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Serbian
military
cemetery
of
WWI,
Zeitenlik
(Greek:
Ζέιτενλικ,
Serbian
Зејтинлик
is
an
Allied
military
cemetery
and
World
War
I
memorial
park
in
Thessaloniki,
the
largest
military
cemetery
in
Greece.
It
contains
the
graves
of
circa
20,000
Serbian,
French,
British,
Italian,
Russian
and
Greek
soldiers
and
Bulgarian
POWs,
who
died
in
the
battles
on
the
Salonika
front
during
World
War
I.
The
largest
part
of
the
complex
is
the
Serbian
Military
Graveyard,
which
contains
the
remains
of
c.
7,500
soldiers.
The
French
sector
contains
the
remains
of
8,000
French
soldiers.The
Italian
sector
holds
about
3,000
graves;
the
British
sector
holds
about
2,000
graves,
and
there
is
also
the
Russian
sector
with
about
400
graves.There
are
also
graves
of
Bulgarian
POW,
such
as
graves
of
fallen
Greeks
transferred
from
the
battlefields
of
Kilkis.
The
complex
is
located
on
the
place
where
the
Main
Hospital
of
the
Serbian
Army
was
located
during
the
war.The
name
comes
from
the
Turkish
word
Zeytin
which
means
Olive.
It
can
be
translated
as
Olive
plantation.
It
is
located
on
Lagkada
street,
about
1.5
kilometres
(0.93
mi)
from
the
city
centre
of
Thessaloniki.
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