Nea Smyrni, Athens

Name: Nea Smyrni
Address: Athens, Greece

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Nea Smyrni is a municipality and a southern suburb of Athens, Greece. At the 2011 census, it had 73,076 inhabitants. It was named after the former Greek city Smyrna, whence many refugees arrived and settled in the Nea Smyrni area following the 1922 catastrophe of Asia Minor and the Great fire of Smyrna, as a result of the Greco-Turkish war. ()

Local name: Νέα Σμύρνη Area: 1.54 mi²Coordinates: 37°56'48"N, 23°42'50"E

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Nearby attractions include: Nea Smyrni Stadium, Evgenidio Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Tactual Museum of Athens.

~1890 ftSW
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Nea Smyrni Stadium, Athens
10 min walk • Nea Smyrni Stadium, nestled in the bustling city of Athens, Greece, is a quintessential sports venue that has become a hub for football enthusiasts and local sports events. This stadium serves as the home ground for the Panionios G.S.S.
1.1 miSW
Museum, Observatories and planetariums, Science museum
Evgenidio Foundation, Athens
27 min walk • The Evgenidio Foundation was established in 1956 in Athens, Greece implementing the will of the late Greek benefactor Eugenios Eugenidis, who died in April 1954. It has the form of private legal entity under law.
1.2 miW
Arts center with a park and opera house
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens
31 min walk • The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center is a complex in the bay of Faliro in Athens which includes new facilities for the National Library of Greece and the Greek National Opera, as well as the 210,000 m² Stavros Niarchos Park.
0.8 miW
Museum, Art museum
Tactual Museum of Athens, Athens
20 min walk • The Tactual Museum of Athens is a museum for the visually impaired in Kallithea, Athens, Greece. It was founded in 1984 by the Kallithea-based association Lighthouse for the Blind of Greece to allow visually impaired people to become familiarised with the cultural heritage of Greece.
1.3 miSW
Town, Harbor
Phalerum, Athens
33 min walk • Phalerum or Phaleron was a port of Ancient Athens, 5 km southwest of the Acropolis of Athens, on a bay of the Saronic Gulf. The bay is also referred to as "Bay of Phalerum". The area of Phalerum is now occupied by the towns Palaio Faliro, Kallithea, Moschato and Neo Faliro, all of which are part of the Athens agglomeration.
1.7 miNW
Museum
Hellenic Cosmos, Athens
43 min walk • Hellenic Cosmos is a modern Cultural Centre and Museum in Athens, Greece which attempts to unravel the complex issues of Hellenism. Many current cultural events take place in the centre, including the annual Plisskën music festival.
1 miNW
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Kallithea, Athens
26 min walk • Kallithea is the 8th largest municipality in Greece and the 4th biggest in the Athens urban area. Additionally, it is the 2nd most densely populated municipality in Greece, with 21,192/km2. The municipality has an area of 4.749 km2.
1.4 miSW
Area
Palaio Faliro, Athens
35 min walk • Palaio Faliro is a coastal district and a municipality in the southern part of the Piraeus agglomeration, Greece. At the 2011 census it had 64,021 inhabitants.
1.4 miSE
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Agios Dimitrios, Athens
37 min walk • Agios Dimitrios is a suburb in the southern part of the Athens, Greece.
1.4 miNE
Neighbourhood
Neos Kosmos, Athens
35 min walk • Neos Kosmos is a neighborhood in Athens, Greece.
1.4 miSW
Sport venue, Sport
Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena, Athens
37 min walk • The Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena which is part of the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex is an indoor arena in Palaio Faliro, in Athens, Greece. It is nicknamed "The Little Peace And Friendship Stadium", due to its similarity in design and close proximity to the Peace and Friendship Stadium.