Nea Smyrni Grove

Nea Smyrni Grove is a park in Nea Smyrni, Athens Prefecture, Attica. Nea Smyrni Grove is situated nearby to the theater building Θέατρο Άλσους Νέας Σμύρνης, as well as near the square Πλατεία Ειρήνης.

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Type: Park
Description: park in Nea Smyrni, Attica, Greece
Also known as: “Alsos Neas Smyrnis”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Statue of Eleftherios Venizelos, Nea Smyrni and Kalithea Municipal Stadium ‘Grigoris Labrakis’.

Statue of Eleftherios Venizelos, Nea Smyrni

Memorial

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Statue of Eleftherios Venizelos, Nea Smyrni is a memorial, which is situated 360 metres south of Nea Smyrni Grove.

Kalithea Municipal Stadium ‘Grigoris Labrakis’

Stadium

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Grigoris Lamprakis Stadium is a public multi-use stadium in Kallithea, Athens, Greece. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Athens Kallithea FC. The stadium was built in 1970 and currently has a seating capacity of 6,300. Kalithea Municipal Stadium ‘Grigoris Labrakis’ is situated 1¼ km north of Nea Smyrni Grove.

National Museum of Contemporary Art

Museum

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The National Museum of Contemporary Art, is a national museum focused on exhibiting contemporary Greek and international art in Athens. It was established in October 2000. National Museum of Contemporary Art is situated 1½ km northeast of Nea Smyrni Grove.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nea Smyrni and Kallithea.

Nea Smyrni

Suburb

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Nea Smyrni is a municipality and a town in South Athens, Greece. At the 2021 census, it had 72,853 inhabitants. It was named after the former Greek city Smyrna, whence many refugees arrived and settled in the Nea Smyrni area following the 1922 Burning of Smyrna, during the Greco-Turkish war.

Kallithea

Suburb

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Kallithea is a suburb in Athens agglomeration and a municipality in south Athens regional unit. It is the eighth largest municipality in Greece, as well as the fourth biggest in the Athens urban area.