{"id":4377,"date":"2025-03-02T16:01:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T16:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/02\/tempe-railway-disaster-monument-unveiled-in-thessaloniki\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T16:01:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T16:01:48","slug":"tempe-railway-disaster-monument-unveiled-in-thessaloniki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/02\/tempe-railway-disaster-monument-unveiled-in-thessaloniki\/","title":{"rendered":"Tempe railway disaster monument unveiled in Thessaloniki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1263125\">\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\/2025\/03\/4593360-1-320x200.jpg?v=1740923560\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4593360-1.jpg?v=1740923560\" alt=\"Tempe railway disaster monument unveiled in Thessaloniki\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4593360-1-900x600.jpg?v=1740923561\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[InTime News]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>A monument titled \u201cThe Tree of Memory\u201d, dedicated to the 57 victims of the Tempe railway disaster, was unveiled on Sunday in Thessaloniki, just over two years after the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>Among the crowd gathered to honor the victims were parents, relatives, friends, and Thessaloniki Mayor Stelios Angeloudis.<\/p>\n<p>Designed by artist Maria Mandaki and sculpted by Ioannis Santexis, the tree-shaped monument stands at parkland in Nea Paralia. The names of all 57 victims are intricately incorporated into the artwork as birds fallen from the branches.<\/p>\n<p>Many of those lost in the accident were students returning to Thessaloniki after a holiday weekend when their passenger train collided with a freight train in Tempe, central Greece.<\/p>\n<p>A similar monument, \u201cThe Tree of Souls\u201d, has been installed in Athens, symbolically linking the two cities in remembrance. 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Among the crowd gathered to honor the victims were parents, relatives, friends, and Thessaloniki Mayor Stelios Angeloudis. 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