Πλατεία Πέτρουλα

Πλατεία Πέτρουλα is a square in , . Πλατεία Πέτρουλα is situated nearby to the church , as well as near .

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 490 metres west of Πλατεία Πέτρουλα.

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 550 metres east of Πλατεία Πέτρουλα.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The or Hephaisteion, is a well-preserved Greek temple dedicated to Hephaestus; it remains standing largely intact today. It is a Doric peripteral temple, and is located at the north-west side of the Agora of Athens, on top of the Agoraios Kolonos hill. is situated 2 km south of Πλατεία Πέτρουλα.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Akadimia Platonos and Kolonos.

Quarter
Photo: Tomisti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
literally meaning Plato's Academy, is a neighbourhood located 3 km west-northwest of the downtown part of the Greek capital of .

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: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighborhood.

Πλατεία Πέτρουλα

Latitude
37.99192° or 37° 59′ 31″ north
Longitude
23.71391° or 23° 42′ 50″ east
Open location code
8G95XPR7+QH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 50014562
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­square
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Πλατεία Πέτρουλα from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Άγιος Κωνσταντίνος and ΚΟΙΜΗΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΘΕΟΤΟΚΟΥ.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Δρίτσας and ΑΓΙΟΥ ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥ.

Greece: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Athens, Thessaloniki, Lesvos, and Arcadia.

Curious Squares to Discover

Uncover intriguing squares from every corner of the globe.