![]() ![]() ![]() The root of the word is probably not of Greek or Indo-European origin, and is possibly a remnant of the Pre-Greek substrate of Attica. It was possibly rendered in the plural later on, like those of Θῆβαι ( Thêbai) and Μυκῆναι ( Μukênai). In earlier Greek, such as Homeric Greek, the name had been current in the singular form though, as Ἀθήνη ( Athḗnē). In Ancient Greek, the name of the city was Ἀθῆναι ( Athênai, pronounced in Classical Attic) a plural. 7.1.3 Commuter/suburban rail (Proastiakos)Īthena, patron goddess of Athens ( Varvakeion Athena, National Archaeological Museum).6.1.3 Other locations named after Athens.6.1 International relations and influence. ![]() 5.2 Population of the Athens Metropolitan Area.3.4.1 Neighbourhoods of the center of Athens (Municipality of Athens).Athens joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in 2016. Athens was the host city of the first modern-day Olympic Games in 1896, and 108 years later it hosted the 2004 Summer Olympics, making it one of the few cities to have hosted the Olympics more than once. Athens is also home to several museums and cultural institutions, such as the National Archeological Museum, featuring the world's largest collection of ancient Greek antiquities, the Acropolis Museum, the Museum of Cycladic Art, the Benaki Museum, and the Byzantine and Christian Museum. Landmarks of the modern era, dating back to the establishment of Athens as the capital of the independent Greek state in 1834, include the Hellenic Parliament and the so-called "Architectural Trilogy of Athens", consisting of the National Library of Greece, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and the Academy of Athens. Athens is home to two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the Acropolis of Athens and the medieval Daphni Monastery. The city also retains Roman, Byzantine and a smaller number of Ottoman monuments, while its historical urban core features elements of continuity through its millennia of history. The heritage of the Classical Era is still evident in the city, represented by ancient monuments, and works of art, the most famous of all being the Parthenon, considered a key landmark of early Western civilization. Athens is also the southernmost capital on the European mainland and the warmest major city in continental Europe with an average annual temperature of up to 19.8 ☌ (67.6 ☏) locally. The Athens Urban Area or Greater Athens extends beyond its administrative municipal city limits, with a population of 3,041,131 (in 2021) over an area of 412 km 2 (159 sq mi). The Municipality of Athens (also City of Athens), which actually constitutes a small administrative unit of the entire city, had a population of 637,798 (in 2021) within its official limits, and a land area of 38.96 km 2 (15.04 sq mi). It also has a large financial sector, and its port Piraeus is both the largest passenger port in Europe, and the third largest in the world. It is also a tourist spot, with many people coming every year.Īthens is a Beta-status global city according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, and is one of the biggest economic centers in Southeastern Europe. In 2021, Athens' urban area hosted more than three and a half million people, which is around 35% of the entire population of Greece. In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Greece. It is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely because of its cultural and political impact on the European continent-particularly Ancient Rome. ![]() It was a centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, and the home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum. Ĭlassical Athens was a powerful city-state. Athens dominates and is the capital of the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC. With a population close to four million, it is the largest city in Greece and the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens ( / ˈ æ θ ɛ n z/ ATH-enz Greek: Αθήνα, romanized: Athína ( listen) Ancient Greek: Ἀθῆναι, romanized: Athênai (pl.) ) is the capital city of Greece. ![]()
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