The Monument for the Korean War dead consists of 4 votive columns and at the centre of the monument there are carved representations of dragons, lion, sixteen-pointed star and other Korean symbols.
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Near the sailing clubs of the New Seafront, there is a Korean pagoda, designed by Maria Spyrideli. It consists of four dedicative columns and, in the centre of the monument, carved representations of dragons, lions, a sixteen-ray star and other Korean symbols.
The Korean War was one of the biggest Cold War conflicts worldwide. This monument is a tribute to the battalion of the 1,000 Greeks, who participated in the Korean War (an aircraft battalion also participated) between 1950 and 1955. There is a corresponding monument in Seoul for the 186 who perished, among them. The army forces were sent to Korea by Greek post-Civil War governments, in an attempt to persuade the international community of Greece combat effectiveness and to seal its accession to NATO.
Kryonas Κ., (d.u.), Η Θεσσαλονίκη παλιά: ένα ξεχωριστό μνημείο, [Thessaloniki in the old days: a special monument], Parallaxi,
http://www.parallaximag.gr/parallax-view/i-thessaloniki-palia-ena-xehoristo-mnimeio
Last visit 5/11/2014
Passalidis Th., (d.u.), Το μνημείο πεσόντων στον πόλεμο της Κορέας στην παραλία Θεσσαλονίκης, [Monument for the dead in Korea in Thessaloniki’s sea-front], Odos Ellinon blogspot
http://odosell.blogspot.gr/2013/12/blog-post_9760.html
Last visit 5/11/2014
1994 Placed on this spot.
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