Lofos Skouze
Lofos Skouze is a locality in Athens, Attica. Lofos Skouze is situated nearby to the neighborhood Skouze Hill, as well as near the quarter Kolonos.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Platonic Academy and Athens railway station.
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.
Athens railway station
Railway station
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Athens railway station is the main railway station of Athens and the second-largest station in Greece. Located in the central quarter of Kolonos, the railway station resulted from the merger of two separate railway terminals in 2005—Larissa station of the…
Attiki
Metro station
Photo: Badseed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Attiki is a metro station in Athens, Greece. The station opened in 1885. It was the main hub of Attica Railways, a metre gauge network connecting downtown Athens with the mining town of Lavrion and the northern suburbs of Marousi and Kifissia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skouze Hill and Kolonos.
Skouze Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Skouze Hill is a hill located in Athens, Greece. It is also the name of a small neighbourhood surrounding the hill. In Antiquity, it was dedicated to and named after "Demeter Euchloös".
Kolonos
Quarter
Colonus or Kolonos was a deme of the phyle Aegeis, of ancient Attica, celebrated as the deme of Sophocles, and the scene of one of the poet's tragedies, was situated ten stadia from the gate of the city, called Dipylum, near Plato's Academy and the river Cephissus.
Attiki
Neighborhood
Attiki is a neighbourhood of Athens, located northwest of the city centre. The neighbourhood and its central square are named after Attica Railways, a railway company that constructed the line Athens-Kifissia-Lavrion.
Lofos Skouze
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Lófos Skouzé”
- Location: Athens, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.99983° or 37° 59′ 59″ northLongitude
23.71708° or 23° 43′ 2″ eastElevation
69 metres (226 feet)Open location code
8G95XPX8+WRGeoNames ID
9036415
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In Other Languages
“Lofos Skouze” goes by many names.
- Greek: “Λόφος Σκουζέ”
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