of most refugees in the area.

Sports

Achilleas Triandrias Achilleas (Αχιλλέας Καϊμακλίου) is a Cypriot basketball club founded in 1943, nowadays running basketball, volleyball and table tennis divisions. It has been a part of the community in the suburb of Kaimakli in Nicosia. The cl ...

, football

Historical population

External links

Official website

References

Populated places in Thessaloniki (regional unit) Thessaloniki {{CentralMacedonia-geo-stub

Sports

Historical population

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See also

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