ΨΑΡΑΔΕΛΛΗΣ

ΨΑΡΑΔΕΛΛΗΣ is a retail building in Moschato-Tavros, Athens Prefecture, Attica which is located on Πέτρου Ράλλη. ΨΑΡΑΔΕΛΛΗΣ is situated nearby to the playground Traffic Park, as well as near Parko Iroon.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Platonic Academy and Temple of Hephaestus.

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 2 km northeast of ΨΑΡΑΔΕΛΛΗΣ.

Temple of Hephaestus

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Temple of Hephaestus 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. Temple of Hephaestus is situated 2 km east of ΨΑΡΑΔΕΛΛΗΣ.

Pnyx

The Pnyx is a hill or hillside in central Athens, the capital of Greece. Beginning as early as 507 BC, the Athenians gathered on the Pnyx to host their popular assemblies, thus making the hill one of the earliest and most important sites in the creation of democracy. Pnyx is situated 2 km east of ΨΑΡΑΔΕΛΛΗΣ.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Votanikos and Gazi.

Votanikos

Quarter

Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Votanikos is a neighborhood in Athens, Greece. The area is named after a nearby botanical garden situated to the southwest. The eastern part is residential; the western part is forested and industrialized.

Gazi

Neighborhood

Gazi is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It surrounds the old Athens gasworks, which is the industrial museum and exhibition space "Technopolis", widely known as Gazi, next to Keramikos and close to the Acropolis.