Votanikos ( el, Βοτανικός, ) is a
neighborhood
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located 3 km west of the downtown part of the
Greek
Greek may refer to:
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capital of
Athens
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. The area is named after a nearby botanical garden situated to the southwest (
Athens Botanical Gardens
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). The eastern part are residential, the western part are forested and industrialized. The subdivision has no squares but has a nearby school. Major streets bordering this subdivision includes
Patsi Street to the west,
Athinon Avenue to the north,
Konstantinopouleos Avenue and the rail to the south and
Petrou Ralli Avenue to the south. The
Iera Odos Iera may refer to:
* Iera Echebarría, (born 1992) Spanish rugby player
* Iera (Lesbos), town on ancient Lesbos, Greece
See also
* IERA
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runs in the middle. The population is around 5,000–6,000 people and the area is about 0.5 km². Athens's first mosque will be in Votanikos district.
Neighboring quarters
*
Akadimia Platonos
Akadimia Platonos ( ) literally meaning Plato's Academy, is a neighbourhood located west-northwest of the downtown part of the Greek capital of Athens.
History
The area is named after Plato's Academy, which he founded in the area in 387 BC and ...
, north
*
Profitis Daniil, northeast
*
Asyrmatos, south
*
Kato Petralona
Petralona ( el, Πετράλωνα, ) is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. Athenians further subdivide the area into Ano (upper) Petralona or Kato (Lower) Petralona, where Ano Petralona is the area between the Philopappos Hill and the railway and ...
, south
History
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
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and the
Greek Civil War
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saw taller buildings to be added.
Panathinaikos Stadium
The area will be home to largest football specific football stadium in Greece which will have a capacity of 40,000 seats. The
Votanikos Stadium will be surrounded by a large park and other Panathinaikos facilities.
Athens Mosque
Athens'
first purpose-built mosque in modern times is being built in Votanikos on a disused navy base under the direct order of former left wing primeminister
Alexis Tsipras
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Tsipras has led the Coalition of th ...
. The mosque is 1,000 square meters (3,300 square feet) with enough space for 500 worshipers.
Residential streets
Here is a list of residential streets, several of which are named after places in
Northern Greece
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Administrative regions of Greece
Administrative term
The term "Northern Greece" is widely used ...
as well as
Pelagonia
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and
Falaisias. Neighborhood streets runs from NNW to SSE and from SSW to NNE. This list excludes major streets which are mentioned on the top. There are 287 streets and avenues as well as one connector in this subdivision.
References
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Neighbourhoods in Athens