Monastiraki
Monastiraki is a flea market neighborhood in the old town of Athens, Greece, 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 Attica for bargain shopping.
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: square and neighborhood in Athens, Greece
- Also known as: “Plaça Monastiraki”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Parthenon and Hadrian’s Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Psyri and Anafiotika.
Monastiraki
- Categories: square and locality
- Location: Athens, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.97643° or 37° 58′ 35″ north
Longitude
23.72591° or 23° 43′ 33″ east
Elevation
69 metres (226 feet)
Open location code
8G95XPGG+H9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Monastiraki” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “موناستيراكي”
- Catalan: “Monastiraki”
- Chinese: “蒙納斯提拉奇”
- Chinese: “蒙纳斯提拉奇”
- Dutch: “Monastiráki”
- Egyptian Arabic: “موناستيراكى”
- Esperanto: “Monastiraki”
- Finnish: “Monastiráki”
- French: “Monastiraki”
- French: “Monastiráki”
- German: “Monastiraki”
- Greek: “Μοναστηράκι”
- Greek: “Μοναστήριον” (historical)
- Hindi: “मोनास्तिराकी”
- Italian: “Monastiraki”
- Japanese: “モナスティラキ”
- Korean: “모나스티라키”
- Latin: “Monasteracium”
- Polish: “Monastiraki”
- Portuguese: “Monastirací”
- Portuguese: “Monastiraki”
- Russian: “Монастираки”
- Serbian: “Монастираки (Атина)”
- Serbian: “Монастираки”
- Spanish: “Monastiraki”
- Swedish: “Monastiraki”
- Turkish: “Manastıraki”
- Turkish: “Monastiraki”
- Ukrainian: “Монастираки”
- Ukrainian: “Монастиракі”
- Urdu: “موناستیراکی”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Monastiràki and Psyri.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Church of the Pantanassa, Athens and Vaulted bed of Eridanos river.
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