Exarcheia
Exarcheia is a neighbourhood in central Athens, Greece close to the historical building of the National Technical University of Athens. Exarcheia took its name from a 19th-century businessman named Exarchos who opened a large general store there.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Parthenon and Epigraphical Museum.
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.
Epigraphical Museum
Museum
The Epigraphical Museum of Athens, Greece, is unique in Greece and the largest of its kind in the world. Its collection comprises 14,078, mostly Greek, inscriptions, which cover the period from early historical times to the Late Roman period, primarily in Greece.
Mount Lycabettus
Peak
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount Lycabettus, also known as Lycabettos, Lykabettos or Lykavittos, is a Cretaceous limestone hill in the Greek capital Athens. At 277 meters above sea level, its summit is the highest point in Central Athens and pine trees cover its base.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Neapoli and Pefkakia.
Neapoli
Neighborhood
Neapoli is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It is located on the northern slope of Mount Lycabettus. Neapoli means 'new city.' The name originally comes from the fact that it was a new area of Athens built beyond Praxitelous and Evripidou streets during the decades when the city was starting to become urbanised.
Omonoia
Neighborhood
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Omonoia is a neighborhood in downtown Athens, Greece, centered on the square of the same name and served by the Omonoia station of the Athens Metro. Historically the heart of the city, it has experienced serious urban decay in recent years, becoming plagued by drug dealing, prostitution and theft, especially in its western part.
Exarcheia
- Type: Locality
- Description: neighborhood in Athens, Greece
- Categories: neighborhood and intentional community
- Location: Athens, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Urdu—“Exarcheia” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Էքսարխիա”
- Catalan: “Exàrkhia”
- Chinese: “埃克萨尔希亚”
- Chinese: “埃克薩爾希亞”
- Czech: “Exarcheia”
- Dutch: “Exarcheia”
- Esperanto: “Eksarĥeja”
- Esperanto: “Exarcheia”
- Finnish: “Exárcheia”
- French: “Exárcheia”
- German: “Exarchia”
- Greek: “Εξάρχεια”
- Greek: “Πιθαράδικα” (historical)
- Hebrew: “אקסרכיה”
- Indonesian: “Exarcheia”
- Japanese: “エクサルヒア”
- Polish: “Eksarchia”
- Polish: “Exarchia”
- Portuguese: “Exárchia”
- Russian: “Экзархия”
- Spanish: “Exarcheia”
- Swedish: “Exarchia”
- Turkish: “Eksarhia”
- Ukrainian: “Екзархія”
- Urdu: “ایکسارخیا”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Exarcheia Square and National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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