Akadimias Street (Greek: Οδός Ακαδημίας) (named after the Academy of Athens) is a major street in

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

that runs parallel to

Panepistimiou Street Panepistimiou Street ( el, Οδός Πανεπιστημίου, "University Street", named after the University of Athens, the central building of which is on the upper corner) is a major street in Athens that has run one way for non-transit v ...

and Stadiou Street from

Vassilissis Sofias Avenue Vasilissis Sofias Avenue () is a major avenue in the east side of Athens, the Greece, Greek capital. The avenue was originally part of the Kifisias Avenue. The part from Syntagma Square to the intersection with Alexandras Avenue was renamed af ...

, in

Kolonaki Kolonaki (, ), literally "Little Column", is an upscale neighborhood in central Athens, Greece. It is located on the southern slopes of Mount Lycabettus. Its name derives from the two metre column (located in Kolonaki Square) that defined the are ...

district, to in the area of

Exarcheia Exarcheia ( ) is a community in central Athens, Greece close to the historical building of the National Technical University of Athens. Exarcheia took its name from a 19th century businessman named Exarchos (Greek: Έξαρχος) who opened a lar ...

. Its total length is about 1.2 km. It has three lanes and runs almost diagonally from southeast to northwest. During

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, it was officially renamed Roosevelt Street in honour of the US President

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, but the Athenians continued to refer to it by its original name. Buildings along the street include the rear side of the classical trilogy of architect

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(

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Academy An academy ( Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy ...

and

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), the front side being on Panepistemiou Street. Buildings along the street also include the ''Olympia Theatre'', an opera venue for the

Greek National Opera The Greek National Opera ( el, Εθνική Λυρική Σκηνή, ''Ethniki Lyriki Skini'') is the country's state lyric opera company, located in the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center at the south suburb of Athens, Kallithea. It is a ...

and the church of the

Life-giving Spring The Mother of God of the Life-giving Spring or Life-giving Font (Greek: ''Ζωοδόχος Πηγή,'' ''Zoodochos Pigi'', Russian: ''Живоносный Источник'') is an epithet of the Holy Theotokos that originated with her revelation ...

(, ) ( in Greek). To the North-East is the district of

Intersections

* Kanaris Street *

Voukourestiou Street Voukourestiou Street (Greek: Οδός Βουκουρεστίου, ''Odos Voukourestiou'') named after the 1913 Treaty of Bucharest, which ended the Second Balkan War, is a rather narrow street in the Kolonaki district of Athens known for its h ...

* Amerikis Street * Omirou Street (major) *

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Street * Massalias Street * Asklepiou & Riga Feraiou Streets * Ippokratous Street (one way westbound) *

Mavromichalis The Mavromichalis family ( el, Μαυρομιχάλης, , ) is a prominent clan from Mani Peninsula, which played a major role in modern Greek history. Origin According to the Maniot tradition, confirmed by the May 31, 1870 epitaph of Anastasio ...

Street * Charilaou Trikoupi Street * Zoodochou Pigis Street * Emmanouil Benaki Street * Themistokleous Street * Tzortz (George) Street *

References

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