Probonas or Promponas ( el, Προμπονάς ) is a northerly neighborhood of

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. Probonas is the northernmost neighborhood of the municipality of Athens, located on its north-west angle. It borders

Ano Patissia Patisia or Patissia ( el, Πατήσια) is a neighbourhood of central Athens, Greece. It is split in two neighbourhoods: ''Ano Patisia'' (upper Patisia) and ''Kato Patisia'' (lower Patisia). The main streets of Patisia are Patision Av. and Acharn ...

to the south,

Nea Chalkidona Nea Chalkidona ( el, Νέα Χαλκηδόνα, meaning New Chalcedon) is a suburb of Athens, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Filadelfeia-Chalkidona, of which it is a municipal unit. Nea Chalkidona i ...

to the west, Perissos to the north and

Rizoupoli Rizoupoli ( el, Ριζούπολη ) is a neighborhood of Nea Filadelfeia-Chalkidona, Greece. It is the northernmost neighborhood of municipality along with the small district Probonas. The district is located between Patissia and Nea Philadelp ...

, along with the ISAP railway line to the east. On the west of Promponas, runs the torrent of Podoniftis, which is the "border" between the municipality of

and the one of Nea

Filadelfeia-Chalkidona Filadelfeia-Chalkidona ( el, Φιλαδέλφεια-Χαλκηδόνα) is a municipality in the Central Athens regional unit, Attica, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Nea Filadelfeia. The municipality has an area of 3.650 km2. M ...

. Its name derives from Dimitrios Probonas (1874–1949), MP and doctor.

Transport

Ano Patisia metro station and Perissos metro station on Line 1 of the

Athens Metro The Athens Metro ( el, Μετρό Αθήνας, Metro Athinas, translit-std=iso) is a rapid-transit system in Greece which serves the Athens urban area and parts of East Attica. Line 1 opened as a conventional steam railway in 1869 and electri ...

serve the area. There are bus lines passing from its south part on Chalkidos Street. The other main streets of the neighborhood are Antheon and Probona.

Landmarks

* Probona Park (alsos) * Podoniftis torrent * Athens' central flower market, Antheon St. 21-23 / Probona St. 26 * Two of the first tall buildings of Athens are situated in the area, constructed in the '70s (18-storey and 15-storey high), Tirinthos St. & Amipsiou St.

References

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