Attica
Athens Prefecture
Athens

Byzantine and Christian Museum

The Byzantine and Christian Museum is situated at Vassilissis Sofias Avenue in , Greece.
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  • Opening hours: Monday and Wednesday—Sunday 9:00 AM—4:00 PM
  • Email: info.bma@culture.gr
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Athens, Greece
  • Also known as: “Athens‘ Byzantine Museum”, “Byzantine & Christian Museum”, “Byzantine and Christian Museum (Athens)”, “Byzantine Museum”, and “Byzantine museum of Athens”
  • Address: Λεωφόρος Βασιλίσσης Σοφίας 22, Αθήνα, 10675
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lyceum and War Museum.

Archaeological site
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The (, Ancient Greek: Λύκειον, romanized: Lykeion /lý.keː.on/ was a temple in dedicated to Apollo Lyceus. It was best known for the Peripatetic school of philosophy founded there by Aristotle in 334 BC. is situated 160 metres southwest of Byzantine and Christian Museum.

Museum
The Athens 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 .

Museum
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The Nikolaos P. Goulandris Foundation - is a museum in that houses a notable collection of artifacts of Cycladic art. The museum was founded in 1986 in order to house the collection of Cycladic and Ancient Greek art belonging to Nikolaos and Dolly Goulandris. is situated 220 metres west of Byzantine and Christian Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rigillis and Pangrati.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in , , 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 .

Quarter
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is a neighborhood of , , named after the river . A portion of the neighborhood, Ano , is in and is near the Theology, Philosophy and Scientific faculties of the University of Athens.

Byzantine and Christian Museum

Latitude
37.97501° or 37° 58′ 30″ north
Longitude
23.74469° or 23° 44′ 41″ east
Elevation
109 metres (358 feet)
Open location code
8G95XPGV+2V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 318587297
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
7910526
Wiki­data ID
Q1018775
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Byzantine and Christian Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المتحف البيزنطي والمسيحي”
  • Armenian: “Աթենքի բրիտանական և քրիստոնեական թանգարան”
  • Armenian: “Բրիտանական և քրիստոնեական թանգարան”
  • Belarusian: “Візантыйскі і хрысціянскі музей”
  • Bulgarian: “Византийски и Християнски музей (Атина)”
  • Bulgarian: “Византийски и християнски музей”
  • Catalan: “Museu Bizantí i Cristià”
  • Chinese: “拜占庭和基督教博物館”
  • Dutch: “Byzantine & Christian Museum”
  • Esperanto: “Bizanca kaj Kristana Muzeo”
  • Finnish: “Bysanttilainen ja kristillinen museo”
  • French: “Musee byzantin et chretien d’Athenes”
  • French: “musée byzantin et chrétien d’Athènes”
  • French: “Musée byzantin et chrétien d’athènes”
  • French: “Musée byzantin et chrétien d’Athènes”
  • French: “Musée Byzantin Et Chrétien D’Athènes”
  • French: “Musée byzantin et chrétien”
  • German: “Byzantinisches Museum”
  • German: “Byzantinisches und Christliches Museum”
  • Greek: “Βυζαντινό & Χριστιανικό Μουσείο”
  • Greek: “Βυζαντινό και Χριστιανικό Μουσείο Αθηνών”
  • Greek: “Βυζαντινό και Χριστιανικό Μουσείο”
  • Greek: “Μέγαρο Δουκίσσης Πλακεντίας”
  • Italian: “Museo bizantino e cristiano di Atene”
  • Italian: “Museo bizantino e cristiano”
  • Japanese: “ビザンティン・クリスチャン博物館”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Bizantino e Cristão”
  • Russian: “Византийский музей”
  • Spanish: “Museo Bizantino y Cristiano”
  • Spanish: “Museo Bizantino”
  • Turkish: “Bizans ve Hristiyan Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Візантійський і християнський музей”
  • Urdu: “بازنطینی اور مسیحی عجائب گھر”
  • Western Armenian: “Աթէնքի Բիւզանդական եւ Քրիստոնէական Թանգարան”
  • Western Armenian: “Աթէնքի Բրիտանական Եւ Քրիստոնէական Թանգարան”

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