Dipylon
The Dipylon was the main gate in the city wall of Classical Athens. Located in the modern suburb of Kerameikos, it led to the namesake ancient cemetery, and to the roads connecting Athens with the rest of Greece.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Largest gate on the ancient city wall of Athens
- Also known as: “Athen Dipylon”, “Dipylon Gate”, and “Thriasian Gates”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Parthenon and Pompeion.
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. Parthenon is situated 1 km southeast of Dipylon.
Kerameikos Archaeological Museum
Museum
Photo: Marsyas, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Kerameikos Archaeological Museum is located in Kerameikos, Athens, Greece and was built in 1937. It houses many important early Geometric art pieces that date as far back as 860 BC. Kerameikos Archaeological Museum is situated 200 metres west of Dipylon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Keramikos and Thiseio.
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.
Thiseio
Neighborhood
Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thiseio or Thissio is a traditional neighbourhood in the old city of Athens, Greece, northwest of the Acropolis, and surrounded by the archaeological sites of the Agora, Keramikos and Pnyx.
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.
Dipylon
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Athens, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.97854° or 37° 58′ 43″ northLongitude
23.71898° or 23° 43′ 8″ eastElevation
45 metres (148 feet)Open location code
8G95XPH9+CHOpenStreetMap ID
node 6222942407OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Armenian—“Dipylon” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Dipilo”
- Catalan: “Dípilon”
- Cebuano: “Athen Dipylon”
- Dutch: “Dipylon”
- French: “Dipylon”
- German: “Dipylon”
- German: “Thriasische Tore”
- Greek: “Δίπυλον”
- Greek: “Θριάσιαι Πύλαι”
- Italian: “Dipilo”
- Italian: “Dipylon”
- Japanese: “ディピュロン”
- Polish: “Dipylon”
- Russian: “Дипилон”
- Serbian: “Дипилон”
- Spanish: “Dipilon”
- Spanish: “Dípilon”
- Swedish: “Athen Dipylon”
- Western Armenian: “Դիբիլոն”
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