Attica
East Attica
Kropia

Hymettus

Hymettus, also Hymettos, is a mountain range in the Athens area of , East Central Greece. It is also colloquially known as Trellós or Trellóvouno; the latter originates from the French "très long" in awe of its winding length of 16 km, as used by French travelers during the occupation of Greece by the Ottomans.
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  • Type: Mountain range with an elevation of 1,026 metres
  • Description: mountain range of Attica
  • Also known as: “Hymettos”, “Hymettu”, “Mount Hymettus”, and “Ymittos Oros”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Koutouki Cave and convent of Kesariani.

Cave
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Kaisariani Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery built on the north side of Mount Hymettus, near , .

Protected area
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is a protected area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Paiania and Kareas.

Town
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is a town and a municipality in , . It is an eastern suburb of , located east of Mount Hymettus. It is 11 km east of Athens city centre.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Suburb
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Zografou is a suburban town of approximately 70,000 inhabitants in the eastern part of the , . It was named after the Greek politician Ioannis .

Hymettus

Latitude
37.94578° or 37° 56′ 45″ north
Longitude
23.81473° or 23° 48′ 53″ east
Elevation
1,026 metres (3,366 feet)
Open location code
8G95WRW7+8V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8743826729
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Geo­Names ID
261786
Wiki­data ID
Q1232266
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Venetian—“Hymettus” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Hymettos”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Hymettus”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ὑμηττός”
  • Arabic: “هيميتوس”
  • Basque: “Himeto”
  • Belarusian: “Імітос”
  • Bulgarian: “Имитос”
  • Catalan: “Himet”
  • Catalan: “Mont Himet”
  • Cebuano: “Óros Ymittós”
  • Chinese: “伊米托斯山”
  • Croatian: “Hymettus”
  • Czech: “Hyméttos”
  • Dutch: “Hymettus”
  • Dutch: “Imittos”
  • Dutch: “Mount Imittos”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل هيميتوس”
  • Esperanto: “Himeto”
  • Estonian: “Hymettos”
  • Estonian: “Ymittos”
  • Estonian: “Ymittós”
  • Finnish: “Ymittós”
  • French: “Hymette”
  • French: “Hymettus”
  • French: “Trelovouni”
  • German: “Hymettos”
  • German: “Imittos”
  • Greek: “Imittós Óros”
  • Greek: “Óros Ymittós”
  • Greek: “Ymittós Óros”
  • Greek: “Ymittós”
  • Greek: “Βουνό Υμηττός”
  • Greek: “Κορακοβούνι Υμηττού”
  • Greek: “Όρος Υμηττός”
  • Greek: “Υμηττός Όρος”
  • Greek: “Υμηττός”
  • Italian: “Imetto”
  • Japanese: “イミトス山”
  • Ladin: “Hymettos”
  • Latin: “Hymettus mons”
  • Latin: “Hymettus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hymettos”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hymettus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Imitosfjellet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ymittos”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ymittós”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hymettos”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hymettus”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ymittós”
  • Norwegian: “Ymittos”
  • Polish: “Hymet”
  • Polish: “Hymettos”
  • Romanian: “Himet”
  • Russian: “Гимет”
  • Russian: “Имитос”
  • Russian: “Имиттос”
  • Spanish: “Himeto”
  • Spanish: “Monte Himeto”
  • Swahili: “Hymettus”
  • Swedish: “Hymettos”
  • Swedish: “Óros Ymittós”
  • Turkish: “İmittos Dağı”
  • Turkish: “İmittos”
  • Ukrainian: “Гіметт”
  • Ukrainian: “Іметт”
  • Urdu: “ایمیتوس”
  • Venetian: “Imetto”

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