Egnatia Street, Thessaloniki

{{short description|Main commercial street in Thessaloniki. Greece}}

{{other uses|Egnatia Motorway|Via Egnatia|Egnatia Street (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox street

| name = Egnatia Street

| image = 07Thessaloniki-Egnatia-Str01.jpg

| caption = Egnatia/Iasonidou Junction

| native_name ={{native name|el|Οδός Εγνατία}}

| alternate_name =

| former_names =

| location = Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece

| length_km = 3

| junction =

| namesake = Via Egnatia

| owner = Municipality of Thessaloniki

| terminus_a = Demokratias Square (Vardari)

| terminus_b = Konstantinou Karamanli (Nea Egnatia)

}}

Egnatia Street ({{langx|el|Οδός Εγνατίας}}) is the main commercial street in downtown Thessaloniki. The road is named for the Roman-era Via Egnatia which passed near the city.{{cite web |title=Driving Greece's modern ancient highway, the Egnatia Odos |url=https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20100909-driving-greeces-modern-ancient-highway-the-egna |website=www.bbc.com |access-date=5 July 2024}} Lined with shops and office buildings, it is one of the busiest streets of Thessaloniki.

Gallery

File:Thessaloniki horse trams.jpg|Horse trams in Egnatia, 1916

File:Galerius Triumphbogen 1920 - 2.jpg|The tram and the arch, 1920

File:Galerius Arch (Thessaloniki).jpg| Arch of Galerius

File:Chapel of Transfiguration Salonica.jpg|Chapel of the Saviour on Egnatia

File:Kirche Panagia Dexia in Thessaloniki.jpg|Panagia Dexia church

File:Αγορά Κολόμβου,1935, Οδός Εγνατίας 31-Πτολεμαίων 22, Θεσσαλονίκη.jpg|Stoa (Market) Colombou

File:Ξενοδοχείο «Μινέρβα» (1929), Εγνατίας 44, Θεσσαλονίκη.jpg|Hotel Minerva

File:Ξενοδοχείο Μεγάλη Βρετανία 1924, Οδός Εγνατίας 48, Θεσσαλονίκη.jpg|The former Hotel Gran Bretagne (arch. Max Rubens)

File:20160516 277 thessaloniki.jpg|Egnatia/Iasonidou

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References

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Category:Thessaloniki

Category:Streets in Thessaloniki

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