Filopappou Hill
Filopappou Hill is a park in Athens, Attica. Filopappou Hill is situated nearby to the neighborhood Asýrmatos, as well as near Asteroskopeio.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Parthenon and Pnyx.
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.
Pnyx
The Pnyx is a hill or hillside in central Athens, the capital of Greece. Beginning as early as 507 BC, the Athenians gathered on the Pnyx to host their popular assemblies, thus making the hill one of the earliest and most important sites in the creation of 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 Asýrmatos and Asteroskopeio.
Asýrmatos
Neighborhood
Asyrmatos or Attaliotika is a neighborhood of the center of Athens, Greece. It is located in the west slopes of Philopappos Hill, next to Ano Petralona district.
Asteroskopeio
Neighborhood
Photo: Dimboukas, Public domain.
Asteroskopeio, meaning 'observatory', is a neighborhood of the center of Athens, Greece. It is located between Thiseio and Nymphon Hill. The neighbourhood named after the National Observatory of Athens that was built in Nymphon Hill in 1842, thanks to the donation of wealthy Greek Georgios Sinas.
Acropolis
Neighborhood
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Makrygianni or Makriyanni is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. Also known as Acropolis, it is located in the south side of Acropolis and bounded between the avenues Dionysiou Areopagitou and Syngrou.
Filopappou Hill
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Athens, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.9696° or 37° 58′ 11″ northLongitude
23.71946° or 23° 43′ 10″ eastElevation
73 metres (240 feet)Open location code
8G95XP99+RQOpenStreetMap ID
way 31621183OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
10345876
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Filopappou Hill” goes by many names.
- French: “Colline de Philopappos”
- Greek: “Λόφος Φιλοπάππου”
- Spanish: “Colina de Filopapos”
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Localities in the Area
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