Mount Aigaleo
Aigaleo or Egaleo, and known in antiquity as Poikilon Oros, is a mountain next to the Athens urban area, in Attica, Greece. It lies west of the Athens plain, southeast of Eleusis, and east of the island of Salamis.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 463 metres
- Description: mountain in Attica, Greece
- Also known as: “Egaleo” and “Oros Aigaleo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Daphní and Sacred Way.
Daphní
Church
Photo: Ghirlandajo, Public domain.
Daphni or Dafni is an eleventh-century Byzantine monastery eleven kilometers northwest of central Athens in the suburb of Chaidari, south of Athinon Avenue.
Sacred Way
Archaeological site
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Sacred Way, in ancient Greece, was the road from Athens to Eleusis. It was so called because it was the route taken by a procession celebrating the Eleusinian Mysteries.
Dafni Pan cave (Attica)
Cave
The cave of God Pan in Daphni is a cave in Haidari, Attica, Greece, that was sacred to the god Pan. It is located near the Byzantine monastery. The cave is believed to have been used for rituals, including burnt offerings and animal sacrifices dedicated.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skaramagkas and Korydallos.
Skaramagkas
Town
Skaramagas is a port town in the western part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. It is part of the municipality of Haidari and is divided into three main neighborhoods, Ano Afaia, Kato Afaia and the coastal zone. Skaramagkas is situated 2½ km northwest of Mount Aigaleo.
Korydallos
Suburb
Korydallos is both a town and a municipality in the Piraeus regional unit, Greece. It is located in the southwestern part of Athens agglomeration. Korydallos is situated 2½ km southeast of Mount Aigaleo.
Keratsini
Suburb
Keratsini is a suburban town in the western part of the Piraeus regional unit, which in turn is a part of the Athens Urban Area. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Keratsini-Drapetsona, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. Keratsini is situated 3½ km south of Mount Aigaleo.
Mount Aigaleo
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Chaidari, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Mount Aigaleo from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Mount Aigaleo” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Egàleos”
- Cebuano: “Óros Aigáleo”
- Cebuano: “Óros Aigáleos”
- Chinese: “艾加里奧山”
- Dutch: “Egaleo”
- Dutch: “Óros Aigáleos”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل اجاليو”
- Esperanto: “Egaleo”
- Finnish: “Aigáleo”
- German: “Egaleo”
- Greek: “Óros Aigáleo”
- Greek: “Αιγάλεω όρος”
- Greek: “Αιγάλεω Όρος”
- Greek: “Όρος Αιγάλεω”
- Italian: “Monte Egaleo”
- Japanese: “アイガレオ山”
- Japanese: “エガレオ山”
- Ladin: “Egaleo”
- Macedonian: “Ајгалео”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aegaleo”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aegaleus”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aigaleo”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Egaleo”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Egáleo”
- Persian: “کوه آیگالئو”
- Portuguese: “Monte Egaleu”
- Russian: “Коридалл”
- Russian: “Эгалео”
- Russian: “Эгалеос”
- Swedish: “Óros Aigáleo”
- Swedish: “Óros Aigáleos”
- Tamil: “எகேலியசு மலை”
- Tamil: “எகேலியஸ் மலை”
- Ukrainian: “Егалео (гори)”
- Ukrainian: “Егалео”
- Urdu: “کوہ ایگالیو”
- Venetian: “Monte Egaleo”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Dafní and Amphiali.
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Highlights include Koúkos and Korydallós.
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