Kato Petralona
Petralona is a neighborhood of the center of Athens, Greece. Athenians further subdivide the area into Ano Petralona or Kato Petralona, where Ano Petralona is the area between the Philopappos Hill and the railway and Kato Petralona the area between the railway and Piraeus Street.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Quarter
- Description: neighborhood of Athens, Greece
- Also known as: “Lower Petralona” and “Petralona”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Parthenon and Areopagus.
Parthenon
Photo: Elena Tatiana Chis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Areopagus
Peak
Photo: ajbear, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Erechtheion
Photo: Chepry, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Erechtheion or Temple of Athena Polias is an ancient Greek Ionic temple, on the north side of the Acropolis, Athens, that was primarily dedicated to the goddess Athena.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Asýrmatos and Gazi.
Asýrmatos
Neighborhood
Asyrmatos or Attaliotika is a neighborhood of the center of Athens, Greece. It is located in the west slopes of Philopappos Hill, next to Ano Petralona district.
Gazi
Neighborhood
Gazi is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It surrounds the old Athens gasworks, which is the industrial museum and exhibition space "Technopolis", widely known as Gazi, next to Keramikos and close to the Acropolis.
Votanikos
Quarter
Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Votanikos is a neighborhood in Athens, Greece. The area is named after a nearby botanical garden situated to the southwest. The eastern part is residential; the western part is forested and industrialized.
Kato Petralona
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Athens, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.96897° or 37° 58′ 8″ northLongitude
23.70547° or 23° 42′ 20″ eastElevation
42 metres (138 feet)Open location code
8G95XP94+H5OpenStreetMap ID
node 7140416350OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Urdu—“Kato Petralona” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Петралана”
- Belarusian: “Пятралана”
- Chinese: “彼得拉洛纳”
- Dutch: “Petralona”
- Finnish: “Petrálona”
- French: “Káto Petrálona”
- French: “Petralona”
- French: “Petrálona”
- Galician: “Petralona”
- German: “Petralona”
- Greek: “Κατω Πετραλωνα”
- Greek: “Κάτω Πετράλωνα”
- Greek: “Πετράλωνα Αθηνών”
- Greek: “Πετράλωνα”
- Japanese: “ペトラロナ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Petralona”
- Norwegian: “Petralona”
- Russian: “Петралона”
- Ukrainian: “Като Петралона”
- Ukrainian: “Петралона”
- Urdu: “پیترالونا”
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