{"id":15000,"date":"2026-04-24T19:35:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/thessaloniki-parks-to-be-named-in-honor-of-boutaris-and-savvopoulos\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T19:35:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:35:26","slug":"thessaloniki-parks-to-be-named-in-honor-of-boutaris-and-savvopoulos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/thessaloniki-parks-to-be-named-in-honor-of-boutaris-and-savvopoulos\/","title":{"rendered":"Thessaloniki parks to be named in honor of Boutaris and Savvopoulos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1301865\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/boutaris_savvopoulos-320x200.jpg?v=1777046033\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/boutaris_savvopoulos.jpg?v=1777046033\" alt=\"Thessaloniki parks to be named in honor of Boutaris and Savvopoulos\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/boutaris_savvopoulos-960x600.jpg?v=1777046033\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Two parks in Thessaloniki are expected to be named in honor after winemaker and former Thessaloniki mayor Yiannis Boutaris and singer-songwriter and composer Dionysis Savvopoulos.<\/p>\n<p>The park located opposite Thessaloniki City Hall and surrounded by Vasileos Georgiou A, 3 September and 30 October 1944 streets will be named Yiannis Boutaris Park, while the green space located between Georgiou Papandreou and Maria Kallas streets will be called Dionysios Savvopoulos Park.<\/p>\n<p>Boutaris, from a winemaking family, was one of Greece\u2019s most important oenologists. He was mayor of Thessaloniki from 2011 to 2019. He died in November 2024. Savvopoulos, known for his allegorical and deeply poetic lyrics that commented on Greek politics, identity and society, died in October of last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The proposals for the park namings will be on the agenda of Thessaloniki City Council on April 30.<\/p>\n<p>Also on the agenda will be a motion to call the park between Grigorios Afxentiou, Emmanouil Xanthou, Polygyrou and Nikolaos Skoufas streets to be named the Greece-Cyprus Friendship Park.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/culture\/1301865\/thessaloniki-parks-to-be-named-in-honor-of-boutaris-and-savvopoulos\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two parks in Thessaloniki are expected to be named in honor after winemaker and former Thessaloniki mayor Yiannis Boutaris and singer-songwriter and composer Dionysis Savvopoulos. 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