Kallithea
Kallithea is a locality in Athens Prefecture, Attica. Kallithea is situated nearby to the locality Lófos Filarétou, as well as near Agia Eleousa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Parthenon and National Library of Greece.
Parthenon
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The Parthenon is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of classical Greek art, and the Parthenon is considered an enduring symbol of ancient Greece, Western civilization, and democracy.
National Library of Greece
Library
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The National Library of Greece is the main public library of Greece, located in Athens. Founded by Ioannis Kapodistrias in 1832, its mission is to locate, collect, organize, describe and preserve the perpetual evidence of Greek culture and its uptake over time, as well as important representative evidence of human intellectual production.
Areopagus
Peak
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The Areopagus was a principal council of ancient Athens, later serving mainly as a judicial body responsible for cases of homicide, wounding, and certain religious offenses.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Palaio Faliro and Athens.
Palaio Faliro
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Palaio Faliro is a municipality in Attica on the Saronic Gulf coast. It is part of the South Suburbs of Athens.
Athens
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Athens is the capital city of Greece with a metropolitan population of 3.15 million inhabitants. It was a major cultural, political and religious centre of Classical Greece, a place that deeply influenced the course of Western civilization.
Piraeus
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The Piraeus is the ancient port of Athens, and still functions as the chief exit point from the city by sea, for destinations among the Aegean Islands and elsewhere in the east Mediterranean.
Kallithea
- Type: Locality with 101,000 residents
- Also known as: “Dimos Kallithea”
- Location: Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.9521° or 37° 57′ 8″ northLongitude
23.7° or 23° 41′ 60″ eastPopulation
101,000Elevation
32 metres (105 feet)Open location code
8G95XM2X+VXGeoNames ID
8133880
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In Other Languages
“Kallithea” goes by many names.
- Greek: “Καλλιθέας”
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