page_title: Eleftherias Square
section_title: Transport
hierarchical_section_title: Eleftherias Square / Transport
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Vue de Thessalonique.
context_page_description: Eleftherias Square is a central square in downtown Thessaloniki, Greece. It takes its name from the Young Turk Revolution, which began in the square in 1908. The square is currently a car park, but a public competition was launched by the Municipality of Thessaloniki in 2013 to select a design for its redevelopment into a park. Construction will start in 2018 at a cost of €5.1 million.
  The square is bound by Mitropoleos street to the north, Nikis Avenue and the old waterfront of Thessaloniki to the south, Ionos Dragoumi street to the west and Venizelou street to the east. It is trapezoidal in shape and covers an area of approximately 5,087 square metres. The square is surrounded by banks, insurance companies, and offices.
  It is of particular importance to the history of the Jews in Thessaloniki. Thousands of male Jews were gathered in the square on 11 July 1942 and publicly tortured and humiliated before being registered for forced labour by the city's Nazi German occupiers.
context_section_description: There are numerous modes of public transport that make the square accessible. The bus terminal at the north of the square is operated by the Thessaloniki Urban Transport Organisation (OASTH). Buses 05 (including 05A and 05B), 06, 33 (including 33A), and 35 stop at the square, and there is a dedicated ticket kiosk. The Thessaloniki Waterbus network has its terminus at the Port of Thessaloniki opposite the square. Thessaloniki Metro's Venizelou station, a short walk from the square on the corner of Venizelou and Egnatia streets, will also serve the square beginning in 2021; it will be served by both Line 1 and Line 2.
  The square is also accessible by car. A parking lot has occupied entire square since the 1960s, but it is not known where the parking will be relocated following the redevelopment of the square. No provisions for underground parking have been made, which has led to questions being raised within the city council. The parking currently provides the Municipality of Thessaloniki with €1.2 million ($1.42 million) in yearly revenues, something which will end with the redevelopment of the square back into a public space without parking provisions.
caption: Mitropoleos Street next to the square
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