Areopagus

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.
  • Tourist attraction
  • …has 300 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 109 metres (358 feet)
  • …is not wheelchair accessible
  • Description: rock outcropping in Athens, associated with ancient legislative and judicial bodies

Places of Interest

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Places in the Area

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Areopagus

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Latitude
37.97253° or 37° 58′ 21″ north
Longitude
23.72314° or 23° 43′ 23″ east
Open location code
8G95XPFF+27
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wolof—“Areopagus” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Areopagos”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἄρειος πάγος”
  • Arabic: “أريوباغوس”
  • Arabic: “اريوباغوس”
  • Armenian: “Արեոպագոս”
  • Azerbaijani: “Areopaq”
  • Bashkir: “Ареопаг”
  • Basque: “Areopago”
  • Basque: “Areopagoa”
  • Belarusian: “Арэапаг”
  • Breton: “Areopagos”
  • Breton: “Areospagos”
  • Bulgarian: “Ареопаг”
  • Catalan: “Areòpag”
  • Cebuano: “Areopagus”
  • Chinese: “亚略巴古”
  • Chinese: “亞略巴古”
  • Croatian: “Areopag”
  • Czech: “Areopág”
  • Dutch: “Areopaag”
  • Dutch: “Areopagos”
  • Dutch: “Areopagus”
  • Esperanto: “Areopago”
  • Finnish: “Areiopagi”
  • Finnish: “Areopagi”
  • Finnish: “Areopagos”
  • Finnish: “Areopagus”
  • French: “Aéropage”
  • French: “Aéropagite”
  • French: “Areopage”
  • French: “Aréopage”
  • Galician: “Areópago”
  • Georgian: “არეოპაგი”
  • German: “Areiopag”
  • German: “Areopag”
  • German: “Areopagos”
  • Greek: “Άρειος Πάγος”
  • Hebrew: “אראוס פאגוס”
  • Hebrew: “אראופגוס”
  • Hebrew: “אריוס פגוס”
  • Hungarian: “Areioszpagosz”
  • Ido: “Areopago”
  • Indonesian: “Areopagos”
  • Indonesian: “Areopagus”
  • Italian: “Areopago”
  • Japanese: “アレイオス・パゴス”
  • Japanese: “アレオパゴス”
  • Kazakh: “Ареопаг”
  • Kirghiz: “Ареопаг”
  • Korean: “아레오바고”
  • Korean: “아레이오스 파고스”
  • Latin: “Areopagus”
  • Latvian: “Areopāgs”
  • Lithuanian: “Areopagas”
  • Macedonian: “Ареопаг”
  • Mongolian: “Ареопаг”
  • Mongolian: “Ареопагус”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Areios Pagos”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Areopagen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Areopagos”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Areopagus”
  • Norwegian: “Areopagos”
  • Persian: “آرئوپاژ”
  • Persian: “آریوپاگوس”
  • Persian: “آریوس باغوس”
  • Persian: “ارئوپاژ”
  • Persian: “اریوپاگوس”
  • Persian: “اریوس باغوس”
  • Polish: “Areopag”
  • Polish: “Rada Areopagu”
  • Portuguese: “Areópago”
  • Portuguese: “Areopagus”
  • Romanian: “Areopag”
  • Russian: “ареопаг”
  • Russian: “Ареопаг”
  • Serbian: “Areopag”
  • Serbian: “Ареопаг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Areopag”
  • Slovak: “Areopág”
  • Slovenian: “Areopag”
  • Spanish: “Aeropagita”
  • Spanish: “Aeropago”
  • Spanish: “Aerópago”
  • Spanish: “Areopagita”
  • Spanish: “Areopago”
  • Spanish: “Areópago”
  • Swahili: “Areopago”
  • Swedish: “Aeropagrådet”
  • Swedish: “Areopagen”
  • Tamil: “அரயோப்பாகு மேடை”
  • Turkish: “Ares Tepesi”
  • Ukrainian: “ареопаг”
  • Ukrainian: “Ареопаг”
  • Urdu: “ایریوپاگوس”
  • Uzbek: “Areopag”
  • Wolof: “Areyopas”

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