Mount Lycabettus

Mount Lycabettus, also known as Lycabettos, Lykabettos or Lykavittos, is a Cretaceous limestone hill in the capital . At 277 meters above sea level, its summit is the highest point in Central Athens and pine trees cover its base.
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Wikipedia
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  • 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 Agios Georgios.

Church
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is a church.

Railway station
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is a railway station.

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The is a former temple on the , Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of classical Greek art, and the is considered an enduring symbol of ancient Greece, Western civilisation, and democracy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pefkakia and Neapoli.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood of , . It is located on the northern slope of Mount Lycabettus. 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.

Neighborhood
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, literally "Academy", is a neighborhood in central , . Located directly north and slight west of , it is bounded by Akadimias Street, Panepistimiou Street, Solonos Street and Stadiou Street.

Mount Lycabettus

Latitude
37.98187° or 37° 58′ 55″ north
Longitude
23.74324° or 23° 44′ 36″ east
Elevation
248 metres (814 feet)
Open location code
8G95XPJV+P7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 835178426
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
6947708
Wiki­data ID
Q1357713
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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”
  • Hindi: “लुकाबेत्तोस पर्वत”
  • 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”

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