Petralona

Petralona is a metro station on Athens Metro Line 1, located in and 7.016 km along the line from . It is located in Central and took its name from the neighbourhood in the Athens municipality.
Wikipedia
Photo: Kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: Athens Metro station
  • Also known as: “Petralona metro station”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Parthenon and Areopagus.

Photo: Elena Tatiana Chis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a former temple on the , Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of classical Greek art, and the is considered an enduring symbol of ancient Greece, Western civilisation, and democracy. is situated 1½ km east of Petralona.

Peak
Photo: ajbear, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The was a principal council of ancient Athens, later serving mainly as a judicial body responsible for cases of homicide, wounding, and certain religious offenses.

Photo: Chepry, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The or Temple of Athena Polias is an ancient Greek Ionic temple, on the north side of the , , that was primarily dedicated to the goddess Athena. is situated 1½ km east of Petralona.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Asyrmatos and Asteroskopeio.

Neighborhood
or Attaliotika is a neighborhood of the center of , . It is located in the west slopes of Philopappos Hill, next to Ano Petralona district.

Neighborhood
Photo: Dimboukas, Public domain.
, meaning 'observatory', is a neighborhood of the center of , . It is located between and Nymphon Hill. The neighbourhood named after the that was built in Nymphon Hill in 1842, thanks to the donation of wealthy Greek Georgios Sinas.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood of , . It surrounds the old Athens gasworks, which is the industrial museum and exhibition space , widely known as , next to and close to the Acropolis.

Petralona

Latitude
37.96835° or 37° 58′ 6″ north
Longitude
23.70904° or 23° 42′ 33″ east
Operator
ΣΤΑΣΥ
Network
Μετρό Αθήνας
Open location code
8G95XP95+8J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2278849833
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q2455076
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Petralona” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Petralona station”
  • Dutch: “Petralona”
  • Finnish: “Petrálonan metroasema”
  • French: “Petralona”
  • French: “Petrálona”
  • German: “Petralona”
  • German: “Petrálona”
  • Greek: “Πετράλωνα”
  • Greek: “Σταθμός Πετράλωνα”
  • Greek: “Σταθμός Πετραλώνων”
  • Indonesian: “Petrálona”
  • Italian: “Petralona”
  • Polish: “Petralona (metro w Atenach)”
  • Polish: “Petralona”
  • Russian: “Петралона”
  • Ukrainian: “Петралона”

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