Mount Lycabettus
Mount Lycabettus, also known as Lycabettos, Lykabettos or Lykavittos, is a Cretaceous limestone hill in the Greek capital Athens. At 277 meters above sea level, its summit is the highest point in Central Athens and pine trees cover its base.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 248 metres
- Description: Cretaceous limestone hill in Athens, Greece
- Also known as: “Lycabettos”, “Lycabettus”, “Lycabettus Hill”, “Lykabettos”, “Lykavitos”, “Lykavittos”, “Mount Lycabettos”, “Mount Lykabettos”, and “Mount Lykavittos”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chapel of St. George and Parthenon.
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 civilization, and democracy.
Lyceum
Archaeological site
Photo: Tomisti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Lyceum (, Ancient Greek: Λύκειον, romanized: Lykeion /lý.keː.on/ was a temple in Athens dedicated to Apollo Lyceus. It was best known for the Peripatetic school of philosophy founded there by Aristotle in 334 BC.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pefkakia and Neapoli.
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.
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.
Mount Lycabettus
- Categories: mountain, hill, and landform
- Location: Athens, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.98187° or 37° 58′ 55″ northLongitude
23.74324° or 23° 44′ 36″ eastElevation
248 metres (814 feet)Open location code
8G95XPJV+P7OpenStreetMap ID
node 835178426OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Mount Lycabettus” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تل ليكابيتوس”
- Armenian: “Լիկավիտոս”
- Basque: “Likabitos”
- Bulgarian: “Лйкабетус”
- Catalan: “Licabet”
- Catalan: “Mont Licabet”
- Cebuano: “Likavittós”
- Cebuano: “Lykabettus”
- Chinese: “吕卡维多斯”
- Chinese: “呂卡維多斯”
- Czech: “Lykavittos”
- Dutch: “Likavittós”
- Dutch: “Lycabettus”
- Dutch: “Lykavittos”
- Dutch: “Lykavittós”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل تل ليكابيتوس”
- Esperanto: “Monto Likabeto”
- Estonian: “Lykavittós”
- Finnish: “Likavittos”
- Finnish: “Lycabettus”
- Finnish: “Lykabettos”
- Finnish: “Lykavittos”
- Finnish: “Lykavittós”
- French: “Lycabette”
- Georgian: “ლიკაბეტოსი”
- German: “Likavittós”
- German: “Lykabettos”
- German: “Lykabettus”
- German: “Lykavettos”
- German: “Lykavittos”
- German: “Lykavittós”
- Greek: “Λόφος Λυκαβητού”
- Greek: “Λυκαβηττός”
- Hebrew: “גבעת הזאבים”
- Hebrew: “גבעת ליקאבטוס”
- Hebrew: “גבעת ליקבטוס”
- Hebrew: “הר ליקאביטוס”
- Hebrew: “הר ליקביטוס”
- Hungarian: “Lükabéttosz-hegy”
- Italian: “Licabetto”
- Italian: “Monte Licabetto”
- Japanese: “リカヴィトスの丘”
- Korean: “리카비토스”
- Ladin: “Mont Lycabettus”
- Latin: “Lycabettus mons”
- Latvian: “Likavita kalns”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lykabettos”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lykavittos”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lykavittós”
- Norwegian: “Lykabettos”
- Persian: “کوه لیکابتوس”
- Persian: “کوهٔ لیکابتوس”
- Portuguese: “Monte Licabeto”
- Russian: “Ликавит”
- Russian: “Ликавитос”
- Russian: “Ликавиттос”
- Serbian: “Ликабет”
- Slovenian: “Lykabettos”
- Slovenian: “Lykavittós”
- Spanish: “Licabeto”
- Spanish: “Monte Licabeto”
- Swedish: “Likavittós”
- Swedish: “Lykabettos”
- Swedish: “Lykavittos”
- Tamil: “லைகாபெட்டஸ் மலை”
- Turkish: “Likavittos”
- Ukrainian: “Лікабет”
- Ukrainian: “Лікавіт”
- Ukrainian: “Лікавітос”
- Ukrainian: “Пагорб Лікавіт”
- Urdu: “کوہ لیکابیتوس”
- Venetian: “Licabetto”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lycabettus and Lycabettus Hill Funicular - Top Station.
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