Monastiráki
District of Athens
Attica - Greece

Eleusinion

An Athenian temple to Demeter, the Eleusinion was the place where all sacred objects associated with the Eleusinian Mysteries were kept between ceremonies. It was located at the base of the Acropolis. The Eleusinion played an important role in the Panathenaic festival.

Located at 37.9737, 23.7246 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Eleusinian Mysteries, Temples in ancient Athens, Temples of Demeter

Tower of the Winds

The Tower of the Winds, also called horologion (timepiece), is an octagonal Pentelic marble clocktower on the agora in Athens. The structure features a combination of sundials, a water clock, and a wind vane. It was supposedly built by Andronicus of Cyrrhus around 50 BC, but according to other sources, might have been constructed in the 2nd century BC before the rest of the forum.

Located at 37.9742, 23.727 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1st-century BC architecture, Hellenistic architecture, Towers in Greece, Meteorology in history, Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Athens, Octagonal buildings, Roman Athens

Ancient Agora of Athens

The Ancient Agora of Classical Athens (aka Forum of Athens in older texts) 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 Kolonus Agoraios, also called Market Hill.

Located at 37.975, 23.7225 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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6th-century BC architecture, Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Athens, American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Stoa of Attalos

The Stoa of Attalos (also spelled Attalus) is recognised as one of the most impressive stoae in the Athenian Agora. It was built by and named after King Attalos II of Pergamon who ruled between 159 BC and 138 BC.

Located at 37.975, 23.7242 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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2nd-century BC architecture, Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Athens, Hellenistic architecture, Landmarks in Athens, Stoas in Greece, Ancient Greek sites in Greece, Archaeological sites in Attica, Colonnades, Hellenistic Athens, Museums in Athens, Archaeological museums in Greece, Museums of Ancient Greece

Monastiraki

Monastiraki is a flea market neighborhood in the old town of Athens, Greece, and is one of the principal shopping districts in Athens. The area is home to clothing boutiques, souvenir shops, and specialty stores, and is a major tourist attraction in Athens and Attica for bargain shopping. The area is named after Monastiraki Square, which in turn is named for the Pantanassa church monastery that is located within the square.

Located at 37.9764, 23.7236 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Retail markets in Greece, Visitor attractions in Athens, Shopping districts and streets, Neighbourhoods in Athens

Monastiraki metro station

This page addresses a train station in Greece; for the ancient Cretan city, see Monastiraki, Crete. Monastiraki or Monastirion (English: Monastery) station is an interchange station on the Athens Metro, between Lines 1 and 3. The original surface station of Line 1 opened in May 17, 1895. It became an interchange point of the network when the underground station of Line 3 opened in April 22, 2003. It is located in the historic center of Athens, near the neighborhood of Plaka.

Located at 37.9761, 23.7256 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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ISAP stations, Athens Metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1895

Stoa of Zeus

The Stoa of Zeus at Athens, was a two-aisled stoa located in the northwest corner of the Ancient Agora of Athens. It was built c. 425 BC–410 BC for religious purposes in dedication to Zeus by the Eleutherios (Freedom): a cult founded after the Persian War. It is different from others in that it was a stoa rather than a temple (the common building used for religious purposes). Scholars believe the building also served other civic purposes due to its central location.

Located at 37.9757, 23.7221 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Ancient Greek sites in Greece, Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Athens, Stoas in Greece, Archaeological sites in Attica

Athinas Street

Athinas Street is a street in downtown Athens in Greece. It is named after Athena, the goddess of wisdom. The street runs from Ermou Street north to Omonoia Square through the Psiri neighborhood. Its total length is nearly 1 km of which 80 m is a walkway since 1999. Until 1999, it used to access with Omonoia Square, now motorists can now access it via Lykourgos Street east to Aiolou and 28 Oktovriou (Patissi) Street and other streets. North of Lykourgos is a pedestrian walkway.

