East Attica
East Attica is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Attica. The regional unit covers the eastern part of the urban agglomeration of Athens, and also the rural area to its east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: regional unit of Greece with 517,000 residents
- Description: regional unit of Greece
- Also known as: “East Attica Regional Unit” and “Nomarchia Anatolikis Attikis”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pallini station and Davelis Cave.
Pallini station
Railway station
Photo: Minoa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pallini is a station located in the median strip of the Attiki Odos motorway west of the suburb of Pallini in East Attica. This station first opened to Athens Suburban Railway trains on 30 July 2004, with Athens Metro services calling at this station from September 2006.
Davelis Cave
Cave
Photo: NikosFF, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Davelis Cave, also known as the Cave of Penteli, is a cave on the southwestern slope of Mount Penteli, northeast of Athens. It received its modern nickname, "the cave of Davelis", because of a popular association with the 19th-century brigand Christos Davelis.
Penteli Observatory
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Nagaremono, CC BY 3.0.
The Penteli Observatory, also known as the Penteli Astronomical Station, is an astronomical observatory in Penteli, Greece, operated by the National Observatory of Athens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Spata and Agia Paraskevi.
Spata
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Spata is mostly a residential town and in many ways as a suburb of Athens, which lies 20km to the west. Athens International Airport is situated on Spata grounds and sometimes referred to as Spata Airport.
Agia Paraskevi
Suburb
Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Agia Paraskevi is a suburb and a municipality in the northeastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. It is part of the North Athens regional unit. Agia Paraskevi was named after the main church of the town, which is dedicated to Saint Paraskevi of Rome. Agia Paraskevi is situated 6 km southwest of East Attica.
Marousi
Suburb
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Athens is the capital city of Greece with a metropolitan population of 3.15 million inhabitants. It was a major cultural, political and religious centre of Classical Greece, and therefore remains for many an important site within the history of Western civilization. Marousi is situated 7 km west of East Attica.
East Attica
- Category: prefecture of Greece
- Location: Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“East Attica” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “آتيكا الشرقية”
- Arabic: “أتيكا الشرقية”
- Arabic: “أتيكا الشرقيه”
- Armenian: “Արևելյան Ատտիկե”
- Azerbaijani: “Şərqi Attika”
- Basque: “Ekialdeko Atika”
- Belarusian: “Усходняя Атыка”
- Bulgarian: “Източна Атика”
- Catalan: “Àtica Oriental”
- Cebuano: “Nomarchía Anatolikís Attikís”
- Chinese: “东阿提卡专区”
- Chinese: “东阿提卡分区”
- Chinese: “東阿提卡分區”
- Croatian: “Prefektura Istočna Atika”
- Czech: “Východní Attika”
- Danish: “Østattica”
- Dutch: “Oost-Attica”
- Dutch: “Oost-Attika”
- Esperanto: “Orienta Atiko”
- Estonian: “Ida-Atika piirkonnaüksus”
- Finnish: “Itä-Attika”
- Finnish: “Itä-Attikan alueyksikkö”
- French: “Attique de l’Est”
- French: “Attique-de-l’Est”
- French: “district régional d’Attique-de-l’Est”
- Georgian: “აღმოსავლეთი ატიკა”
- German: “Ostattika”
- Greek: “Ανατολική Αττική”
- Greek: “Νομαρχία Ανατολικής Αττικής”
- Greek: “Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Ανατολικής Αττικής”
- Hebrew: “מזרח אטיקה”
- Ido: “Provinco Estal Attika”
- Italian: “Attica Orientale”
- Japanese: “東アッティカ県”
- Korean: “동부 아티키 현”
- Korean: “동부 아티키”
- Korean: “동아티키 현”
- Korean: “동아티키”
- Korean: “동아티키현”
- Latin: “Attica Orientalis”
- Lithuanian: “Rytų Atikos nomas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Øst-Attika”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Øst-Attiki”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Øst-Attikí”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aust-Attika”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aust-Attikí”
- Norwegian: “Øst-Attikí”
- Polish: “Attyka Wschodnia”
- Polish: “Jednostka regionalna Attyka Wschodnia”
- Polish: “Nomarchia Attyka Wschodnia”
- Portuguese: “Ática Oriental (unidade regional)”
- Portuguese: “Ática Oriental”
- Romanian: “Prefectura Attica de Est”
- Russian: “Восточная Аттика”
- Scots: “East Attica”
- Serbian: “Istočna Atika”
- Serbian: “Источна Атика”
- Serbian: “Префектура Источна Атика”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Prefektura Istočna Atika”
- Slovenian: “Regionalna enota Vzhodna Atika”
- Spanish: “Atica Oriental”
- Spanish: “Ática oriental”
- Spanish: “Ática Oriental”
- Spanish: “Prefectura de Atica Oriental”
- Spanish: “Prefectura de Ática Oriental”
- Spanish: “Unidad periferica de Atica Oriental”
- Spanish: “Unidad periférica de Ática Oriental”
- Spanish: “unidad periférica del Ática Oriental”
- Spanish: “Unidad Regional del Ática Oriental”
- Swedish: “Nomarchía Anatolikís Attikís”
- Turkish: “Doğu Attika”
- Turkish: “Doğu Attike ilçesi”
- Ukrainian: “Східна Аттика”
- Urdu: “مشرقی آتیکا”
- Urdu: “مشرقی اتیکا”
- Western Armenian: “Արեւելեան Ատիկէ”
- Western Panjabi: “مشرقی آتیکا”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ráchi Chrysoúli and Penteli hill.
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