Athens Prefecture
The Athens Prefecture was one of the prefectures of Greece. It was part of the Attica region and the Athens-Piraeus super-prefecture. The capital of the prefecture was the city of Athens.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: prefecture of Greece with 2,640,000 residents
- Description: prefecture of Greece
- Also known as: “Nomarchia Athinas”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Parthenon and Areopagus.
Parthenon
Photo: Elena Tatiana Chis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Parthenon is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of classical Greek art, and the Parthenon is considered an enduring symbol of ancient Greece, democracy, and Western civilization.
Areopagus
Peak
Photo: ajbear, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Areopagus is a prominent rock outcropping located northwest of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. Its English name is the Late Latin composite form of the Greek name Areios Pagos, translated "Hill of Ares".
Erechtheion
Photo: Chepry, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Erechtheion or Temple of Athena Polias is an ancient Greek Ionic temple on the north side of the Acropolis, Athens, which was primarily dedicated to the goddess Athena.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Athens and Palaio Faliro.
Athens
Photo: Ggia, 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.
Palaio Faliro
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Palaio Faliro is a municipality in Attica on the Saronic Gulf coast. It is part of the South Suburbs of Athens.
Piraeus
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The Piraeus is the ancient port of Athens, and still functions as the chief exit point from the city by sea, for destinations among the Aegean Islands and elsewhere in the east Mediterranean.
Athens Prefecture
- Location: Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Athens Prefecture” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أثينا”
- Armenian: “Աթենք”
- Belarusian: “Афіны”
- Belarusian: “Намархія Афіны”
- Bulgarian: “Атина”
- Catalan: “Prefectura d’Atenes”
- Cebuano: “Nomarchía Athínas”
- Chinese: “雅典州”
- Croatian: “Prefektura Atena”
- Dutch: “Athene”
- Esperanto: “Atena Prefekturo”
- Finnish: “Ateenan prefektuuri”
- French: “Nomarchie d’Athènes”
- Georgian: “ათენი”
- Georgian: “ათენის ნომი”
- Greek: “Athína”
- Greek: “Nomarchía Athinón”
- Greek: “Αθήνα”
- Greek: “Νομαρχία Αθήνας”
- Greek: “Νομαρχία Αθηνών”
- Hungarian: “Athén nomarhía”
- Italian: “Atene”
- Italian: “Prefettura di Atene”
- Japanese: “アテネ県”
- Korean: “아테네 현”
- Korean: “아테네현”
- Latin: “Athenae”
- Macedonian: “Атина”
- Macedonian: “Префектура Атина”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Athen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aten prefektur”
- Norwegian: “Athen”
- Polish: “Nomarchia Ateny”
- Romanian: “Prefectura Atena”
- Russian: “Афины (ном)”
- Russian: “Афины”
- Serbian: “Префектура Атина”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Prefektura Atina”
- Slovenian: “Prefektura Atene”
- Spanish: “prefectura de Atenas”
- Spanish: “Prefectura de Atenas”
- Swedish: “Atenprefekturen”
- Swedish: “Nomarchía Athínas”
- Turkish: “Atina”
- Ukrainian: “Афіни”
- Urdu: “ایتھنز پریفیکچر”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kopanas and Profitis Ilias.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Alsos Pagkratiou and Divani Caravel.
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