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Kerameikos ( Greek: Κεραμεικός, pronounced [ce.ɾa.miˈkos]) also known by its Latinized form Ceramicus, is an area of Athens, Greece, located to the northwest of the Acropolis, which includes an extensive area both within and outside the ancient city walls, on both sides of the Dipylon Gate and by the banks of the Eridanos River.
VL. VN. B. Cluj County lies in the northwestern half of the country, between parallels 47°28' in north and 46°24' in south, meridians 23°39' in west and 24°13' in east, respectively. It covers an area of 6,674 km 2 unfolded in the contact zone of three representative natural units: Apuseni Mountains, Someș Plateau and Transylvanian Plain.
Exarcheia ( Greek: Εξάρχεια pronounced [eˈksaɾ.çi.a]) is a community in central Athens, Greece close to the historical building of the National Technical University of Athens. [1] [2] Exarcheia took its name from a 19th-century businessman named Exarchos (Greek: Έξαρχος) who opened a large general store there.
Metaxourgeio. / 37.98611°N 23.72139°E / 37.98611; 23.72139. Metaxourgeio or Metaxourgio ( Greek: Μεταξουργείο pronounced [me.tak.suɾˈʝio] ), meaning "silk mill", is a neighbourhood of Athens, Greece. The neighbourhood is located north of the historical centre of Athens, between Kolonos to the east and Kerameikos to the ...
View of the ancient agora. The temple of Hephaestus is to the left and the Stoa of Attalos to the right.. The ancient Agora of Athens (also called the Classical Agora) is the best-known example of an ancient Greek agora, located to the northwest of the Acropolis and bounded on the south by the hill of the Areopagus and on the west by the hill known as the Agoraios Kolonos, also called Market Hill.
Ilioupoli. / 37.933°N 23.750°E / 37.933; 23.750. Ilioupoli ( Greek: Ηλιούπολη, lit. " Sun City ") is a suburban municipality and a town in Central Athens regional unit and located in the central-southern part of the Athens agglomeration. Its name is the modern form of the ancient name of Heliopolis in Egypt.
Kallithea ( Greek: Καλλιθέα, meaning "beautiful view") is a suburb in Athens agglomeration and a municipality in south Athens regional unit. It is the eighth largest municipality in Greece (97,616 inhabitants, 2021 census), as well as the fourth biggest in the Athens urban area (following municipalities of Athens, Piraeus and Peristeri ...
Phidias (sculptor) The Parthenon ( / ˈpɑːrθəˌnɒn, - nən /; Ancient Greek: Παρθενών, romanized : Parthenōn [par.tʰe.nɔ̌ːn]; Greek: Παρθενώνας, romanized : Parthenónas [parθeˈnonas]) is a former temple [6] [7] on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena during the fifth century BC.