National Library of Greece
The National Library of Greece is the main public library of Greece, located in Athens. Founded by Ioannis Kapodistrias in 1832, its mission is to locate, collect, organize, describe and preserve the perpetual evidence of Greek culture and its uptake over time, as well as important representative evidence of human intellectual production.Photo: Jeanhousen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Library
- Description: national library in Athens, Greece
- Also known as: “Ethniki Vivliothiki tis Ellados”, “GRATEVE”, and “NLG”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Parthenon and Numismatic Museum of Athens.
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, Western civilisation, and democracy. Parthenon is situated 1¼ km southwest of National Library of Greece.
Numismatic Museum of Athens
Museum
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Numismatic Museum of Athens is one of the most important museums in Greece and it houses a collection of over 500,000 coins, medals, gems, weights, stamps and related artefacts from 1400BC to modern times. Numismatic Museum of Athens is situated 420 metres southeast of National Library of Greece.
Saint Dionysius
Church
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cathedral Basilica of St. Dionysius the Areopagite is the main Catholic church of Athens, Greece, and the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Athens. Saint Dionysius is situated 260 metres southeast of National Library of Greece.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Akadimia and Omonoia.
Akadimia
Neighborhood
Photo: Lapost, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Akadimia, literally "Academy", is a neighborhood in central Athens, Greece. Located directly north and slight west of Syntagma Square, it is bounded by Akadimias Street, Panepistimiou Street, Solonos Street and Stadiou Street.
Omonoia
Neighborhood
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Omonoia is a neighborhood in downtown Athens, Greece, centered on the square of the same name and served by the Omonoia station of the Athens Metro. Historically the heart of the city, it has experienced serious urban decay in recent years, becoming plagued by drug dealing, prostitution and theft, especially in its western part.
Neapoli
Neighborhood
Neapoli is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It is located on the northern slope of Mount Lycabettus. Neapoli means 'new city.' The name originally comes from the fact that it was a new area of Athens built beyond Praxitelous and Evripidou streets during the decades when the city was starting to become urbanised.
National Library of Greece
- Categories: national library and education
- Location: Athens, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“National Library of Greece” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Nasionale Biblioteek van Griekeland”
- Albanian: “Biblioteka Kombëtare e Greqisë”
- Arabic: “المكتبة الوطنية اليونانية”
- Arabic: “مكتبة أثينا الوطنية”
- Armenian: “Հունաստանի ազգային գրադարան”
- Azerbaijani: “Yunanıstan Milli Kitabxanası”
- Belarusian: “Нацыянальная бібліятэка Грэцыі”
- Bosnian: “Nacionalna biblioteka Grčke”
- Bulgarian: “Национална библиотека на Гърция”
- Catalan: “Biblioteca Nacional de Grècia”
- Chinese: “希腊国家图书馆”
- Chinese: “希腊国立图书馆”
- Chinese: “希臘國家圖書館”
- Chinese: “雅典学院（现代）”
- Czech: “Řecká národní knihovna”
- Dutch: “Nationale Bibliotheek van Griekenland”
- Egyptian Arabic: “المكتبه الوطنيه اليونانيه”
- Esperanto: “Nacia Biblioteko de Grekio”
- Finnish: “Kreikan kansalliskirjasto”
- French: “bibliothèque nationale de Grèce”
- French: “Bibliothèque nationale de Grèce”
- Galician: “Biblioteca Nacional de Grecia”
- German: “Griechische Nationalbibliothek”
- Greek: “Ε.Β.Ε.”
- Greek: “ΕΒΕ”
- Greek: “Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη της Ελλάδος”
- Greek: “Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη”
- Hebrew: “הספרייה הלאומית של יוון”
- Ingush: “Янехьен къаман библиотека”
- Italian: “Biblioteca nazionale della Grecia”
- Japanese: “ギリシア国立図書館”
- Japanese: “ギリシャ国立図書館”
- Korean: “그리스 국립도서관”
- Latin: “Bibliotheca Nationalis Graeciae”
- Malay: “Perpustakaan Negara Greece”
- Persian: “کتابخانه ملی یونان”
- Polish: “Grecka Biblioteka Narodowa”
- Portuguese: “Biblioteca nacional da Grécia”
- Romanian: “Biblioteca Națională a Greciei”
- Russian: “Национальная библиотека Греции”
- Serbian: “Народна библиотека Грчке”
- Slovenian: “Narodna knjižnica Grčije”
- Spanish: “Biblioteca Nacional de Grecia”
- Tatar: “Греция милли китапханәсе”
- Turkish: “Yunanistan Milli Kütüphanesi”
- Turkish: “Yunanistan Millî Kütüphanesi”
- Ukrainian: “Національна бібліотека Греції”
- Urdu: “یونان کا قومی کتب خانہ”
- Welsh: “Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Gwlad Groeg”
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