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THE MUNICIPALITY OF NIKAIA - AG. I. RENTIS

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NIKAIA THROUGH ITS 16 LANDMARKS

Discover Nikaia through its major landmarks

Nikaia, also known as Nea Kokkinia, is a historic city with roots in refugee resettlement. Its history began in 1923 with the establishment of the first refugee settlement in the area. Since then, the city has grown, evolved, and witnessed moments etched in the national memory. Places, buildings, and monuments testify to these events. Explore them and discover one of the most historic cities in Attica.

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MANTRA MPLOKOU KOKKINIAS

On Thursday 17 August 1944 the blockade of Kokkinia was carried out by the Germans and the Security Battalions. At dawn the telegraphs called for men between 14 and 60 years old to report to the square of St. Xeni, which was filled with people.

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MUSEUM OF NATIONAL RESISTANCE

The museum houses numerous historical relics, war documents and archival material, fragments that reconstruct the heroic period 1940-1944.

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SQUARE AUGUST 17TH 1944 (OSIA XENI)

An important chapter in the history of the Kokkinia blockade, which was one of the most brutal cleansing operations of the last year of the Occupation, was written in the historic square of Osias Xeni.

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