Pangrati

Coordinates: 37°58′05″N 23°44′38″E / 37.96806°N 23.74389°E / 37.96806; 23.74389
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Pangrati
Παγκράτι
Neighborhood
Region
Attica
CityAthens
Postal code
116 33, 116 34, 116 35, 116 36, 106 74, 161 21
Area code210
Websitewww.cityofathens.gr
The Panathenaic Stadium
Central market
Agios Spyridon church
Profitis Ilias church

Pangrati (

Panathinaiko Stadium that hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. The First Cemetery of Athens
, the official cemetery for the City of Athens, lies within the neighborhood's limits.

Pagrati includes the

National Gallery area, but it is considered that the area north of Vassileos Alexandrou Ave. as far north to Hilton Athens hotel and northeast as Andreas Syngros Hospital is part of Pagrati. Pagrati is bordered by the Kolonaki (Greek: Κολωνάκι) neighborhood to the west, the Ilisia (Greek: Ιλίσια) neighborhood and the Kaisariani (Greek: Καισαριανή) to the north, the Vyronas (Greek: Βύρωνας) and Dafni-Ymittos (Greek: Δάφνη-Υμηττός) municipalities to the east, and the Neos Kosmos (Greek: Νέος Κόσμος) neighborhood to the south. It is not to be confused as a separate suburb, as it is part of the City of Athens
proper. However, it is frequently mistaken as such, possibly because of it bordering the actual suburban towns of Vyronas and Kaisariani.

In the second decade of the 21st century, Pagrati has experienced a renaissance as a destination for

housing affordability.[2]

Squares

St. Spyridon Square in Pangrati with Goulandris Museum of Contemporary Art

Pangrati has numerous squares: Plastira, Pangratiou ("of Pangrati"), Messolongiou, Proskopon, Profitis Ilias, Agios Spyridon, Deliolani and Varnava. Pangrati Square is home to the Pangrati Park, together with a major street named Spirou Merkouri, which runs into

Kallimarmaro Stadium hosting classy restaurants and various tavernas, while Plastira Square serves as a stop for all three trolley networks and local bus routes. Proskopon Square, just behind the Presidential Mansion
also hosts classy restaurants, bars and cafes.

Culture

Pangrati has attracted artists from all over Greece, who arrive in the city of Athens to educate themselves and to seek inspiration from its vast pool of artistic resources and galleries. Poets, novelists, writers, painters, composers, musicians made Pangrati one of the most important artistic hubs of Athens. One of the most important Greek poets of the 20th century and a Nobel laureate, Giorgos Seferis lived in Pangrati. Manos Hatzidakis who received an Academy Award for Best Original Song for his song Never on Sunday from the film of the same name, also lived in Pangrati. Other artists who lived in Pangrati include Nikiforos Vrettakos, Yiannis Moralis, Kostas Varnalis, Dimitris Psathas and many others.

The Goulandris Museum of Contemporary Art in Pangrati

The

Yannis Moralis and Michalis Tombos. Princeton University has recently inaugurated the Athens Center for Research and Hellenic Studies in Pangrati. The Center is housed in the Stanley J. Seeger ’52 House, a 1930s-era townhouse. It is the one and only research and scholarship center of Princeton University
anywhere outside of the United States.

Transportation

Pangrati is served by Evangelismos metro station, by buses #054, 203, 204, 209, 732 and trolleys #2, 4 and 11. Recent information released by the Elliniko Metro (the constructor of the Athens Metro) has suggested that there will be a future metro station on the border of Pangrati and Kaisariani on Imittou Street, to be named Pangrati/Kaisariani, on the proposed Line 4.[4]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Athens' Hippest Neighborhoods: The Understated Cool of Pangrati". 5 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Στα ύψη οι τιμές ενοικίασης, πώλησης ακινήτων στο ιστορικό κέντρο | Η ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ".
  3. ^ Wilder, Charly (July 2021). "In Greece, It's Almost Normal". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Attiko Metro, Athens.
  5. ^ "Οι αλήθειες στο "σκοτεινό δωμάτιο" | Η ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ".
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