District , 5 kms from the centre of Athens , belongs to the urban city area of Athens.

The versions of the name of municipality of Galatsi are many :

For example some people believe that its name has been derived from Simeon Galaci who had large estates in the area.

Some others claim that the name has been derived from Kostas Galatis, ex-mayor of Athens.

The majority believes that the name has come from the area Galatsi in Romania .

Another version says that the name was due to the fact of the production of dairy products.

Galatsi , our city

The centre of Galatsi “Galatsi” painted by Spiros Vasiliou

Omorphoclissia

Up to 1860 the municipality of Galatsi was an uninhabited and rural area that had as a characteristic a small church from the Byzantine era which is called “Omorphoclissia” . That little church , known to the older people with the name of Saint George , is one of the few Byzantine monuments that are saved today and is marked for its beauty and elegance.

Beer factory

Lime-kiln

In the middle of 1905 Galatsi started to be inhabited. The first dwellers were occupied with agriculture. In 1927, its population started to grow , Galatsi became a big village. Its inhabitants worked in factories, limekilns and quarries at “Tourkovounia” .There were a lot of quarries. The rocks of this area were used to build modern Athens

Reconstruction of Galatsi-Streets are opened

Veikou St 1959-dirt road

Evripidou st. 1964

1964,This is a square nowdays

Patission Avenue 1900 , nowadays one of the busiest avenues

Lambros Veikos was one of the persons that had played an important role in the area , so as to have gained a great reputation in Galatsi today. He was a rich land owner who helped a lot to the development of the area with his donation. In order to attract some people in the area he gifted fields grounds to his friends who exploited them and created a small town called “Lamprini”.

Veikou st. nowadays

The main street of the area that connects Galatsi with the outskirts of Atticα has taken the name

of Veikos.

Tourkovounia

Hills of Attica Limestone rocks Characteristic part of the

history of Galatsi During the Ottoman

possession there were camps of Ottomen (Turks) on the hills. That's why the area is called “Tourkovounia”.

Reforestation nowdays. We can distinguish the young trees .

Old photo

The water-source of the church Saint Glykeria, which was one of the most important churches in the area , supplied the inhabitants with water until the time that O.U.L.E.N. (one American company) created the first water-tower of Athens in Galatsi.

The Galatsi Water Treatment Plant was constructed in 1927

The Galatsi Water Treatment Plant today

Water in Galatsi

The water source of the church Saint Glykeria

In favour of Lampros Veikos’s great offer to the community ,it has been created the “Veikou leisure center” which contains a huge park, playgrounds and athletic center installations in a protected natural environment.

“Veikou leisure center”

In the map we can notice :

Galatsi water treatment plant

Galatsi Olympic Hall

Veikou leisure center (Veikou park)

Our school

Tourkovounia

abandoned quarry

Few green areas

The map of Galatsi