Onassis Hospital

The Onassio Cardiac Surgery Centre or simply Onassio is a model hospital, specialized in adult and pediatric heart diseases, and is a donation of the non-profit Alexander S.

Type: Hospital
Description: hospital specializing in heart disease treatment, located in Athens Greece
Also known as: “Onassio Cardiac Surgery Centre” and “Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center”
Address: Ανδρέα Συγγρού 356, Καλλιθέα, 17674

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center and Tactual Museum.

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

Park

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center is a cultural center complex in the municipality of Kallithea in Athens, Greece. It includes new facilities for the National Library of Greece and the Greek National Opera, as well as the 210,000 m2 Stavros Niarchos Park. Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center is situated 420 metres southwest of Onassis Hospital.

Tactual Museum

Museum

The Tactual Museum of Athens is a museum for the visually impaired in Kallithea, Athens, Greece. It was founded in 1984 by the Kallithea-based association Lighthouse for the Blind of Greece to allow visually impaired people to become familiarised with the cultural heritage of Greece. Tactual Museum is situated 390 metres northeast of Onassis Hospital.

Georgios Averof

Ship

Photo: Pmoshs, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Georgios Averof is a modified Pisa-class armoured cruiser built in Italy for the Royal Hellenic Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The ship served as the Greek flagship during most of the first half of the century. Georgios Averof is situated 1½ km southwest of Onassis Hospital.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nea Smyrni and Kallithea.

Nea Smyrni

Suburb

Photo: Badseed, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

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.