Mosque of Athens

The Votanikos Mosque, more commonly known as the Mosque of Athens or the Athens Mosque, is a in the neighbourhood of , . It is the first official mosque in the Greek capital since the Greek War of Independence.
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: mosque in the Votanikos neighbourhood of Athens, Greece
  • Also known as: “Athens Mosque” and “Votanikos Mosque”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Platonic Academy and Kerameikos Archaeological Museum.

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 1 km northeast of Mosque of Athens.

Museum
Photo: Marsyas, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The is located in , , and was built in 1937. It houses many important early Geometric art pieces that date as far back as 860 BC. is situated 2 km southeast of Mosque of Athens.

Metro station
Photo: Helen Simonsson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a station on Athens Metro Line 3. It opened on 26 May 2007 as part of the extension. During planning in the late-1990s, the station was known as "Agios Savvas", after a nearby church. is situated 560 metres west of Mosque of Athens.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elaionas and Votanikos.

Neighborhood
Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighborhood in Central , . It is an industrial area and one of the most deprived areas of the municipality of Athens.

Quarter
Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighborhood in , . 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.

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 .

Mosque of Athens

Latitude
37.98708° or 37° 59′ 14″ north
Longitude
23.69971° or 23° 41′ 59″ east
Open location code
8G95XMPX+RV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 888247880
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Wiki­data ID
Q28465243
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Urdu—“Mosque of Athens” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Xhamia e Athinës”
  • Arabic: “مسجد فوتانيكوس”
  • Bashkir: “Афина мәсете”
  • German: “Athener Moschee”
  • Greek: “Ισλαμικό Τέμενος Αθηνών”
  • Greek: “Τζαμί του Βοτανικού”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Athena”
  • Japanese: “アテネ・モスク”
  • Russian: “Афинская мечеть”
  • Tatar: “Афина мәчете”
  • Turkish: “Atina Camii”
  • Urdu: “ووتانیکوس مسجد”

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