Located at 37.9802, 23.7271 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Streets in Athens

Psyri

Psyri or Psiri or Psyrri or Psirri is a gentrified neighbourhood in Athens, Greece, today known for its restaurants, bars, live music tavernas, and small number of hotels. Until the early 1990s, Psyri had a dangerous reputation, but it has now become one of the most fashionable and trendy choices in the centre of Athens for accommodation, entertainment and food hospitality.

Located at 37.9778, 23.725 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Visitor attractions in Athens, Neighbourhoods in Athens

Church of Panaghia Kapnikarea

The Church of Panaghia Kapnikarea (Greek: Εκκλησία της Παναγίας Καπνικαρέας) or just Kapnikarea is a Greek Orthodox church and one of the oldest churches in Athens.

Located at 37.9763, 23.7286 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Byzantine churches in Athens, 11th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings, Eastern Orthodox church buildings in Greece

Athens University Museum

The Athens University Museum is a museum in Plaka, Athens, Greece. The building was a structure of the Ottoman period but fundamentally restructured between 1831 and 1833 by Stamatios Kleanthis and Eduard Schaubert for their architectural office. From 1837 to 1841 it housed the newly founded University of Athens.

Located at 37.9731, 23.7268 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Museums in Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University museums in Greece

Museum of Pavlos and Alexandra Kanellopoulou

The Museum of Pavlos and Alexandra Kanellopoulou is a museum of antiquities in Athens, Greece. Founded in 1976, it comprises the private collection of Paul and Alexandra Kanellopoulos which was donated to the Greek state. It is housed in the neoclassical mansion of the Michalea family, situated on the north slope of the Acropolis and built in 1864. The mansion was purchased by the Greek state in the 1960s-70's and was restored to permanently house the collection.

Located at 37.9729, 23.7259 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Museums in Athens, Archaeological museums in Greece, Art museums and galleries in Greece

Tsisdarakis Mosque

Tsisdarakis Mosque is an 18th-century Ottoman mosque, now functioning as a museum, in central Athens, Greece. The mosque is standing in front of the Monastiraki station.

Located at 37.9759, 23.726 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Athens, Folk art museums in Greece, Mosques in Greece, 18th-century mosques, Former mosques, Museums in Athens

Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments

The Museum of Popular Music Instruments (Greek: Μουσείο Ελληνικών Λαϊκών Μουσικών Οργάνων), is a museum and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology in the Lassanis Mansion, Plaka, Athens, Greece. It displays about 600 Greek musical instruments from the last 300 years and has as many more in store.

Located at 37.9744, 23.7274 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Museums in Athens, Musical instrument museums, Greek music

Monument of the Eponymous Heroes

The Monument of the Eponymous Heroes, located in the Ancient Agora of Athens, Greece and adjacently situated near the Metroon, was a marble podium that bore the bronze statues of the ten heroes representing the tribes of Athens. Being an important information center for the ancient Athenians, it was used as a monument where proposed legislation, decrees and announcements were posted.

Located at 37.9752, 23.7223 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Landmarks in Athens, Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Athens

Temple of Aphrodite Urania

The Temple of Aphrodite Urania is a temple located north-west of the Ancient Agora of Athens and dedicated to the Greek goddess Aphrodite under her epithet Urania. According to Pausanias, the sanctuary had a marble statue of the deity sculpted by the ancient Greek sculptor Phidias. Today, there are a few number of saved stones on the slope of the hill beside the train tracks and near the temple of her husband Hephaestus.

Located at 37.976, 23.7217 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Temples of Aphrodite, Temples in ancient Athens, Landmarks in Athens, Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Athens

Altar of Zeus Agoraios

The Altar of Zeus Agoraios is a 4th century BC altar located north-west of the Ancient Agora of Athens, constructed from white marble, 9 m deep and 5.5 m wide. It was one of the first objects to be discovered inside the Agora during the excavations of 1931. Evidence of marks done by masons from the Augustan period show that it was moved from an initial source later identified as the Pnyx located outside the ancient Agora.

