Votanikos

Votanikos is a neighborhood in , . 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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Platonic Academy and Areopagus.

Archaeological site
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The Academy was founded by Plato in ca. 387 BC in Athens. Aristotle studied there for twenty years before founding his own school, the Lyceum. The academy persisted throughout the Hellenistic period as a skeptical school, until coming to an end after the death of Philo of Larissa in 83 BC.

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The 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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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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Profitis Daniil and Gazi.

Neighborhood
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meaning 'Prophet Daniel' is a neighborhood of , . It takes its name from the main church on Athinon Avenue.

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
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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 .

Votanikos

Latitude
37.98044° or 37° 58′ 50″ north
Longitude
23.70327° or 23° 42′ 12″ east
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
United Nations Location Code
GR VOT
Open location code
8G95XPJ3+58
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2096231631
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
8986078
Wiki­data ID
Q2614296
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Uzbek—“Votanikos” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Votanikos”
  • Finnish: “Votanikós”
  • French: “Votanikos”
  • French: “Votanikós”
  • German: “Votanikos”
  • Greek: “Βοτανικός”
  • Russian: “Вотаникос”
  • Ukrainian: “Вотанікос”
  • Urdu: “ووتانیکوس”
  • Uzbek: “Votanikos”

Localities in the Area

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