national gallery
The National Gallery is an art museum located on Vasilissis Sofias avenue in the Pangrati district, Athens, Greece. It is devoted to Greek and European art from the 14th century to the 20th century.Photo: Leeturtle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: national gallery of Greece
- Also known as: “Ethniki Pinakothiki Alexander Soutzos Museum”, “Ethniki Pinakothiki-Mouseio Alexandrou Soutzou”, “Euripides Koutlides foundation”, “National Galerie”, “National Gallery”, “National Gallery - Alexandros Soutzos Museum”, “National Gallery of Athens”, “National Gallery of Greece”, “National Gallery-Alexandros Soutzos Museum”, and “Nationale Pinakotheek en Alexander Soutzos Museum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lyceum and War Museum.
Lyceum
Archaeological site
Photo: Tomisti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Lyceum 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. Lyceum is situated 550 metres west of national gallery.
War Museum
Museum
Photo: Archaeaoris, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Athens War Museum is the military museum of the Greek Armed Forces. It is located at the Athens city center and it is served by the Athens Metro station of Evangelismos. War Museum is situated 360 metres west of national gallery.
Byzantine and Christian Museum
Museum
Photo: Marsyas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Byzantine and Christian Museum is situated at Vassilissis Sofias Avenue in Athens, Greece. Byzantine and Christian Museum is situated 420 metres west of national gallery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ilisia and Rigillis.
Ilisia
Quarter
Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ilisia is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece, named after the river Ilisos. A portion of the neighborhood, Ano Ilisia, is in Zografou and is near the Theology, Philosophy and Scientific faculties of the University of Athens.
Pangrati
Suburb
Pangrati is a neighborhood in Athens, Greece, having an estimated population of 35,173 residents. Named after the ancient sanctuary of Hercules Pancrates, its frontage runs from Vasilissis Sofias Avenue along to Vasileos Konstantinou Avenue and Vassileos Alexandrou Avenue, just a few minutes walk from the National Gardens.
national gallery
- Categories: art museum, national museum, pinacotheca, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Athens, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Urdu—“national gallery” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Աթենքի ազգային պատկերասրահ”
- Bulgarian: “Национална галерия”
- Catalan: “Galeria Nacional d’Atenes”
- Chinese: “國立希臘美術館”
- Czech: “Národní galerie – Muzeum Alexandrose Sutzose”
- Czech: “Εθνική Πινακοθήκη-Μουσείο Αλεξάνδρου Σούτζου”
- Dutch: “National Gallery”
- Dutch: “Nationale Pinakotheek en Alexander Soutzos Museum”
- Egyptian Arabic: “معرض اثينا الوطنى”
- Esperanto: “Nacia Pinakoteko (Ateno)”
- Esperanto: “Nacia Pinakoteko”
- Finnish: “Kansallisgalleria”
- French: “Galerie nationale de Grèce”
- French: “Pinacothèque nationale - musée Aléxandros Soútzos”
- French: “Pinacothèque nationale d’Athènes”
- German: “Nationalgalerie von Griechenland”
- German: “Nationalgalerie”
- Greek: “Εθνική Πινακοθήκη - Μουσείο Αλέξανδρου Σούτζου”
- Greek: “Εθνική Πινακοθήκη Αθηνών”
- Greek: “Εθνική Πινακοθήκη της Αθήνας”
- Greek: “Εθνική Πινακοθήκη της Ελλάδος”
- Greek: “Εθνική Πινακοθήκη-Μουσείο Αλεξάνδρου Σούτζου”
- Greek: “Εθνική Πινακοθήκη-Μουσείο Αλεξάνδρου Σούτσου”
- Greek: “Ίδρυμα Ευριπίδη Κουτλίδη”
- Irish: “Gailearaí Náisiúnta na hAithne”
- Italian: “Pinacoteca nazionale di Atene”
- Japanese: “アテナ国立美術館”
- Japanese: “ナショナル・ギャラリー”
- Korean: “국립미술관”
- Latvian: “Nacionālā Mākslas galerija”
- Polish: “Galeria Narodowa w Atenach”
- Portuguese: “Galeria Nacional da Grécia”
- Russian: “Национальная художественная галерея”
- Slovenian: “Muzej Aleksandrosa Soutsosa”
- Slovenian: “Narodna galerija v Atenah”
- Turkish: “Ulusal Galeri”
- Ukrainian: “Національна художня галерея”
- Urdu: “قومی گیلری، ایتھنز”
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