Victoria Square
Viktoria Square is a large square in the Municipality of Athens, Greece between 3 September and Aristotelous streets. It was renamed Viktoria in honor of the Queen of the United Kingdom on the occasion of the annexation of the Ionian Islands to Greece in 1864, as a gift to the enthronement of the Queen's nephew, Prince Christian William Ferdinand Adolf George of Denmark, later George I of Greece.Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Square
- Description: open square in Athens, Greece
- Also known as: “Viktoria Square”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Victoria and Hellenic Motor Museum.
Victoria
Metro station
Photo: Dimboukas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Victoria is on Athens Metro Line 1, between Omonia and Attiki. It is named after the British monarch Queen Victoria. The station is underground, beneath Victoria Square, and was recently renovated.
Hellenic Motor Museum
Museum
The Hellenic Motor Museum is a car museum in Athens. It is owned by the Theodore Charagionis Foundation and opened in March 2011. The museum is situated in central Athens near the National Archaeological Museum, on the three top floors of the Athenian Capitol shopping mall. Hellenic Motor Museum is situated 220 metres south of Victoria Square.
Epigraphical Museum
Museum
The Epigraphical Museum of Athens, Greece, is unique in Greece and the largest of its kind in the world. Its collection comprises 14,078, mostly Greek, inscriptions, which cover the period from early historical times to the Late Roman period, primarily in Greece. Epigraphical Museum is situated 540 metres southeast of Victoria Square.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Agios Panteleimonas and Vathi.
Agios Panteleimonas
Neighborhood
Photo: Peloponnisios, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Agios Panteleimonas or Aghios Panteleimonas is a neighbourhood of Athens, located northwest of the centre of Athens between Viktorias Square and Attikis Square.
Vathi
Neighborhood
Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vathi is a neighborhood of the center of Athens. It is north of Athens' downtown. The center of the neighborhood is Vathis Square.
Attiki
Neighborhood
Attiki is a neighbourhood of Athens, 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.
Victoria Square
- Category: locality
- Location: Athens, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.99314° or 37° 59′ 35″ northLongitude
23.72962° or 23° 43′ 47″ eastOpen location code
8G95XPVH+7ROpenStreetMap ID
way 50007579OpenStreetMap feature
place=squareWikidata ID
Q19604711
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Russian—“Victoria Square” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Plateía Viktorías”
- French: “place Kyriakoú”
- French: “place Victoría”
- French: “Place Victoría”
- German: “Viktoria-Platz”
- Greek: “Πλατεία Βικτωρίας”
- Russian: “Площадь Виктория в Афинах”
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