Attica
Athens Prefecture
Athens

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.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: rock outcropping in Athens, associated with ancient legislative and judicial bodies
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest

Highlights include Parthenon and Erechtheion.

Photo: Elena Tatiana Chis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a former temple on the , Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of classical Greek art, and the is considered an enduring symbol of ancient Greece, Western civilization, and democracy.

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The or Temple of Athena Polias is an ancient Greek Ionic temple, on the north side of the , , that was primarily dedicated to the goddess Athena.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Asteroskopeio and Monastiraki.

Neighborhood
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, meaning 'observatory', is a neighborhood of the center of , . It is located between and Nymphon Hill. The neighbourhood named after the that was built in Nymphon Hill in 1842, thanks to the donation of wealthy Greek Georgios Sinas.

Neighborhood
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is a flea market neighborhood in the old town of , , and is one of the main shopping districts in Athens. The area is home to clothing boutiques, souvenir shops and specialty stores, and is a major tourist attraction in Athens and for bargain shopping.

Neighborhood
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is a scenic tiny neighborhood of the center of , part of the old historical neighborhood called . It lies on the northeast side of the .

Areopagus

Latitude
37.97253° or 37° 58′ 21″ north
Longitude
23.72314° or 23° 43′ 23″ east
Population
300
Elevation
109 metres (358 feet)
Open location code
8G95XPFF+27
Open­Street­Map ID
way 317915131
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
8354439
Wiki­data ID
Q202487
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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: “アレオパゴス会議”
  • Japanese: “アレオパゴス評議会”
  • Kazakh: “Ареопаг”
  • Kirghiz: “Ареопаг”
  • Korean: “아레오바고”
  • Korean: “아레이오스 파고스”
  • Latin: “Areopagus”
  • Latvian: “Areopāgs”
  • Lithuanian: “Areopagas”
  • 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”
  • Urdu: “ایریوپاگوس”
  • Uzbek: “Areopag”
  • Wolof: “Areyopas”

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