Makrygianni, Athens

Neighborhood in Athens, Attica, Greece

Makrygianni

Μακρυγιάννη

Neighborhood

Makrygianni district

Location within Athens municipality

Coordinates: 37°57′59″N 23°43′45″E﻿ / ﻿37.96639°N 23.72917°E﻿ / 37.96639; 23.72917
Country| Greece
Region| Attica
City| Athens
Website| www.cityofathens.gr

Makrygianni or Makriyanni (Greek: Μακρυγιάννη, pronounced [makriˈʝani]) is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. Also known as Acropolis, it is located in the south side of Acropolis and bounded between the avenues Dionysiou Areopagitou and Syngrou. The district is named after Ioannis Makrygiannis, Greek general of the Greek War of Independence, who used to own a house and fields in the area. Opposite the house of Ioannis Makrygiannis a military hospital was built – known as Weiler Building after the architect who designed it.[1][2] This building was later used as gendarmerie headquarters and a violent battle took place there during the Dekemvriana, in 1944. In the Makrygianni neighbourhood is located the new Acropolis Museum that was inaugurated in 2009.[3]

## See also

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* Museum of the Center for the Acropolis Studies

## References

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1. ^ "Κτίριο Βάιλερ". athensattica.gr. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
2. ^ "Στρατιωτικό Νοσοκομείο ("Μακρυγιάννη")". eie.gr. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
3. ^ "Getting here". Acropolis Museum. Retrieved 5 April 2015.

Places adjacent to Makrygianni, Athens

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Makrygianni

| Kynosargous, Zappeion
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* Mets
* Monastiraki
* Nea Filothei
* Neapoli
* Neos Kosmos
* Omonoia
* Pangrati (Kallimarmaro)
* Patisia
* Pedion tou Areos
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* Profitis Daniil
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* Psyri
* Rizoupoli
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* Syntagma
* Thiseio
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