Nea Elvetia
Nea Elvetia is a neighborhood in Vyronas, Athens Prefecture, Attica. Nea Elvetia is situated nearby to the suburb Vyronas, as well as near the neighborhood Ζωοδόχος Πηγή.Places of Interest
Highlights include Parthenon and Theatro Vrachon.
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 civilisation, and democracy. Parthenon is situated 3½ km northwest of Nea Elvetia.
Theatro Vrachon
Theater building
Photo: FocalPoint, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Theatro Vrachon is a theater building.
Lyceum
Archaeological site
Photo: Tomisti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Lyceum was a temple in Athens dedicated to Apollo Lyceus. It was best known for the Peripatetic school of philosophy founded there by Aristotle in 334 BC. Lyceum is situated 2½ km northwest of Nea Elvetia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vyronas and Ymittos.
Vyronas
Suburb
Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vyronas is a suburban town and a municipality in the southeastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. The town is named after George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, the famous English poet and writer, who is a national hero of Greece.
Ymittos
Suburb
Photo: Macedon-40, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ymittos is a town and a suburb in the Athens urban area, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Dafni-Ymittos, of which it is a municipal unit.
Nea Elvetia
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: neighborhood of Vyronas, Attica region, Greece
- Category: locality
- Location: Vyronas, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.95435° or 37° 57′ 16″ northLongitude
23.76009° or 23° 45′ 36″ eastOpen location code
8G95XQ36+P2OpenStreetMap ID
node 2852856681OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q106899895
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In Other Languages
From French to Greek—“Nea Elvetia” goes by many names.
- French: “Nouvelle-Suisse”
- Greek: “Νέα Ελβετία Βύρωνα”
- Greek: “Νέα Ελβετία”
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