Syntagma Square
Syntagma Square is the central square of Athens, Greece. The square is named after the Constitution that Otto, the first King of Greece, was obliged to grant after a popular and military uprising on 3 September 1843.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Archaeaoris, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Railway stop
- Description: square in Athens, Greece
- Also known as: “Síndagma Square”, “Syntagma”, and “Syntagma square”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Parthenon and Tomb of Unknown Soldier.
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 southwest of Syntagma Square.
Tomb of Unknown Soldier
Photo: Юкатан, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a war memorial located in Syntagma Square in Athens, in front of the Old Royal Palace. It is a cenotaph dedicated to the Greek soldiers killed during war.
Syntagma
Metro station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Athens and Akadimia.
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, a place that deeply influenced the course of Western civilization.
Akadimia
Neighborhood
Photo: Lapost, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Plaka
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Pláka is the old historical neighborhood of Athens, clustered around the northern and eastern slopes of the Acropolis, and incorporating labyrinthine streets and neoclassical architecture.
Syntagma Square
- Categories: square, transport stop, and transportation
- Location: Athens, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.9755° or 37° 58′ 32″ northLongitude
23.73565° or 23° 44′ 8″ eastElevation
106 metres (348 feet)Open location code
8G95XPGP+67OpenStreetMap ID
node 7480425125OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stopOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Syntagma Square” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ميدان سنتغما”
- Armenian: “Սինտագմա”
- Basque: “Sintagma plaza”
- Basque: “Syntagma plaza”
- Bulgarian: “Синтагма”
- Catalan: “Plaça Síndagma”
- Catalan: “Plaça Sintagma”
- Catalan: “Plaça Síntagma”
- Catalan: “Plaça Syntagma”
- Catalan: “Síndagma”
- Chinese: “宪法广场”
- Chinese: “憲法廣場”
- Czech: “Náměstí Syntagma”
- Dutch: “Syntagmaplein”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان سنتجما”
- Esperanto: “Placo Sintagmo”
- Estonian: “Syntagma väljak”
- Estonian: “Sýntagma väljak”
- Finnish: “Sýntagma”
- French: “place Sýntagma”
- French: “Place Sýntagma”
- French: “Syntagma”
- German: “Syntagma-Platz”
- German: “Syntagma”
- Greek: “Πλατεία Ανακτόρων”
- Greek: “Πλατεία Συντάγματος”
- Greek: “Σύνταγμα”
- Hebrew: “כיכר החוקה”
- Hebrew: “כיכר סינדגמה”
- Hebrew: “כיכר סינטגמה”
- Hebrew: “ככר סינטגמה”
- Hungarian: “Szindagma tér”
- Hungarian: “Szüntagma tér”
- Italian: “Piazza Sintagma”
- Italian: “piazza Syntagma”
- Italian: “Piazza Syntagma”
- Japanese: “シンタグマ広場”
- Japanese: “シンダグマ広場”
- Korean: “신타그마 광장”
- Maltese: “Pjazza Syntagma”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Syntagmaplassen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Syntagmaplassen”
- Norwegian: “Syntagmaplassen”
- Persian: “میدان سینتاگما”
- Polish: “Plac Sindagma”
- Polish: “Plac Syntagma”
- Portuguese: “Praça Sintagma”
- Portuguese: “Praça Syntagma”
- Romanian: “Piața Syntagma”
- Russian: “Площадь Конституции”
- Russian: “Площадь Синтагма”
- Russian: “Синдагматос”
- Russian: “Синтагматос”
- Russian: “Синтахма”
- Serbian: “Трг Синтагма”
- Slovenian: “Trg Sintagma”
- Slovenian: “Πλατεία Συντάγματος”
- Spanish: “plaza de Sintagma”
- Spanish: “plaza Sintagma”
- Spanish: “plaza Síntagma”
- Spanish: “Plaza Síntagma”
- Spanish: “plaza Syntagma”
- Swedish: “Syntagma”
- Turkish: “Sintagma Meydanı”
- Ukrainian: “Синтагма”
- Urdu: “سینتاگما چوک”
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