Ymittos
Ymittos is a town and a suburb in the Athens urban area, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Dafni-Ymittos, of which it is a municipal unit.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 11,000 residents
- Description: suburb of Athens, Greece
- Also known as: “Ymittos Athens”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Temple of Olympian Zeus and Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation.
Temple of Olympian Zeus
Photo: Ava babili, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Temple of Olympian Zeus, also known as the Olympieion or Columns of the Olympian Zeus, is a colossal temple in the centre of Athens, now in ruins. It was dedicated to "Olympian" Zeus, a name originating from his position as head of the Olympian gods.
Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation
Museum
The Goulandris Museum of Contemporary Art is a modern art museum in Eratosthenous Street, Pangrati, Athens, Greece, opened in October 2019. It displays many of the works amassed by shipowner Basil Goulandris and his wife Elise Karadontis, who died in 1994 and 2000 respectively, with an art collection valued at US$3 billion.
Dafni
Metro station
Photo: Argybz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dafni is a metro station on Athens Metro Line 2, which opened on 15 November 2000, and was the line's terminus until 5 June 2004, when Agios Dimitrios station opened.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vyronas and Mets.
Vyronas
Suburb
Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vyronas is a suburban town and a municipality in the southeastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. The town is named after George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, the famous English poet and writer, who is a national hero of Greece.
Mets
Neighborhood
Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mets is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It is located between Ardettos Hill, First Cemetery of Athens and Temple of Olympian Zeus. Mets owes its name to a beer brewery, opened by Bavarian brewer Karl Fuchs.
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.
Ymittos
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Dafni-Ymittos, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.95485° or 37° 57′ 17″ northLongitude
23.74622° or 23° 44′ 46″ eastPopulation
11,000Elevation
120 metres (394 feet)Open location code
8G95XP3W+WFOpenStreetMap ID
node 612359019OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
7667930Wikidata ID
Q2532052
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Ymittos” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إميتوس”
- Cebuano: “Ymittos Athens”
- Cebuano: “Ymittos”
- Chinese: “伊米托斯”
- Dutch: “Ymittos”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اميتوس”
- Finnish: “Ymittós”
- French: “Hymette”
- French: “Ymittós”
- German: “Ymittos”
- Greek: “Υμηττός Αττικής”
- Greek: “Υμηττός”
- Hungarian: “Imitósz”
- Irish: “Ymittos”
- Italian: “Ymetto”
- Italian: “Ymittos”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ymittós i Aten”
- Polish: “Imitos”
- Polish: “Imittos”
- Portuguese: “Ymittos”
- Romanian: “Hymmitos”
- Romanian: “Imitos”
- Romanian: “Imittos”
- Romanian: “Ymittos”
- Russian: “Имитос”
- Scots: “Ymittos”
- Swedish: “Ymittos Athens”
- Swedish: “Ymittos”
- Turkish: “İmittos”
- Urdu: “یمیتوس”
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