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Discover Profítis Daniíl
The district Profítis Daniíl of Athens in Nomarchía Athínas (Attica) is a subburb in Greece and is a district of the nations capital.
If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Aigaleo, Kallithea, Peristeri, Nea Smyrni and Dafni. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 24°C / 75 °F
Morning Temperature | 16°C / 61 °F |
Evening Temperature | 20°C / 68 °F |
Night Temperature | 17°C / 63 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 32% |
Air Pressure | 1006 hPa |
Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 10 km/h (6 mph) from North-East |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Thursday, 25th of April 2024
20°C (68 °F)
15°C (59 °F)
Sky is clear, fresh breeze, clear sky.
Friday, 26th of April 2024
21°C (70 °F)
17°C (63 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
22°C (71 °F)
17°C (63 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Wyndham Grand Athens
Mc Queen
Athens Lotus Hotel
White Lotus Luxury Accommodation
Stanley
Best Western Candia
Be My Guest
Crystal City
PHIDIAS
Socrates Hotel
Videos from this area
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Driving in center of Athens, Greece [1080p]
Location: Greece (Ελλάδα) Athína (Αθήνα) Cam: Gopro HD Hero [GPS: 37°59'10.14"N / 23°42'32.58"E]
Ancient Sites of Athens
Check out our Best of Athens Travel Guide http://davidsbeenhere.com/product/best-athens-greece-city-travel-guide-2014/ and http://davidsbeenhere.com David's Been Here is touring one of the...
Ancient Greece in a 3D travel
Take the tour in this time travel...it's a compilation of 3d films of ancient greek constructions.
Athens, Greece - harsh street life
street people engaged in drug-taking activities on the plaza - view from our hotel. Athens is a super nice city by the way, so don't let this video sway you into not going.
City sightseeing by bus from Thisio (Αθήνα/Athens)
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Gogol Bordello - Pala Tute (Live in Athens / Stage Volume 1, 8.5.14)
Gogol Bordello returned in Athens with an unforgettable show... - Live Review at http://bit.ly/1g41KDV.
Opening Night Party TBEX Athens, Imam Baildi - Greece 1080p50 Travel Channel
TBEX Athens Opening Night Party, Imam Baildi English: http://blog.myvideomedia.com/tbex-2014-athens-opening-party/ Deutsch: http://blog.myvideomedia.de/2014/11/tbex-2014-athen-opening-party/.
Opening Night Party TBEX Athens, Technopolis - Greece 1080p50 Travel Channel
TBEX Athens Opening Night Party, Technopolis English: http://blog.myvideomedia.com/tbex-2014-athens-opening-party/ Deutsch: http://blog.myvideomedia.de/2014/11/tbex-2014-athen-opening-party/.
VIETNAM GREEK PARTY OPENING @ DREAM CITY 3/10
Tο μοναδικό VIETNAM greek champagne party που όλοι αγαπήσατε μετακομίζει αυτό το χειμώνα στο DREAM CITY (DC) για να συνεχίσει...
ZER-FAM FASHION SHOW & Backstage 2012 ADDICTED TO FASHION 4/7 @ Dream City Live Stage
"Each garment is an experience ... Inside the crowded Live Stage Club Dream City of Gazi, a stunning Catwalk evolved into a spectacular show leaving the best impressions in the minds of viewers!...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Kerameikos
Keramikos 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 (Δίπυλον) Gate and by the banks of the Eridanos River. It was the potters' quarter of the city, from which the English word "ceramic" is derived, and was also the site of an important cemetery and numerous funerary sculptures erected along the road out of the city towards Eleusis.
Temple of Hephaestus
The Temple of Hephaestus, also known as the Hephaisteion or earlier as the Theseion, is a well-preserved Greek temple; it remains standing largely as built. It is a Doric peripteral temple, and is located at the north-west side of the Agora of Athens, on top of the Agoraios Kolonos hill. From the 7th century until 1834, it served as the Greek Orthodox church of St. George Akamates.
Platonic Academy
The Academy was founded by Plato (424/423 BC – 348/347 BC) in ca. 387 BC in Athens. Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) studied there for twenty years (367 BC – 347 BC) 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.
Agricultural University of Athens
The Agricultural University of Athens (Greek: Γεωπονικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών) is located in Athens, at the neighborhood of Votanikos.
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.
National Observatory of Athens
The National Observatory of Athens (NOA) (Greek: Εθνικό Αστεροσκοπείο Αθηνών) is a research institute in Athens, Greece. Founded in 1842, it is the oldest research foundation in Greece, as it was the first scientific research institute built after Greece became independent in 1829, and one of the oldest research institutes in Southern Europe.
Votanikos
Votanikos is a subdivision located 3 km west of the downtown part of the Greek capital of Athens. The area is named after a nearby botanical garden situated to the southwest. The eastern part are residential, the western part are forested and industrialized. The subdivision has no squares but has a nearby school.
Akadimia Platonos
Akademia (or Akadimia) Platonos is a subdivision located 3 km west-northwest of the downtown part of the Greek capital of Athens. The area is named after the Plato's Academy. The area are is densely populated, with people mainly living in eight to ten storey buildings. Major streets bordering this subdivision include Lenorman Avenue to the east, Palamidou Street to the south and Athinon Avenue (GR-8 and GR-8A and E90 westbound. The two main squares are Akademia Platonos and Metaxa.
