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Vasilissis Amalias Avenue ( el, Λεωφόρος Βασιλίσσης Αμαλίας, "Queen Amalia Avenue") is a major avenue in Athens
linking with Andrea Syngrou Avenue in the south and Panepistimiou Street in the north. The avenue has three lanes and further north four with two coming from Vasilissis Sofias Avenue. The National Garden lie on the eastern side of the avenue and residential buildings cover the west with eight to ten storey buildings in the northwestern part.
This avenue was named after the first queen of modern Greece, Amalia, consort to King Othon, who also designed the gardens in 1938.
Visitor attractions aside from the National Gardens themselves include the Greek Parliament with the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to the east and
Vasilissis Amalias Avenue ( el, Λεωφόρος Βασιλίσσης Αμαλίας, "Queen Amalia Avenue") is a major avenue in Athens
linking with Andrea Syngrou Avenue in the south and Panepistimiou Street in the north. The avenue has three lanes and further north four with two coming from Vasilissis Sofias Avenue. The National Garden lie on the eastern side of the avenue and residential buildings cover the west with eight to ten storey buildings in the northwestern part.
This avenue was named after the first queen of modern Greece, Amalia, consort to King Othon, who also designed the gardens in 1938.
Visitor attractions aside from the National Gardens themselves include the Greek Parliament with the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to the east and Syntagma Square
Syntagma Square ( el, Πλατεία Συντάγματος, , "Constitution Square") is the central square of Athens. The square is named after the Constitution that Otto, the first King of Greece, was obliged to grant after a popular and militar ...
(Constitution Square) to the west, the Arch of Hadrian and the Temple of Olympian Zeus to the south and the Zappeion on the eastern side at the centre of the avenue.
Intersections
*Athanasiou Diakou Street
Athanasiou Diakou Street ( el, Οδός Αθανάσιου Διάκου, ''Odos Athanasiou Diakou''), named after the Greek War of Independence hero Athanasios Diakos, is a short but wide central street in Athens linking Vasilissis Amalias Avenue ...
and Andrea Syngrou Avenue
* Dionysiou Areopagitou Street (west)
* Lysistratous Street (from southbound)
* Vasilissis Olgas Avenue
* Filellinon Avenue (merge from eastbound of Agiou Konstantinou and Stadiou)
*Souri Street
*Xenofontos Street
* Vasilissis Sofias Avenue and Panepistimiou Street
References
Streets in Athens {{Athens-stub