The Cross of Sacrifice
The Cross of Sacrifice is a cross in Attica, Greece. The Cross of Sacrifice is situated nearby to Phaleron War Cemetery, as well as near the cemetery Anglo-French Crimean Plot.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial.
Athens Memorial
Memorial
Athens Memorial is situated 110 metres southwest of The Cross of Sacrifice.
National Library of Greece
Library
Photo: Jeanhousen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Library of Greece is the main public library of Greece, located in Athens. Founded by Ioannis Kapodistrias in 1832, its mission is to locate, collect, organize, describe and preserve the perpetual evidence of Greek culture and its uptake over time, as well as important representative evidence of human intellectual production. National Library of Greece is situated 2½ km northwest of The Cross of Sacrifice.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alimos and Palaio Faliro.
Alimos
Suburb
Kalamaki was a seaside settlement, and current residential and commercial neighborhood within Alimos, a suburban town and a municipality in the South Athens regional unit within the Athens urban agglomeration.
Palaio Faliro
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Palaio Faliro is a municipality in Attica on the Saronic Gulf coast. It is part of the South Suburbs of Athens.
Nea Smyrni
Suburb
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Nea Smyrni is a municipality and a town in South Athens, Greece. At the 2021 census, it had 72,853 inhabitants. It was named after the former Greek city Smyrna, whence many refugees arrived and settled in the Nea Smyrni area following the 1922 Burning of Smyrna, during the Greco-Turkish war. Nea Smyrni is situated 3½ km north of The Cross of Sacrifice.
The Cross of Sacrifice
- Type: Cross
- Categories: historic site and memorial
- Location: Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.91819° or 37° 55′ 6″ northLongitude
23.70557° or 23° 42′ 20″ eastOpen location code
8G95WP94+76OpenStreetMap ID
node 5873791938OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=cross
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In Other Languages
“The Cross of Sacrifice” goes by many names.
- Greek: “Ο Σταυρός της Θυσίας”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Anglo-French Crimean Plot and Πλατεία Δημοκρατίας.
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