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Thiseio

Thiseio or Thissio is a traditional neighbourhood in the old city of , , northwest of the Acropolis, and surrounded by the archaeological sites of the Agora, Keramikos and .
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  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: neighborhood of Athens, Attica, Greece
  • Also known as: “Thisseío”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Parthenon and Temple of Hephaestus.

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 Hephaisteion, is a well-preserved Greek temple dedicated to Hephaestus; it remains standing largely intact today. It is a Doric peripteral temple, and is located at the north-west side of the Agora of Athens, on top of the Agoraios Kolonos hill.

Museum
Photo: Marsyas, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The is located in , , and was built in 1937. It houses many important early Geometric art pieces that date as far back as 860 BC.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Keramikos and Gazi.

Neighborhood
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC0.
Kerameikos also known by its Latinized form Ceramicus, is an area of , , located to the northwest of the Acropolis, which includes an extensive area both within and outside the ancient city walls, on both sides of the and by the banks of the Eridanos River.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood of , . It surrounds the old Athens gasworks, which is the industrial museum and exhibition space , widely known as , next to and close to the Acropolis.

Neighborhood
Photo: Dimboukas, Public domain.
, meaning 'observatory', is a neighborhood of the center of , . It is located between Thiseio 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.

Thiseio

Latitude
37.97661° or 37° 58′ 36″ north
Longitude
23.71796° or 23° 43′ 5″ east
Elevation
70 metres (230 feet)
Open location code
8G95XPG9+J5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2096194561
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
8740122
Wiki­data ID
Q2984896
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Uzbek—“Thiseio” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Тысіа”
  • Catalan: “Thiseio”
  • Catalan: “Thisio”
  • Catalan: “Thisseio”
  • Catalan: “Thissio”
  • Dutch: “Thiseio”
  • Finnish: “Thiseío”
  • French: “Thiseio”
  • French: “Thisío”
  • French: “Thissío”
  • German: “Thisio”
  • Greek: “Θησείο”
  • Italian: “Thiseio”
  • Japanese: “ティシオ”
  • Russian: “Тисио”
  • Serbian: “Тисио”
  • Slovenian: “Tiseio”
  • Ukrainian: “Тісіо”
  • Urdu: “تھیسیو”
  • Uzbek: “Thiseio”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Thiseio”. Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 3.0.