Kolonaki (, ), literally "Little Column", is an upscale neighborhood in central

Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ...

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. It is located on the southern slopes of

Mount Lycabettus Mount Lycabettus (), also known as Lycabettos, Lykabettos or Lykavittos (, ), is a Cretaceous limestone hill in the Greek capital Athens. At 277 meters (908 feet) above sea level, its summit is the highest point in Central Athens and pine tree ...

. Its name derives from the two metre column (located in

Kolonaki Square Kolonaki Square (, ) is located in central Athens, Greece. Kolonaki itself is named after the small ancient column in the center of the square; the modern official name of this square is Plateia Filiki Eteria, Filikis Etaireias (Πλατεία Φ ...

) that defined the area even before the area's urbanization.

Description

Museums and galleries include the Benaki Museum, inside a preserved neoclassical manor house, and the Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art. Across the street from Vasilissis Sofias Avenue are the Byzantine Museum, and the War Museum of Athens. Options for nightlife include bars, ouzeries, and tavernas.

Gallery

File:Colonne1852.png, Detail from "Plan d'Athènes" 1853. Origins of the name of Kolonaki shown, with the location of the Column (Colonne) now in Kolonaki Square File:Kolonaki Kolonakiou.jpg, The little column in Kolonaki Square File:Athina kosciol sw Mikolaja.jpg, St. Nicholas church File:Kolonaki_Square_3.jpg, View of

File:Athens earlymodernism01.JPG, Early modern buildings

Notable people

Loula Anagnostaki Loula Anagnostaki (13 December 1928 – 8 October 2017) was a Greek writer. Her surname also appears as Anagnostakē. Biography She was born in Thessaloniki. She was the sister of poet Manolis Anagnostakis. She earned a law degree from Aristotle ...

(1928–2017), playwright * King Constantine II *

Konstantinos Karamanlis Konstantinos G. Karamanlis (, ; 8 March 1907 – 23 April 1998) was a Greek statesman who was the four-time Prime Minister of Greece and two-term president of the Third Hellenic Republic. A towering figure of Greek politics, his political caree ...

* Miranda Xafa

References

External links

{{Athens Shopping districts and streets in Greece Neighbourhoods in Athens Museum districts Art gallery districts