Patission Street, Athens

Name: Patission Street
Address: Athens, Greece

#248 among attractions in Athens

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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 that Greece submit to Italian control, thus starting the Greco-Italian War. ()

Local name: Οδός Πατησίων Length: 2.8 miCoordinates: 38°0'10"N, 23°44'3"E

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Αθήνα 6 (Κυψέλη)Athens Greece

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Patission Street – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: National Archaeological Museum, Epigraphical Museum, Viktoria Square, Railway Museum of Athens.

1 miS
Ancient Greek art and archaeology museum
National Archaeological Museum, Athens
25 min walk • Steeped in antiquity and nestled in the historic heart of Athens, the National Archaeological Museum stands as a testament to Greece's rich cultural heritage. As the largest museum in Greece and one of the most significant in the world concerning ancient Greek art, it...
1 miS
Museum, Archaeological museum, History museum
Epigraphical Museum, Athens
25 min walk • The Epigraphical Museum of Athens, Greece, is unique in Greece and the largest of its kind in the world. Its collection comprises 14,078, mostly Greek, inscriptions, which cover the period from early historical times to the Late Roman period, primarily in Greece.
0.7 miS
Square
Viktoria Square, Athens
19 min walk • Victoria Square is a large square located in the Municipality of Athens between 3 September and Aristotelous streets. The square's original name was Kyriakou.
0.9 miNW
Museum
Railway Museum of Athens, Athens
23 min walk • The Railway Museum of Athens, Greece, was founded by the Hellenic Railways Organisation in 1978. It was located at 4 Siokou Street in Athens, but the collection has since been moved to the former MPR Depot site in Lefka, Piraeus in 2019 not to be confused with the Electric Railways Museum of Piraeus.
0.7 miSE
Park
Pedion tou Areos, Athens
18 min walk • The Pedion tou Areos or Pedion Areos is one of the largest public parks in Athens, Greece. It is also the name of the wider neighbourhood.
0.8 miS
Vintage car collection in modern museum
Hellenic Motor Museum, Athens
22 min walk • The Hellenic Motor Museum is a car museum in Athens. It is owned by the Theodore Charagionis Foundation and opened in March 2011. The museum is situated in central Athens near the National Archaeological Museum, on the three top floors of the Athenian Capitol shopping mall.
1 miS
Museum
Tositsa 5, Athens
26 min walk • The Blue Condominium, is an apartment building in Athens, Greece. It lies on the corner of Arachovis and Themistokleous Streets, adjacent to Exarcheia Square and was built in 1932–1933 for Kyriakos Panagiotakos, the architect who designed the building.
1 miS
Hilltop park with Acropolis vistas
Strefi Hill, Athens
27 min walk • Strefi Hill is a limestone hill and urban natural park in the Greek capital of Athens. It is located on the border of Neapoli neighborhood and Exarcheia, northwest of mount Lykavittos. Its earliest name was Aghesmos. It is approximately 150 meters above sea level.
1.1 miS
Neighbourhood
Exarcheia, Athens
28 min walk • Exarcheia is a self-governing anarchist neighbourhood in central Athens, Greece close to the historical building of the National Technical University of Athens.
1 miS
Monuments and statues
Aphrodite of Syracuse, Athens
25 min walk • The statue of the Aphrodite of Syracuse in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens with the inventory number 3524 is dated to the second century AD.
0.4 miNW
Church
Church of Saint Panteleimon of Acharnai, Athens
11 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.

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Which popular attractions are close to Patission Street?

Nearby attractions include Amerikis Square, Athens (1 min walk), Church of Saint Panteleimon of Acharnai, Athens (11 min walk), Agios Panteleimonas, Athens (15 min walk), Thymarakia, Athens (15 min walk).

How to get to Patission Street by public transport?

The nearest stations to Patission Street:

Bus

Πλατεια Αμερικησ • Lines: 054 (2 min walk)
Καλλιφρονα • Lines: 054, 608 (3 min walk)

Trolleybus

Πλατεια Αμερικησ • Lines: 11, 14, 3, 5 (2 min walk)
Καλλιφρονα • Lines: 11, 14, 3, 5 (4 min walk)

Metro

Agios Nikolaos • Lines: Μ1 (12 min walk)
Attiki • Lines: Μ1, Μ2 (17 min walk)

Train

Athens (27 min walk)