Akadimia
Akadimia, literally "Academy", is a neighborhood in central Athens, Greece. Located directly north and slight west of Syntagma Square, it is bounded by Akadimias Street, Panepistimiou Street, Solonos Street and Stadiou Street.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: neighborhood of the center of Athens, Greece
- Also known as: “Academy” and “Akadimia, Athens”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Parthenon and Numismatic Museum of Athens.
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, democracy, and Western civilization.
Numismatic Museum of Athens
Museum
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Numismatic Museum of Athens is one of the most important museums in Greece and it houses a collection of over 500,000 coins, medals, gems, weights, stamps and related artefacts from 1400BC to modern times.
Saint Dionysius
Church
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cathedral Basilica of St. Dionysius the Areopagite is the main Roman Catholic church of Athens, Greece, and the seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Neapoli and Pefkakia.
Neapoli
Neighborhood
Neapoli is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It is located on the northern slope of Mount Lycabettus. Neapoli means 'new city.' The name originally comes from the fact that it was a new area of Athens built beyond Praxitelous and Evripidou streets during the decades when the city was starting to become urbanised.
Athens
Photo: Ggia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Athens is the capital city of Greece with a metropolitan population of 3.15 million inhabitants. It was a major cultural, political and religious centre of Classical Greece, and therefore remains for many an important site within the history of Western civilization.
Akadimia
- Category: locality
- Location: Athens, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.98042° or 37° 58′ 50″ northLongitude
23.73476° or 23° 44′ 5″ eastElevation
98 metres (322 feet)Open location code
8G95XPJM+5WOpenStreetMap ID
node 2096054980OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Uzbek—“Akadimia” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Academy”
- Finnish: “Akadimía”
- French: “Académie”
- French: “Akadimía”
- Greek: “Ακαδημία (Αθήνα)”
- Greek: “Ακαδημία (συνοικία)”
- Greek: “Ακαδημία”
- Japanese: “アカデミー”
- Russian: “Академия (район Афин)”
- Russian: “Академия”
- Tatar: “Академия”
- Ukrainian: “Академія (район Афін)”
- Ukrainian: “Академія”
- Urdu: “اکادیمیہ، ایتھنز”
- Uzbek: “Akadimia, Afina”
- Uzbek: “Akadimia”
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