Ardittos Hill
Ardittos Hill or Ardettus Hill is located east of the Ilissos river, overlooking the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece. It has a height of 133 meters, covered with pines and Mediterranean vegetation. It serves as a public park.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 133 metres
- Description: hill in Athens named for ancient shrine of Ardettos
- Also known as: “Ardettos”, “Ardettus”, and “Ardittos”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Parthenon and Areopagus.
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.
Areopagus
Peak
Photo: ajbear, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Areopagus was a principal council of ancient Athens, later serving mainly as a judicial body responsible for cases of homicide, wounding, and certain religious offenses.
Erechtheion
Photo: Chepry, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Erechtheion or Temple of Athena Polias is an ancient Greek Ionic temple, on the north side of the Acropolis, Athens, that was primarily dedicated to the goddess Athena.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Athens and Palaio Faliro.
Athens
Photo: Ggia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Athens is the capital city of Greece with a metropolitan population of 3.6 million inhabitants based on ELSTAT Census but with undocumented population it reaches 5.2 million.
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.
Kallithea
Suburb
Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kallithea is a suburb in Athens agglomeration and a municipality in south Athens regional unit. It is the eighth largest municipality in Greece, as well as the fourth biggest in the Athens urban area.
Ardittos Hill
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Athens, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.9676° or 37° 58′ 4″ northLongitude
23.7398° or 23° 44′ 23″ eastElevation
133 metres (436 feet)Open location code
8G95XP9Q+3WOpenStreetMap ID
node 8729317295OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=survey_pointOpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q12873973
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Russian—“Ardittos Hill” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Ardittós”
- French: “Ardittos”
- Greek: “Αρδηττός”
- Greek: “Λόφος Αρδηττού”
- Hebrew: “ארדטוס”
- Hebrew: “ארדיטוס”
- Russian: “Ардетт”
- Russian: “Ардитос”
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