National Garden

The National Garden, formerly known as the Royal Garden until 1974, is a public park of 15.5 hectares in the center of the capital, . It is located between the districts of and , directly behind the Greek Parliament building and…
  • Type: Park
  • Description: public park in Athens, Greece
  • Also known as: “Ethnikos kipos”, “Ethnikos Kipos”, “Jardin nacional de Atenas”, “National Garden of Athens”, “National Garden, Athens”, “Vasilikos kipos”, and “Βασιλικός κήπος”
  • Historically known as: “Royal Garden”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Parthenon and Presidential Mansion.

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Government office
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Archaeological site
The was a temple in dedicated to Apollo Lyceus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Athens and Rigillis.

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Quarter
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National Garden

Latitude
37.97326° or 37° 58′ 24″ north
Longitude
23.73774° or 23° 44′ 16″ east
Elevation
106 metres (348 feet)
Open location code
8G95XPFQ+83
Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“National Garden” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الحديقة الوطنية، أثينا”
  • Armenian: “Աթենքի ազգային պարտեզ”
  • Cebuano: “Ethnikós Kípos”
  • Chinese: “雅典国家花园”
  • Chinese: “雅典國家花園”
  • Chinese: “雅典國立花園”
  • Dutch: “Nationale tuin van Athene”
  • Esperanto: “Nacia Ĝardeno”
  • Finnish: “Kansallispuutarha”
  • French: “jardin national d’Athènes”
  • French: “Jardin national d’Athènes”
  • German: “Nationalgarten”
  • Greek: “Βασιλικός Κήπος” (historical)
  • Greek: “Εθνικός Κήπος”
  • Hebrew: “הגן הלאומי (אתונה)”
  • Hebrew: “הגן הלאומי”
  • Italian: “Giardino nazionale di Atene”
  • Italian: “Giardino Nazionale di Atene”
  • Japanese: “アテネ国立庭園”
  • Korean: “국립정원”
  • Malayalam: “നാഷണൽ ഗാർഡൻ ഓഫ് ഏതൻസ്”
  • Russian: “Национальный сад”
  • Serbian: “Национални врт”
  • Spanish: “Jardín nacional de Atenas”
  • Swedish: “Ethnikós Kípos”
  • Turkish: “Ulusal Bahçe”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний сад”
  • Urdu: “قومی باغ، ایتھنز”

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Places to explore: Rigillis and Syntagma.

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