Marathon (Demotic Greek: Μαραθώνας, Marathónas; Attic/Katharevousa: Μαραθών, Marathṓn) is a town in Greece, the site of the battle of Marathon in 490 BC, in which the heavily outnumbered Athenian army defeated the Persians. The tumulus or burial mound (Greek Τύμβος, tymbos, tomb) of the 192 Athenian dead, also called the "Soros," which was erected near the battlefield, remains a feature of the coastal plain.
Population: 7,170
Latitude: 38° 09' 11.41" N
Longitude: 23° 57' 46.01" E
The Goulandris Museum of Natural History is a museum in Kifisia, a northeastern suburb of Athens, Greece. It was founded by Angelos Goulandris and Niki Goulandris in 1965 in order to promote interest in the natural sciences, to raise the awareness o…
Nerantziotissa station is a complex of two train stations located in Maroussi, Greece, a northern suburb of Athens. The first is a station of the Athens Metro (line 1, ISAP) and the second is a suburban railway (Proastiakos) station. Its name comes …
Kotroni Airport (ICAO: LGKN) is a small airport situated northwest of Marathonas, Greece. It has one of the smallest runways in the world. Both runways are mostly used by helicopters because Kotroni is normally a base for the Hellenic Navy Helicopte…
The Kifisia station (Greek: Σταθμός Κηφισιάς - Stathmos Kifisias) is an Athens Metro train station in Kifisia, Greece. It is the northern terminus of the line. The station is situated at 25.655 km from the starting point in Piraeus. The station was …
Thrakomakedones (Greek: Θρακομακεδόνες from Thrace and Macedonia), is a town in the regional unit East Attica, in Attica region, Greece. It is a northern suburb of Athens.
Rodopoli (Greek: Ροδόπολη, meaning "City of Roses", before 1981: Μπάλα - Bala) is a suburban town in East Attica, Greece.
Nea Penteli (Greek: Νέα Πεντέλη) is a suburb in the northeastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece.
The Kifisias railway station is a railway station located on Kifisias Avenue in Marousi, Greece. The station is served by Proastiakos trains. It is on the Athens Airport–Kiato railway line. It was first opened on July 30, 2004. It is located in the …
The 3rd Gymnasium of Agia Paraskevi (3ο Γυμνάσιο Αγίας Παρασκευής) is a gymnasium (high school) located in the Paradeisos area of Agia Paraskevi, Greece. The school educates around 300 students.
Υiannis Tsarouchis Foundation Museum is an art museum in Marousi, a northern suburb of Athens, Greece, dedicated to the famous Greek painter Yannis Tsarouchis. The museum is housed in the headquarters of the Foundation, which was formed in 1981, wit…
The Strofyli station, (Greek: Σταθμός Στροφυλίου Stathmos Strofyliou) was a station of the Attica Rail in Kifisia, Greece. It was the northern terminus of the Lavrion Square-Strofyli railway, at 16.5 km from the southern terminus at Plateia Lavriou,…
The Spathario Shadow Theatre Museum is a museum in Maroussi, Athens, Greece. It exhibits mostly shadow puppet artifacts and it is named after prominent Greek puppet shadow artist Evgenios Spatharis.
The Bafi Refuge (also spelt Mpafi) refuge belongs to the Greek Mountaineering Club, E.O.S. Athens founded in 1928 and is in the Mount Parnitha National Park, at an altitude of 1160m, roughly 2.5 km from Mont Parness, inside the national park. Ιn Apr…
Marousi station (Greek: Σταθμός Μαρουσίου - Stathmos Marousiou) is on Athens Metro Line 1, in Marousi, a northern suburb of Athens, Greece. It is situated at the 23.457 km mark from the starting point in Piraeus.
KAT station (Greek: Σταθμός ΚΑΤ or Stathmos KAT) is an Athens Metro train station in Kifissia, Greece, next to the Traumatic Recovery Center (KAT), from which it derives its name. The station is situated several kilometres north of Athens and 24.631…
The Folk Art Museum of Acharnes is a museum in Acharnes, a northern suburb of Athens, Greece. It was founded in 1977 by the local Greek Mountaineering Society, which also formed the Historical and Folklore Association in 1981, to which it bequeathed…
Gaia Center is a museum in Kifisia, a northeastern suburb of Athens, Greece. It is part of the Goulandris Natural History Museum, presenting the way planet Earth has been functioning for millions of years, from its geological evolution to the presen…
Athens ERA-1 Transmitter is a transmission tower in Agios Stefanos, Attica, Greece.