Skouze Hill

Skouze Hill is a hill located in , Greece. It is also the name of a small neighbourhood surrounding the hill. In Antiquity, it was dedicated to and named after "Demeter Euchloös".
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Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Platonic Academy and Athens railway station.

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.

Railway station
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the main railway station of and the second-largest station in . Located in the central quarter of Kolonos, the railway station resulted from the merger of two separate railway terminals in 2005—Larissa station of the…

Metro station
Photo: Badseed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a metro station in Athens, Greece. The station opened in 1885. It was the main hub of Attica Railways, a metre gauge network connecting downtown Athens with the mining town of Lavrion and the northern suburbs of Marousi and Kifissia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kolonos and Attiki.

Quarter
Colonus or was a deme of the phyle Aegeis, of ancient Attica, celebrated as the deme of Sophocles, and the scene of one of the poet's tragedies, was situated ten stadia from the gate of the city, called Dipylum, near Plato's Academy and the river .

Neighborhood
is a neighbourhood of , 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.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood of the center of . It takes its name from the Greek word 'θυμάρι' which means 'thyme', which was formerly plentiful in the area. The area is served by on line 1 of the Athens Metro.

Skouze Hill

Latitude
37.99967° or 37° 59′ 59″ north
Longitude
23.71807° or 23° 43′ 5″ east
Open location code
8G95XPX9+V6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2850425847
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Wiki­data ID
Q7536496
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Greek—“Skouze Hill” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Skouze Hill”
  • Finnish: “Lófos Skouzé”
  • French: “Colline Skouzé”
  • French: “Skouzé”
  • Greek: “Λόφος Σκουζέ”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Θυμαράκια and Κολοκυνθού.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Police Department at Kolonos and Αγ. Αιμιλιανός, Λόφος Σκουζέ.

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