Galatsi, Athens

Name: Galatsi
Address: Athens, Greece

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Galatsi, called in Katharevousa Galatsion, is a northern suburb of Athens, Greece, and a municipality of the Attica region. The municipality has an area of 4.026 km². Until the mid-20th century, the area was mainly made up of farmlands but due to the continuous expansion of the Greek capital, Galatsi was rapidly urbanised and has come to lie in the center of the Athens agglomeration. ()

Local name: Γαλάτσι Coordinates: 38°1'0"N, 23°45'0"E

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Nearby attractions include: Tourkovounia, Nea Filadelfeia, Church of Saint Panteleimon of Acharnai, Nea Ionia.

1.1 miN
Hill
Tourkovounia, Marousi
30 min walk • The Tourkovounia, also known as Lykovounia and in Antiquity called Anchesmos, is a hill range in Athens, Attica. The name has also been transferred to a neighbourhood in Central Athens and a neighbourhood in Keratsini.
1.4 miNW
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Nea Filadelfeia, Athens
35 min walk • Nea Filadelfeia is a city in Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Filadelfeia-Chalkidona, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 2.850 km².
1.3 miSW
Church
Church of Saint Panteleimon of Acharnai, Athens
34 min walk • The church of Saint Panteleimon of Acharnai is a Greek Orthodox basilica in the center of Athens. It has a maximum length of 63 m and width 48 m and it is the biggest church of Greece.
1.1 miN
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Nea Ionia, Athens
30 min walk • Nea Ionia is a northern suburb of Athens, Greece, and a municipality of the Attica region. It was named after Ionia, the region in Anatolia from which many Greeks migrated in the 1920s as a part of the Population exchange between Greece and Turkey.
1.1 miNE
Church
Omorfokklisia, Athens
29 min walk • Omorfokklisia is a 12th-century Greek Orthodox church in Galatsi, a northeastern suburb of Athens, Greece. This church dedicated to Saint George is considered one of the landmarks of the area.
1.2 miE
Park
Open Air Glyptotheque of Psychiko – George Zongolopoulos Square, Athens
31 min walk • The Open Air Glyptotheque, Psychiko, also called George Zongolopoulos Square, is a sculpture garden located in Psychiko, Athens, Greece.
1.3 miSW
Square
Amerikis Square, Athens
34 min walk • Amerikis Square is located in central Athens, Greece. It is an open area adjacently to Patision Street, on the western borders of Kypseli.
0.7 miSW
38°0'30"N • 23°44'34"E
Lophos Elikonas, Athens
18 min walk • Park
1.3 miSW
Street
Patission Street, Athens
33 min walk • Patission Street is one of the major streets in central Athens, Greece. Though it is known as Patission, its name was changed to 28 October Street, commemorating the day in 1940 that the Greek dictator Ioannis Metaxas refused the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's ultimatum...
1 miNW
Neighbourhood
Rizoupoli, Athens
25 min walk • Rizoupoli is a neighborhood of Nea Filadelfeia-Chalkidona, Greece. It is the northernmost neighborhood of municipality along with the small district Probonas.
0.5 miNW
Neighbourhood
Kypriadou, Athens
14 min walk • Kypriadou, formerly known as Alysida is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It is named for agronomist Epameinondas Kypriadis.