Akadimia Platonos' (Greek: Ακαδημία Πλάτωνος) 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 in which is an academy that dates back to ancient times. The area are residential mainly living in eight to ten storey homes in parts of the municipality. The subdivision has no squares but has a nearby school. Major streets bordering this subdivision includes Lenornam Avenue to the east, Palamidou Street to the south and Athinon Avenue (GR-8 and GR-8A and E90 westbound. Squares includes Akadimia Platonos and Metaxa The population are around 10,000 to 15,000 and the area is about 100 ha or 1 km². The area features a newspaper factory. The peripheries (περιφέρειες) are the subnational divisions of Greece. ... Attica (in Greek: Αττική, Attike; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a periphery (subdivision) in Greece, containing Athens, the capital of Greece. ... Athens is one of the prefectures of Greece. ... Athens (Greek: Αθήνα, Athína IPA: ) is the capital of Greece and one of the most famous cities in the world, named after goddess Athena. ... Athens (Greek: Αθήνα, Athína IPA: ) is the capital of Greece and one of the most famous cities in the world, named after goddess Athena. ... Here are list of postal codes in Greece. ... This is an alphabetical list by town of dialing codes in Greece. ... Dialing code 210 is an area code used in the Athens-Piraeus and Eleusis areas. ... The Greek car license plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (f. ... Athens (Greek: Αθήνα, Athína IPA: ) is the capital of Greece and one of the most famous cities in the world, named after goddess Athena. ... Raphaels portrait of Plato, a detail of The School of Athens fresco An an institution for the study of (usually) higher learning. ... Greek National Road 8 is an old highway linking the cities of Patras, Corinth and Athens. ... A non-freeway part of the road Greek National Road 8A, sometimes Greek National Road 8 is a toll road running from Kifissou avenue, in Athens up to the northeast of Patras. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Neighboring subdivisions

• Sepolia, north
• Kolonos, east
• Profitis Daniil, south
• Votanikos, south

In classical Greece Colonus was a demus about a mile to the northwest of Athens, near Platos Academy. ...

History

The Plato's Academy was first built in the area. The area saw housing developments in the early part of the 20th century when Athens' began to grow as well as an industrial being added, the area after World War II and the Greek Civil War saw taller buildings to be added. Raphaels portrait of Plato, a detail of The School of Athens fresco An an institution for the study of (usually) higher learning. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the use of images on this page may require cleanup, involving adjustment of image placement, formatting, size, or other adjustments. ... Combatants Hellenic Army, Royalist forces, Republicans, British troops Communist guerillas (ELAS, DSE) Commanders Alexander Papagos Markos Vafiadis Strength 100,000 men 20,000 men and women Casualties 12,777 killed 37,732 wounded 4,527 missing 38,000 killed 40,000 captured or surrendered An ELAS soldier The Greek Civil...

Residential streets

Here are list of residential streets, several residential streets are named after places in the Peloponnese as well as famous people and some myths. Neighborhood streets runs from WSW to ESE and from NNW to SSE This list excludes major streets which are mentioned on the top. There are 30 streets and avenues in this subdivision. The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus (Greek: Πελοπόννησος Peloponnesos; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a large peninsula in southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth. ...

Other

Akadimia Platonos has a schools, lyceums (middle schools), gymnasia (secondary schools), a churches, banks, shops and squares (plateies). The nearest Attiko Metro subway station is to the east. Plateia (πλατεία) is the Greek word for town square. ... Refurbished metro station in Maroussi, Athens. ...

External links

• Plato's Academy
• Lambrakis Press
• Akadimia Platonos on GTP Travel Pages (in English and Greek)