Elaionas

Elaionas is a neighborhood in Central , . It is an industrial area and one of the most deprived areas of the municipality of Athens.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: neighborhood of Athens, Greece
  • Also known as: “Eleonas”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Platonic Academy and Eleonas.

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.

Metro station
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is a station on Athens Metro Line 3. It opened on 26 May 2007 as part of the extension. During planning in the late-1990s, the station was known as "Agios Savvas", after a nearby church.

Mosque
Photo: NikosLikomitros, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Votanikos Mosque, more commonly known as the or the Athens Mosque, is a in the neighbourhood of , . 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.

Suburb
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or Egaleo is a town and a suburban municipality in the western part of the , belonging to the West Athens regional administrative unit.

Quarter
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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.

Quarter
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literally meaning Plato's Academy, is a neighbourhood located 3 km west-northwest of the downtown part of the Greek capital of .

Elaionas

Latitude
37.98899° or 37° 59′ 20″ north
Longitude
23.6913° or 23° 41′ 29″ east
Elevation
32 metres (105 feet)
Open location code
8G95XMQR+HG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 653477999
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
9035983
Wiki­data ID
Q3559296
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Satellite Map

Discover Elaionas from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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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