Thiseio
Thiseio, also Thisseio, Thisio and Thissio is the name of a neighborhood in downtown Athens, Greece, northwest of the Acropolis, 1.5 km southwest of downtown, and 1 km southwest of city hall; its name derives from the Temple of Hephaestus, also known as Τhiseio, as it was, in earlier times, considered a temple of Theseus. The area also takes in the ancient Agora, Petralona, and Kerameikos, which includes the Assomaton Square. In Assomaton Square there is Agioi Assomatoi church.
Thiseio metro station
Thiseio is an Athens Metro station, located in Thiseio at 8.603 km from Piraeus. It is located in Athens and took its name from the nearby Temple of Hephaestus which is famous as Thiseio. The station was first opened on February 27, 1869 and was renovated in 2004. It has two platforms. Thiseio station is the first railway station in the city of Athens, other than the Thiseio–Piraeus of today's line 1 of ISAP and the first railway line other than the range of the Greek government.
Athens Arena
Athens Arena (Athinon Arena) is a grand music venue in Athens, Greece. It is a large-scale convention centre and concert hall, designed to host up to 3,000 people seated. It is owned by the Papatheoharis Group. Artists featured in the Arena are Marinella, Antonis Remos Sakis Rouvas and Greek superstar Anna Vissi. Since 2005, it is the venue for the Greek preselection final for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Pieridis Museum
Pieridis Museum is a museum in Athens, Greece. Its collection includes items dating back almost nine thousand years, from the neolithic period to the Middle Ages. They are a part of the archaeological collection of the Pierides Museum in Larnaca, Cyprus. It is situated in the Athinais Culture Center in Votanikos, about 2 km west of downtown Athens.
Municipal Gallery of Athens
The Municipal Gallery of Athens is a museum in Athens, Greece. It houses a rich collection of nearly 3,000 works from leading 19th- and 20th-century Greek artists. Formerly located on Peiraios Street on Eleftherias (Koumoundourou) Square, in October 2010 the gallery moved three blocks northwest to the corner of Myllerou and Leonidou streets on Avdi Square in Metaxourgeio.
Centre for the Study of Traditional Pottery
The Centre for the Study of Traditional Pottery, also known as Psaropoulos Museum of Traditional Pottery and as Study Centre for Contemporary Ceramics is a museum in Athens, Greece. The study centre was established in 1987 to research, preserve and promote the production of traditional Greek ceramics. Since 1999 it has been located in a neo-classical building at 8 Hepitou Street in Plaka and was officially inaugurated on May 18, 2000, International Museum Day.
Technopolis (Gazi)
Technopolis (Gazi) is an industrial museum and a major cultural venue of the City of Athens, Greece, in the neighborhood of Gazi, next to Keramikos and very close to the Acropolis. It is dedicated to the memory of the great Greek composer Manos Hatzidakis, which is why it is also known as "Gazi Technopolis Manos Hatzidakis". It has been in operation since 1999 and is situated in the city's former gasworks which were founded in 1857, occupying an area of about 30.000 m2.
Melina Merkouri Cultural Center
The Melina Merkouri Cultural Centre is a municipal cultural organization in Athens, Greece. It is housed in an impressive old hat factory in Thisseio. The Centre has two permanent exhibitions, the one called "Travelogue of Athens", which presents the neighborhoods of Athens at the beginning of the 20th century, and the other "The Charidimos Shadow Theater", with figures and materials of the famous shadow theater artist. The Centre also includes the "Melina" hall, a 220 sq.m.
Gazi, Athens
Gazi is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It surrounds the old Athens gasworks, which is an industrial museum and exhibition space, widely known as Gazi, next to Keramikos and close to the Acropolis. It is home to the Technopolis of Athens, that spreads in an area of about 30.000 m2, an industrial museum of modern architecture. In the past ten years it has been growing rapidly as the new, and expanding, Athens gay village.
Metaxourgeio
Metaxourgeio or Metaxourgio or Metaxouryio (Μεταξουργείο in Greek) is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. The neighborhood is located north of the historical center of Athens, between Kolonos to the east and Kerameikos to the west, and north of Gazi. Metaxourgeio is frequently described as a transition neighborhood.
Profitis Daniil, Athens
Profitis Daniil is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece.
Rouf, Athens
Rouf is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece.
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.
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.
Radio Amateur Association of Greece
The Radio Amateur Association of Greece (RAAG) (in Greek, Ένωσις Ελλήνων Ραδιοερασιτεχνών - ΕΕΡ) is a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in Greece. The society was founded in February 1958, facing great difficulties due to negative attitude of the Greek Government of the time towards amateur radio. RAAG represents the interests of Greek amateur radio operators before national, European, and international telecommunications regulatory authorities.
Avdi Square
Avdi Square is a public gathering place located in the Metaxourgeio neighbourhood of Athens, Greece, bounded by Leonidou, Kerameikou, Giatrakou and Germanikou streets. On the edges of the square stand the Municipal Gallery of Athens, several cafes, theatres, businesses and residential buildings. The City of Athens renovated the square in 2008, increasing the amount and quality of greenery, improving lighting and renewing tile surfaces.
Athens Railway Station
Athens Railway Station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Αθήνας, Sidirodromikós Stathmós Athinón) is the main railway station of Athens, the capital city of Greece. It is located in the central quarter of Kolonos.