Elaionas
Elaionas is a neighborhood in Central Athens, Greece. It is an industrial area and one of the most deprived areas of the municipality of Athens.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: neighborhood of Athens, Greece
- Also known as: “Eleonas”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Platonic Academy and Eleonas.
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.
Eleonas
Metro station
Photo: Helen Simonsson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eleonas is a station on Athens Metro Line 3. It opened on 26 May 2007 as part of the Egaleo extension. During planning in the late-1990s, the station was known as "Agios Savvas", after a nearby church.
Mosque of Athens
Mosque
Photo: NikosLikomitros, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Votanikos Mosque, more commonly known as the Mosque of Athens or the Athens Mosque, is a mosque in the Votanikos neighbourhood of Athens, Greece. It is the first official mosque in the Greek capital since the Greek War of Independence.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aigaleo and Votanikos.
Aigaleo
Suburb
Photo: Badseed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aigaleo or Egaleo is a town and a suburban municipality in the western part of the Athens urban area, belonging to the West Athens regional administrative unit.
Votanikos
Quarter
Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Akadimia Platonos
Quarter
Photo: Tomisti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Akadimia Platonos literally meaning Plato's Academy, is a neighbourhood located 3 km west-northwest of the downtown part of the Greek capital of Athens.
Elaionas
- Category: locality
- Location: Aigaleo, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.98899° or 37° 59′ 20″ northLongitude
23.6913° or 23° 41′ 29″ eastElevation
32 metres (105 feet)Open location code
8G95XMQR+HGOpenStreetMap ID
node 653477999OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Elaionas” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Elaionas”
- Finnish: “Elaiónas”
- French: “Eleónas”
- Greek: “Ελαιώνας”
- Russian: “Элеонас”
- Ukrainian: “Елеонас”
- Urdu: “ایلیوناس”
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