Πλατεία Ορθοδοξίας
Πλατεία Ορθοδοξίας is a square in Athens, Attica. Πλατεία Ορθοδοξίας is situated nearby to the church Αγιος Νικόλαος Κολοκυνθού, as well as near the library Μπενάκειος Βιβλιοθήκη.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Platonic Academy and Athens railway station.
Platonic Academy
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. Platonic Academy is situated 1 km southwest of Πλατεία Ορθοδοξίας.
Athens railway station
Railway station
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Athens railway station is the main railway station of Athens and the second-largest station in Greece. 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… Athens railway station is situated 1 km southeast of Πλατεία Ορθοδοξίας.
Greek Public Tobacco Factory
Industrial building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Greek Public Tobacco Factory at 218 Lenormann Street, in the area of Kolonos, was the second public tobacco factory in Athens, Greece, built by the Greek State at the time when the cigarette manufacturing industry was booming, in order to house the tobacco processing and packaging companies as well as the tobacco traders' warehouses, with the main purpose of fully controlling tobacco taxation. Greek Public Tobacco Factory is situated 200 metres west of Πλατεία Ορθοδοξίας.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kolonos and Skouze Hill.
Kolonos
Quarter
Colonus or Kolonos 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 Cephissus.
Skouze Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Skouze Hill is a hill located in Athens, Greece. It is also the name of a small neighbourhood surrounding the hill. In Antiquity, it was dedicated to and named after "Demeter Euchloös".
Akadimia Platonos
Quarter
Photo: Tomisti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Akadimia Platonos literally meaning Plato's Academy, is a neighbourhood located 3 km west-northwest of the downtown part of the Greek capital of Athens.
Πλατεία Ορθοδοξίας
- Type: Square
- Category: locality
- Location: Athens, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.99813° or 37° 59′ 53″ northLongitude
23.71273° or 23° 42′ 46″ eastOpen location code
8G95XPX7+73OpenStreetMap ID
way 51396738OpenStreetMap feature
place=square
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Notable Places Nearby
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