Herodou Attikou Street or Irodou Attikou Street (

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: Οδός Ηρώδου Αττικού, ) is located east of downtown Athens and is adjacent to the

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. The street is named after the ancient Athenian rhetorician, magnate and major benefactor of the Roman era,

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as its direction is towards

Panathenaic Stadium The Panathenaic Stadium ( el, Παναθηναϊκό Στάδιο, Panathinaïkó Stádio, ), as spelled by Philostratus. or ''Kallimarmaro'' (Καλλιμάρμαρο, , lit. "beautiful marble") is a multi-purpose stadium in Athens, Greece. ...

, at the east hill of which (nowadays

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) his

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was found. The tree-lined one-way street runs from north ( Vasilissis Sofias Avenue) to south (

Vasileos Konstantinou Avenue Vasileos Konstantinos Avenue ( el, Λεωφόρος Βασιλέως Κωνσταντίνου), ''Leoforos Vasileos Konstantinou'', "King Constantine Avenue") is one of Athens' major thoroughfares running from the Panathinaiko Stadium (also known ...

) connecting the districts of Kolonaki and

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/ref> The five-block-long eastern side of the street is lined with luxurious apartments and mansions, foremost among them the Presidential Palace, the official workplace and residence of the

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, and the

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(Μέγαρο Μαξίμου, ''Megaro Maximou''), the official workplace of the Prime Minister. Kolonaki, a shopping district, lies immediately to the north, and

, a residential district, to the south, the National Gardens to the west and the

to the southeast. The barracks of the

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are the only buildings on the western (National Garden) side of the street. The street is heavily guarded by police (both uniformed and plainclothes) round the clock.

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