Motaleb

Motaleb is a convenience store in Athens, Attica. Motaleb is situated nearby to the art gallery Louvre, as well as near Carmen.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Victoria Square and Platonic Academy.

Victoria Square

Square

Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Viktoria Square is a large square in the Municipality of Athens, Greece between 3 September and Aristotelous streets. It was renamed Viktoria in honor of the Queen of the United Kingdom on the occasion of the annexation of the Ionian Islands to Greece in 1864, as a gift to the enthronement of the Queen's nephew, Prince Christian William Ferdinand Adolf George of Denmark, later George I of Greece. Victoria Square is situated 250 metres east of Motaleb.

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. Platonic Academy is situated 1½ km west of Motaleb.

Hellenic Motor Museum

Museum

The Hellenic Motor Museum is a car museum in Athens. It is owned by the Theodore Charagionis Foundation and opened in March 2011. The museum is situated in central Athens near the National Archaeological Museum, on the three top floors of the Athenian Capitol shopping mall. Hellenic Motor Museum is situated 420 metres southeast of Motaleb.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Agios Panteleimonas and Attiki.

Agios Panteleimonas

Neighborhood

Photo: Peloponnisios, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Agios Panteleimonas or Aghios Panteleimonas is a neighbourhood of Athens, located northwest of the centre of Athens between Viktorias Square and Attikis Square.

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.