Thessaloniki: The statue of Pavlos Melas “gone” and left a note – Newsbomb – News
Thessaloniki: The municipal authority removed the statue of Pavlos Melas from the square in the area of Kordelios
The statue of Pavlou Mela he “left” the position that the inhabitants of Thessaloniki were used to and left behind a note.
“I’ll be back in a bit more stable“, it says note who “left” it statue of Pavlos Melas, who until the beginning of August was in Skra Streetin the area of Kordelios, at west Thessaloniki.
According to information from voria.gr, the statue of the Macedonian fighter was removed a few days ago by the municipal authority of Kordelio Evosmos, as in the previous period, vandalism was first detected, while then unknown people tried to remove it.
THE deputy mayor Kordelios Evosmou Technical Services, Kostas Sotirakis, reported that unknown persons vandalized the chains around the statue and it seems that they tried to remove it. “The statue is made of bronze, the perpetrators must have tied it with a rope to drop it”noted Mr. Sotirakis.
Last week the technical service of the municipality removed the statue with a machine in order to repair the damage. “There will be some construction that will be safer. Chains will probably not be placed as there are also children playing at that point so that we don’t have an accident,” noted the deputy mayor.
He estimated that principles September likely to complete the tasks restoration and to be resettled in the place where it has been for years. It should be noted that this is not the first time that the statue of Pavlos Melas has been targeted by criminals. In 2015, unknown persons had stolen the statue’s rifle.