District , 5 kms from the centre of Athens , belongs to the urban city area of Athens'

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Galatsi , our city

• District , 5 kms from the centre of Athens ,
  belongs to the urban city area of Athens.
• The versions of the name of municipality of
  Galatsi are many
• For example some people believe that its name has
  been derived from Simeon Galaci who had large
  estates in the area.
• Some others claim that the name has been derived
  from Kostas Galatis, ex-mayor of Athens.
• The majority believes that the name has come
  from the area Galatsi in Romania .
• Another version says that the name was due to
  the fact of the production of dairy products.

The centre of Galatsi
Galatsi painted by Spiros Vasiliou
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Omorphoclissia
Up to 1860 the municipality of Galatsi was an
uninhabited and rural area that had as a
characteristic a small church from the Byzantine
era which is called Omorphoclissia . That
little church , known to the older people with
the name of Saint George , is one of the few
Byzantine monuments that are saved today and is
marked for its beauty and elegance.
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In the middle of 1905 Galatsi started to be
inhabited. The first dwellers were occupied with
agriculture. In 1927, its population started to
grow , Galatsi became a big village. Its
inhabitants worked in factories, limekilns and
quarries at Tourkovounia .There were a lot of
quarries. The rocks of this area were used to
build modern Athens
Lime-kiln
Beer factory
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Reconstruction of Galatsi-Streets are opened
Patission Avenue 1900 , nowadays one of the
busiest avenues
Veikou St 1959-dirt road
Veikou st. nowadays
The main street of the area that connects
Galatsi with the outskirts of Attica has taken
the name of Veikos.
Lambros Veikos was one of the persons that had
played an important role in the area , so as to
have gained a great reputation in Galatsi today.
He was a rich land owner who helped a lot to the
development of the area with his donation. In
order to attract some people in the area he
gifted fields grounds to his friends who
exploited them and created a small town called
Lamprini.
Evripidou st. 1964
1964,This is a square nowdays
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Tourkovounia
Old photo

• Hills of Attica
• Limestone rocks
• Characteristic part of the history of Galatsi
• During the Ottoman possession there were
  camps of Ottomen (Turks) on the hills. That's why
  the area is called Tourkovounia.
• Reforestation nowdays. We can distinguish the
  young trees .

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The water-source of the church Saint Glykeria,
which was one of the most important churches in
the area , supplied the inhabitants with water
until the time that O.U.L.E.N. (one American
company) created the first water-tower of Athens
in Galatsi.
Water in Galatsi
The Galatsi Water Treatment Plant was constructed
in 1927
The Galatsi Water Treatment Plant today
The water source of the church Saint Glykeria
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Veikou leisure center
In favour of Lampros Veikoss great offer to the
community ,it has been created the Veikou
leisure center which contains a huge park,
playgrounds and athletic center installations in
a protected natural environment.
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The map of Galatsi

• In the map we can notice
• Galatsi water treatment plant
• Galatsi Olympic Hall
• Veikou leisure center (Veikou park)
• Our school
• Tourkovounia
• abandoned quarry
• Few green areas