Nikis Avenue

Nikis Avenue

Nikis Avenue
Native name	Λεωφόρος Νίκης  (Greek)
Former name(s)	Vasileos Konstantinou Avenue
Namesake	Victory in the Balkan Wars
Owner	Municipality of Thessaloniki
Length	1.3 km (0.8 mi)
Location	Thessaloniki, Macedonia,  Greece
From	Eleftherias Square
Major junctions	(Streets) Dragoumi, Venizelou, Komninon, Aristotelous, Karolou Diehl, Agias Sofias, Gounari, Mela
To	White Tower

Nikis Avenue (Greek: Λεωφόρος Νίκης,Leofóros Níkis, trans. "Victory Avenue") is the central waterfront avenue in Thessaloniki, Greece. The three line eastward avenue stretches from Eleftherias Square in the west, in front of Aristotelous Square to the White Tower in the east, where it meets with Alexander the Great Avenue. Leoforos Nikis is the busiest, most famous, most photographed and most painted street in Thessaloniki and has the highest residential property value in the city, and among the highest residential and commercial property values in Southeastern Europe.Nikis Avenue is also very important commercially, as it is lined with numerous cafés, restaurants and businesses and is frequented by thousands of tourists and locals every day. The consulates of Switzerland , Spain, the Czech Republic, Cyprus and the Philippines are located along the avenue.^[1]

History[]

From the end of the 19th century until now the Avenue has changed names:

• Beyaz Kule Avenue in the Ottoman Empire until the liberation of the city by the Greek Army in 1912.
• Vasileos Konstantinou Avenue until 1939
• Nikis Avenue from 1939 until today

Gallery[]

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  A German tank during WWII

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  The seafront, 1960

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  Aerial view of Nikis Avenue. On the left the port, on the right the white tower

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  View from the white tower

References[]

Coordinates: 40°37′50″N 22°56′34″E / 40.6305°N 22.9429°E / 40.6305; 22.9429

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