Papafi Orhpanage
Papafi Orhpanage is a public building in Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia. Papafi Orhpanage is situated nearby to Papafi metro station, as well as near the church Άγιος Ιωάννης.Photo: AspasiaDracarys, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Public building
- Description: building in Municipality of Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece
- Also known as: “Idrima Papafi” and “Papafeio Orphanage”
- Roof shape: hipped
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Papafi metro station and University of Macedonia.
Papafi metro station
Metro station
Photo: Patrickios, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Papafi is a metro station serving Thessaloniki Metro's Line 1 and Line 2. The station is named after the Ioannis Papafis, a Thessaloniki-born merchant, entrepreneur, and national benefactor of Greece.
University of Macedonia
University
The University of Macedonia is a public university in Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. Founded as School of Higher Industrial Studies of Thessaloniki in 1948 and started its first operation during the academic year 1957–1958, it is the second largest university in the city. University of Macedonia is situated 680 metres northwest of Papafi Orhpanage.
War Museum of Thessaloniki
Museum
Photo: Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The War Museum of Thessaloniki is a military museum in Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. Thessaloniki War Museum opened in October 2000. It is housed in a building designed by architect Vitaliano Poselli and erected between 1900 and 1902. War Museum of Thessaloniki is situated 620 metres northwest of Papafi Orhpanage.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Triandría and Saranta Ekklissies.
Triandría
Suburb
Photo: ESouvaitzi1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Triandria is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and was a former municipality in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Thessaloniki, of which it is a municipal unit.
Saranta Ekklissies
Neighborhood
Saranta Ekklisies or 40 Ekklisies is a neighbourhood in Thessaloniki, Greece. It is located next to the Ano Poli. It was created in the 1920s during the Greek-Turkish population exchange by Greek refugees from the city of Saranta Ekklisies in Eastern Thrace.
Charilaou
Suburb
Photo: Jerotheo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Charilaou is a district in eastern Thessaloniki, Greece. The district was named after the banker and entrepreneur Epameinontas Charilaos, the landowner in the area, who had origins from the Ainos of Thrace.
Papafi Orhpanage
- Categories: building and government building
- Location: Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.61994° or 40° 37′ 12″ northLongitude
22.96416° or 22° 57′ 51″ eastLevels
3Open location code
8GG4JX97+XMOpenStreetMap ID
way 14793102OpenStreetMap feature
building=civicOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=hippedWikidata ID
Q56194309
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Greek—“Papafi Orhpanage” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Папафис (сиропиталище)”
- Bulgarian: “Папафис”
- Greek: “Παπάφειο Ορφανοτροφείο”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Άγιος Ιωάννης and Ενοριακός Ιερός Ναός Αγίου Ιωάννου του Χρυσοστόμου.
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