Thessaloniki celebrates the 98th anniversary of its liberation
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Today is the 26th of October, and Thessaloniki, Greece's second major
city has multiple reasons to celebrate. Today is the celebration of
St.Demetrius, patron saint of the city and the day the city was
liberated by the Greek army. Also, in two days from today, Greece will
celebrate the ''Ohi (No)'' day, and the epic WWII battles against the
Italians in Albania.
The liberation of Thessaloniki.
Great events, important dates, charismatic leaders. I dont want to seem grinchy in these days of feasts but Thessaloniki when the Greeks captured it was not like this. It was a multiethnic, cosmoplitan city. The ''steam engine'' in terms of economic and commercial growth in the region and had a first class role within the Ottoman Empire. Today the city is a ghaust of its former glory. It suffered from the Great Fire of 1917, the city literally was drowned in cement due to the low-aesthetics appartments and in terms of economics the ''steam engine'' stopped. The Jews left during WWII and the city certainly lost its cosmopolitan character. Today the ''nymph'' of Thermaic Gulf, awaits the ''big projects'' and the money from Athens. These very days the city also is in the mood of the regional elections.![images.jpg, _Sep 2010 images.jpg](https://media.cafebabel.com/archives/3a/49/3a4964c78641f688da0073f905a6d051.jpg)