| Statistics | | Prefecture: | Attica | | Metropolitan Area: | Athens | Location:
Latitude:
Longitude: |
37.929 (37°55'47') N lat.
23.696 (23°41'42') E long. | Area:
-Total
-Water
-Rank |
-5 km²
| Population: (2001)
- Total
- Density¹
- Rank |
64,759
about 12,951/km²
| Elevation:
-lowest:
-centre: |
Saronic Gulf and the Faliro Bay
10 m(centre)
around 60 to 70 m | | Postal code: | 175 | | Area/distance code: | 11-30-210 (030-210)
-970 through 989 | | Municipal code: | 0136 | | Car designation: | Y (prev.)
Z pres. | | 3-letter abbreviation: | PFL (Palaio Faliro) | | Address of administration: | 70 Mega Alexandrou St.
Palaio Faliro 175 61 | Palaio Faliro or Paleo Faliro (Greek, Modern: Παλαιό Φάληρο, Ancient/Katharevousa: Παλαιὸν Φάληρον, meaning Old Faliro), older forms Palaio Faliron or Paleo Faliron is a suburb in the southern part of Athens, Greece. The area is famous for its beaches and is Athens' nearest beach and Piraeus' only beach. The city is linked by the famous Poseidonos Avenue (GR-89 to the west and the southwest along with a main unused road to the east central. The speed limit on the avenue is 70 km/h. Poseidonos Avenue has an interchange with Syngrou Avenue which link to Athens and, outside the suburban city, Kifissou Avenue. It is located SW of the Athens Hymettus Ring which opened in 2004 with the Katechaki interchange. It is also located SE of Athens W of Vouliagmenis Avenue, NE of Vouliagmeni, NW of Cape Sounio, SE of Piraeus and SE of Kifissou (GR-1/E75 and westbound GR-8/E94). The average speed limit on this main route ranges from 40 km/h to 50 km/h. Other main streets include the two one-way streets of Naiadon and Afroditis and Agiou Alexandrou (southbound) and Proteos (northbound) and, to the east, Amfitheas Avenue. The streets in the northwestern part are grid-patterned to the ENE. Neo Faliro ("New Faliro" in English), is a part of Faliro (ancient form: Phaleron or Phalerum) and lies to the northwest and is a quarter of Piraeus. Streets named after various mythological figures can be found in the western part of Palaio Faliro. Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 51 prefectures (nomoi, singular - nomos): External link Map Categories: Lists of subnational entities | Prefectures 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. ...
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Cape Sounion, looking out to the Aegean islands The cape of Sounion or Sounio, previously known as Sunium (in ancient Greek Σούνιον) is located 65 kilometres south-east of Athens, in Attica. ...
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The area used to be made up mainly of farmlands. Mixed farming was common. Much of the agricultural production at the time was from various pastures and groves in the area. Urban development replaced much of the farmlands in the 1920s and the 1930s. Today, most of the municipality is urbanized or residential. The area is hilly to the north, and also has a few hilltops which run east to Mt. Hymettus. Much of the industrial buildings and businesses, along with shopping outlets, are aligned within Poseidonos Avenue and other main streets. Palaio Faliro 2004 is linked by a tramway which is not connected with any road and is the northernmost terminus. The streambed includes the Pikrodafni. Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America as the Roaring Twenties. // Events and trends Since the closing of the 20th Century, the 1920s has drawn close associations with the 1990s, and particularly in the United States. ...
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Palaio Faliro has beaches within the Saronic mainly in the western area. The yacht harbour (Marina Alimou) with several piers lies to the south east, while the Trokadero harbour lies to the northwest. The Saronic Gulf or Gulf of Aegina in Greece forms part of the Aegean Sea and defines the eastern side of the isthmus of Corinth. ...
A 1.8 m tall marble torso of a young man was spotted on a Thursday night of January 25, 2005 in the Pikrodafni streambed in the intersections of Pikrodafnis and Dimokratias Streets. The statue dates back to the 1st century A.D., and was a copy of a 4th century BC classical original that may depict Apollo Lykeios. Construction workers working on the site discovered the statue, but dumped it into the streambed, fearing that archaeologists might call for a stop to any construction work being done if something of archaeological or historical significance was discovered. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in January • 29 Ephraim Kishon • 25 Philip Johnson • 23 Johnny Carson • 22 Parveen Babi • 20 Jan Nowak-Jeziorański • 17 Virginia Mayo • 17 Zhao Ziyang • 15 Ruth Warrick • 14 Rudolph Moshammer Recent deaths Ongoing events • Tsunami relief...
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Recently, archaeologists in the capital’s southern coastal suburb of Palaio Faliro have uncovered what appear to be traces of ancient Athens’s first port before the city’s naval and shipping center was moved to Piraeus. This is a port associated with two myths — Theseus and the Argonauts — and an historic event, the Trojan War.
The site, some 350 meters from the modern coastline, contained pottery, tracks from the carts that would have served the port, and makeshift fireplaces where travelers waiting to take ship would have cooked and kept warm.
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Palaio Faliro has schools, lyceums, gymnasia, banks, a post office and squares (plateies). Plateia (πλατεία) is the Greek word for town square. ...
Palaio Faliro also has a A1 water polo team named AC Palaio Faliro.
Sites of interest - Cultural Centre of Palaio Faliro
Neighborhoods - Amfithea, NE
- Batis, south
- Edem, south
- Fleisvos, northwest
Historical population | Year | Municipal population | Change | Density | | 1981 | 53,273 | - | about 10.655/km² | | 1991 | 61,371 | 8,098/15.20% | about 12,274/km² | | 2001 | 64,759 | 3,388/5.5% | about 12,951/km² | 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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External links - http://www.falirorama.com/
- Map of Palaio Faliro
- http://users.otenet.gr/~nopf/ - Yacht
- Ancient Roman work in Faliron Stream - Ekathimerini
- Roman work in Faliron stream - Archeonet
- Roman work founded from a Faliro stream
- Palaio Faliro Piraeus (A2 backetball team)
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