Located at 37.9752, 23.7225 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Temples in ancient Athens, Temples of Zeus

Temple of Apollo Patroos

The Temple of Apollo Patroos (meaning "from the fathers") is a small ruined temple of Ionic order built in 340-320 BCE. It is 10 m wide and 16.5 m long and located north-west of the Ancient Agora of Athens near the Stoa of Zeus. Considered to be the founder of the Ionian race and protector of families, the temple's interior had a cult statue dedicated to the god and made by the famous Greek sculptor Euphranor.

Located at 37.9755, 23.7221 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Landmarks in Athens, Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Athens, Temples in ancient Athens, Temples of Apollo, Ionian mythology

Gate of Athena Archegetis

The Gate of Athena Archegetis is situated west of the Roman Agora, Athens and considered to be the second most prominent remain in the site after the Tower of the Winds. Constructed in 11 BCE by donations from Julius Caesar and Augustus, the gate was made of 4 Doric columns and a base of Pentelic marble. It was a monument dedicated by the Athenians to their patroness Athena Archegetis.

Located at 37.9746, 23.7255 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Landmarks in Athens, Roman Athens

East Propylon

The East Propylon is the eastern entrance of the Roman Agora in Athens. Built in 19-11 BCE, it constituted of 4 Ionic columns made of gray Hymettian marble.

Located at 37.9742, 23.7267 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Landmarks in Athens, Roman Athens

Church of the Holy Apostles, Athens

The Church of the Holy Apostles, also known as Holy Apostles of Solaki (Greek: Άγιοι Απόστολοι Σολάκη) or Agii Apostoli (Greek: Αγιοι Αποστολοι Αθηνα), is located in the Ancient Agora of Athens, Greece, and can be dated to around the late 10th century.

Located at 37.974, 23.7239 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Byzantine churches in Athens, Eastern Orthodox church buildings in Greece

Hadrian's Library

Hadrian's Library was created by Roman Emperor Hadrian in AD 132 on the north side of the Acropolis of Athens. The building followed a typical Roman Forum architectural style, having only one entrance with a propylon of Corinthian order, a high surrounding wall with protruding niches at its long sides, an inner courtyard surrounded by columns and a decorative oblong pool in the middle. The library was on the eastern side where rolls of papyrus "books" were kept.

Located at 37.9756, 23.7261 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Athens, Landmarks in Athens, Ancient Greek sites in Greece, 2nd-century architecture, Roman Athens, Hadrian

Fethiye Mosque (Athens)

The Fethiye Mosque (Greek: Φετιχιέ τζαμί; Turkish: Fethiye Camii, "Mosque of the Conquest") is a 15th-century Ottoman mosque in central Athens, Greece. It was built in 1456/1458, soon after the Ottoman conquest of the Duchy of Athens. It is located on the northern side of the ancient Roman forum, near the Tower of the Winds, and was built on the ruins of a middle Byzantine basilica. During Ottoman times, it was commonly known as the "Wheatmarket Mosque".

Located at 37.9745, 23.727 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Athens, Mosques in Greece, 15th-century mosques, Former mosques

Ermou Street (Athens)

Ermou Street, is a one and a half kilometer-long road in central Athens, Greece, connecting Kerameikos archaeological site with the Syntagma Square through Monastiraki, Psiri and Thiseio. It consists of three sections: The east (from Filellinon Street to Aiolou Street, app. 700m long) which is a pedestrian zone and the city's best-known and busiest shopping street, the middle (from Aiolou Street to Agion Asomaton str.

Located at 37.9766, 23.7257 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Streets in Athens, Shopping districts and streets

Pantanassa

The Church of Saint Mary Pantanassa is a 10th century monastery in Monastiraki Square, between Athinas and Mitropoleos streets, facing the Monastiraki station, in central Athens, Greece. The church was known as the Great (or Big) Monastery, and then later as monastiraki ("little monastery"), which eventually became the name of the whole area.

Located at 37.9765, 23.7261 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Christian monasteries in Greece, Churches in Athens