Lyceum

The Lyceum 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.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: public meeting place in Classical Athens
  • Also known as: “Aristotle’s Lyceum”, “Αρχαιολογικός Χώρος Λυκείου”, and “Λύκειον”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Byzantine and Christian Museum and Museum of Cycladic Art.

Museum
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The is situated at Vassilissis Sofias Avenue in , Greece. is situated 160 metres northeast of Lyceum.

Museum
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The Nikolaos P. Goulandris Foundation - Museum… is situated 210 metres northwest of Lyceum.

Museum
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The Athens is the military museum of the Greek Armed Forces. is situated 230 metres northeast of Lyceum.

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.

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is the capital city of .

Lyceum

Latitude
37.97403° or 37° 58′ 27″ north
Longitude
23.7434° or 23° 44′ 36″ east
Elevation
108 metres (354 feet)
Wheelchair access
limited
Open location code
8G95XPFV+J9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 82150737
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
7910527
Wiki­data ID
Q1160664
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Urdu—“Lyceum” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Liceu i lashtë”
  • Albanian: “Liceumi antik”
  • Arabic: “ليقيون”
  • Azerbaijani: “Likeion”
  • Basque: “Lizeoa”
  • Catalan: “Liceu d’Aristòtil”
  • Catalan: “Liceu”
  • Cebuano: “Lyceum”
  • Chinese: “吕刻昂”
  • Croatian: “Licej”
  • Danish: “Lykeion”
  • Dutch: “Lykeion”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليقيون”
  • Estonian: “Lykeion”
  • Finnish: “Lykeion”
  • French: “Lycée d’Aristote”
  • French: “Lycée”
  • German: “Lykeion”
  • Greek: “Λύκειο Αριστοτέλη”
  • Greek: “Λύκειο”
  • Hebrew: “ליקיאון”
  • Hungarian: “Lükeion”
  • Icelandic: “Lýkeion”
  • Indonesian: “Likeion”
  • Italian: “Liceo di Aristotele”
  • Italian: “Liceo”
  • Japanese: “リュケイオン”
  • Kazakh: “Ликей”
  • Korean: “리케이온”
  • Latin: “Lyceum”
  • Malayalam: “ലൈസിയം”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lykeion”
  • Norwegian: “Lykeion”
  • Papiamento: “Liseo (klásiko)”
  • Papiamento: “Liseo”
  • Persian: “لوکئوم”
  • Persian: “لیسیوم”
  • Polish: “Lykeion”
  • Polish: “Lýkeion”
  • Portuguese: “Liceu (clássico)”
  • Portuguese: “Liceu”
  • Pushto: “لايسيوم (لرغونی)”
  • Pushto: “لايسيوم”
  • Romanian: “Liceu”
  • Russian: “Ликей”
  • Serbian: “Лицеј”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Licej”
  • Slovak: “Lykeion”
  • Spanish: “Liceo de Aristóteles”
  • Spanish: “Liceo”
  • Swedish: “Lyceum”
  • Swedish: “Lykeion”
  • Turkish: “Likeion”
  • Turkish: “Lykeion”
  • Ukrainian: “Ліцей”
  • Urdu: “لیکیون”
  • Urdu: “لییوم”

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Places to explore: Kolonaki and Μέτς.

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Places to explore: Στούντιο Μουρούζη and Archaeological Site of Lykeion.

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