Academy of Athens
The Academy of Athens is Greece's national academy, and the highest research establishment in the country. It was established in 1926, with its founding principle tracing back to the historical Academy of Plato, and operates under the supervision of the Ministry of Education.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Research institute
- Description: academy of sciences in Greece
- Also known as: “Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Fine Arts”, “Akadimía Athinón”, and “GR-AtACA”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Parthenon and Saint Dionysius.
Parthenon
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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 1¼ km southwest of Academy of Athens.
Saint Dionysius
Church
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The Cathedral Basilica of St. Dionysius the Areopagite is the main Roman Catholic church of Athens, Greece, and the seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens. Saint Dionysius is situated 120 metres southeast of Academy of Athens.
Numismatic Museum of Athens
Museum
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The Numismatic Museum of Athens is one of the most important museums in Greece and it houses a collection of over 500,000 coins, medals, gems, weights, stamps and related artefacts from 1400BC to modern times. Numismatic Museum of Athens is situated 280 metres southeast of Academy of Athens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Akadimia and Athens.
Akadimia
Neighborhood
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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.
Athens
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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.
Neapoli
Neighborhood
Neapoli is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It is located on the northern slope of Mount Lycabettus. Neapoli means 'new city.' The name originally comes from the fact that it was a new area of Athens built beyond Praxitelous and Evripidou streets during the decades when the city was starting to become urbanised.
Academy of Athens
- Categories: academy of sciences, national academy, and education
- Location: Athens, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Academy of Athens” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أكاديمية أثينا”
- Armenian: “Աթենքի ակադեմիա”
- Belarusian: “Атэнская акадэмія”
- Belarusian: “Афінская акадэмія”
- Bulgarian: “Атинска академия”
- Catalan: “Acadèmia d’Atenes”
- Chinese: “雅典学院（现代）”
- Chinese: “雅典學院（現代）”
- Chinese: “雅典科学院”
- Czech: “Athénská akademie”
- Danish: “Athens Akademi”
- Dutch: “Academie van Athene (modern)”
- Dutch: “Academie van Athene”
- Esperanto: “Akademio de Ateno”
- Estonian: “Ateena Akadeemia”
- Finnish: “Ateenan akatemia”
- Finnish: “Ateenan Akatemia”
- French: “Academie d’Athenes”
- French: “Académie d’athènes”
- French: “Académie d’Athènes”
- Galician: “Academia de Atenas”
- Galician: “Academia Nacional de Grecia”
- German: “Akademie von Athen”
- German: “Athener Akademie”
- Greek: “Aκαδημία των Eπιστημών, των Γραμμάτων και των Kαλών Tεχνών”
- Greek: “Ακαδημία Αθηνών”
- Hebrew: “האקדמיה של אתונה”
- Irish: “Acadamh na hAithne”
- Italian: “Accademia di Atene”
- Japanese: “アテネ・アカデミー”
- Japanese: “アテネアカデミー”
- Japanese: “アテネ学士院”
- Macedonian: “Атинска академија”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Akademiet i Aten”
- Persian: “آکادمی آتن”
- Portuguese: “Academia de Atenas”
- Russian: “GR-AtACA”
- Russian: “Академия наук Греции”
- Russian: “Афинская академия наук”
- Russian: “Афинская академия”
- Russian: “Греческая академия наук”
- Slovenian: “Akademija v Atenah”
- Slovenian: “Akadimía Athinón”
- Slovenian: “GR-AtACA”
- Spanish: “Academia de atenas (moderna)”
- Spanish: “Academia de Atenas moderna”
- Spanish: “Academia de Atenas”
- Spanish: “Academia nacional de grecia”
- Spanish: “Academia Nacional de Grecia”
- Turkish: “Atina Akademisi”
- Ukrainian: “GR-AtACA”
- Ukrainian: “Академія наук Греції”
- Ukrainian: “Афінська академія (сучасна)”
- Ukrainian: “Афінська академія наук”
- Ukrainian: “Афінська академія”
- Ukrainian: “Грецька академія наук”
- Ukrainian: “Національна академія Греції”
- Urdu: “ایتھنز کی اکادمی (جدید)”
- Urdu: “ایتھنز کی اکادمی”
- Western Armenian: “Աթէնքի Ակատեմիա”
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