Dekeleia
Decelea, was a deme and ancient village in northern Attica serving as a trade route connecting Euboea with Athens, Greece. It was situated near the entrance of the eastern pass across Mount Parnes, which leads from the northeastern part of the Athenian plain to Oropus, and from thence both to Tanagra on the one hand, and to Delium and Chalcis on the other.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: ancient Athenian deme
- Also known as: “Decelea”, “Dhekelia”, “Dhekélia”, and “Tatóïon”
- Historically known as: “Tatoi”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mountain Lodge Flabouri.
Mountain Lodge Flabouri
Mountain hut
Photo: FocalPoint, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mountain Lodge Flabouri is a mountain hut, which is situated 3 km west of Dekeleia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tatoi Palace and Varympompi.
Tatoi Palace
Locality
Photo: Aspioti-ELKA, Public domain.
Tatoi was the summer palace and 42 km2 estate of the former Greek royal family. The area is a densely wooded southeast-facing slope of Mount Parnitha, and its ancient and current official name is Dekeleia.
Varympompi
Suburb
Varympompi or Varybobi is a suburb of Athens in the municipality of Acharnes, East Attica, Greece. Varympompi is situated 4 km south of Dekeleia.
Thrakomakedones
Suburb
Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thrakomakedones, is a town in the regional unit East Attica, in Attica region, Greece. It is a northern suburb of Athens. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Acharnes, of which it is a municipal unit. Thrakomakedones is situated 4½ km southwest of Dekeleia.
Dekeleia
- Category: deme
- Location: Acharnes, East Attica, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Turkish—“Dekeleia” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Δεκέλεια”
- Catalan: “Decelea”
- Catalan: “Decelia”
- Czech: “Dekeleia”
- Dutch: “Decelea”
- Dutch: “Dekeleia”
- Finnish: “Dekeleia”
- French: “Decelie”
- French: “Décélie”
- German: “Dekeleia”
- Greek: “Αρχαία Δεκέλεια Αττικής”
- Greek: “Δεκέλεια Αττικής”
- Greek: “Δεκέλεια”
- Greek: “Τατόι” (historical)
- Greek: “Τατόϊ” (historical)
- Indonesian: “Dekelia”
- Italian: “Decelea”
- Japanese: “デケレイア”
- Latin: “Decelea”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dekeleia”
- Norwegian: “Dekeleia”
- Polish: “Dekeleja”
- Romanian: “Decelea”
- Romanian: “Dekeleia”
- Russian: “Декелея”
- Russian: “Декелия”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Dekeleja”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Dekelejski rat”
- Spanish: “Decelea”
- Spanish: “Deceleia”
- Spanish: “Decelia”
- Spanish: “Dekeleia”
- Swiss German: “Dekeleia”
- Tosk Albanian: “Dekeleia”
- Turkish: “Dekelia”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dekeleia”. Photo: Ggia, CC BY-SA 3.0.