Votanikos
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Platonic Academy and Areopagus.
Platonic Academy
Archaeological site
Photo: Raphael, Public domain.
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.
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.
Temple of Hephaestus
Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Temple of Hephaestus 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.
Profitis Daniil
Neighborhood
Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Profitis Daniil meaning 'Prophet Daniel' is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It takes its name from the main church on Athinon Avenue.
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.
Thiseio
Neighborhood
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Thiseio or Thissio is a traditional neighbourhood in the old city of Athens, Greece, northwest of the Acropolis, and surrounded by the archaeological sites of the Agora, Keramikos and Pnyx.
Votanikos
- Type: Quarter
- Description: neighborhood in Athens, Attica, Greece
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Athens, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.98044° or 37° 58′ 50″ northLongitude
23.70327° or 23° 42′ 12″ eastElevation
31 metres (102 feet)United Nations Location Code
GR VOTOpen location code
8G95XPJ3+58OpenStreetMap ID
node 2096231631OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
8986078Wikidata ID
Q2614296
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