Profitis Daniil
Profitis Daniil meaning 'Prophet Daniel' is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It takes its name from the main church on Athinon Avenue.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: neighborhood of Athens, Greece
- Also known as: “Profitis Daniil, Athens”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Platonic Academy and Parthenon.
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.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Metaxourgio and Gazi.
Metaxourgio
Neighborhood
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Metaxourgeio or Metaxourgio, meaning "silk mill", is a neighbourhood of Athens, Greece. The neighbourhood is located north of the historical centre of Athens, between Kolonos to the west and Plateia Vathi to the east, and north of Kerameikos.
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.
Keramikos
Neighborhood
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC0.
Kerameikos also known by its Latinized form Ceramicus, is an area of Athens, Greece, located to the northwest of the Acropolis, which includes an extensive area both within and outside the ancient city walls, on both sides of the Dipylon Gate and by the banks of the Eridanos River.
Profitis Daniil
- Category: locality
- Location: Athens, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.9843° or 37° 59′ 4″ northLongitude
23.71295° or 23° 42′ 47″ eastElevation
42 metres (138 feet)Open location code
8G95XPM7+P5OpenStreetMap ID
node 2852812247OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Profitis Daniil” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Profitis Daniil, Athens”
- Finnish: “Profítis Daniíl”
- French: “Profitis Daniil”
- French: “Profítis Daniíl”
- French: “Prophète Daniel”
- Greek: “Προφήτης Δανιήλ”
- Urdu: “پروفیتیس دانیئل، ایتھنز”
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