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Athens [a] (/ ˈ æ θ ɪ n z / ATH-inz) [6] is the capital and largest city of Greece. A major coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica region and is the southernmost capital on the European mainland. With its urban area's population numbering over 3.6 million, it is the eighth largest urban area in the ...
Athens is a city and the county seat of Athens County, Ohio, United States.The population was 23,849 at the 2020 census. [5] Located along the Hocking River within Appalachian Ohio about 65 miles (105 km) southeast of Columbus, Athens is best known as the home of Ohio University, a large public research university with an undergraduate and graduate enrollment of more than 21,000 students. [6]
Syntagma Square (Greek: Πλατεία Συντάγματος, pronounced [plaˈtia sinˈdaɣmatos], "Constitution Square") is the central square of Athens, Greece. [1] The square is named after the Constitution that Otto , the first King of Greece, was obliged to grant after a popular and military uprising on 3 September 1843 . [ 2 ]
Athens was chosen as the Greek capital for historical and sentimental reasons. There are few buildings dating from the period of the Byzantine Empire or the 18th century. Once the capital was established, a modern city plan was laid out and public buildings were erected. View towards Lycabettus, 1862
Attica (Greek: Αττική, Ancient Greek Attikḗ or Attikī́, Ancient Greek: [atːikɛ̌ː] or Modern:), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the entire Athens metropolitan area, which consists of the city of Athens, the capital of Greece and the core city of the metropolitan area, as well as its surrounding suburban cities and towns.
Akadimia Platonos (Greek: Ακαδημία Πλάτωνος pronounced [akaðiˈmia ˈpla.to.nos]) literally meaning Plato's Academy, is a neighbourhood located 3 km (2 mi) west-northwest of the downtown part of the Greek capital of Athens.
Athens – capital of Greece and of the Attica region. With about 638,000 residents in the city proper [ 1 ] and 3,090,508 residents in the urban area, it is also the country's most populated city. Athens is one of the world's oldest cities , with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years.
Sofokleous Street (Greek: Οδός Σοφοκλέους, Odos Sofokleous) is a street in the downtown part of Athens, the Greek capital. [1] It is named after the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles. The street runs from Pireos Street and ends short from Stadiou Street at Pesmazoglou Street and Aristeidou Street.