Λόφος Ιππείου Κολωνού

Λόφος Ιππείου Κολωνού is a park in , . Λόφος Ιππείου Κολωνού is situated nearby to the quarter , as well as near the church .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Platonic Academy and Athens railway station.

Archaeological site
Photo: Raphael, Public domain.
The Academy was founded by Plato in ca. 387 BC in Athens. Aristotle studied there for twenty years before founding his own school, the Lyceum. The academy persisted throughout the Hellenistic period as a skeptical school, until coming to an end after the death of Philo of Larissa in 83 BC. is situated 760 metres southwest of Λόφος Ιππείου Κολωνού.

Railway station
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the main railway station of and the second-largest station in . Located in the central quarter of Kolonos, the railway station resulted from the merger of two separate railway terminals in 2005—Larissa station of the… is situated 510 metres southeast of Λόφος Ιππείου Κολωνού.

Railway station
Photo: Stathis floros, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The was a station on the Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways metre gauge line in . Originally opened on 30 June 1884 it was the first railway terminal in the Greek capital. is situated 730 metres southeast of Λόφος Ιππείου Κολωνού.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kolonos and Skouze Hill.

Quarter
Colonus or was a deme of the phyle Aegeis, of ancient Attica, celebrated as the deme of Sophocles, and the scene of one of the poet's tragedies, was situated ten stadia from the gate of the city, called Dipylum, near Plato's Academy and the river .

Neighborhood
Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hill located in , Greece. It is also the name of a small neighbourhood surrounding the hill. In Antiquity, it was dedicated to and named after "Demeter Euchloös".

Neighborhood
is a neighbourhood of , located northwest of the city centre. The neighbourhood and its central square are named after Attica Railways, a railway company that constructed the line Athens-Kifissia-Lavrion.

Λόφος Ιππείου Κολωνού

Latitude
37.99548° or 37° 59′ 44″ north
Longitude
23.71533° or 23° 42′ 55″ east
Open location code
8G95XPW8+54
Open­Street­Map ID
way 49435829
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
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