Penteli, Greece

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Municipality in Greece

Penteli

Πεντέλη

Municipality

Penteli

Location within the region

Coordinates: 38°03′09″N 23°52′06″E﻿ / ﻿38.05250°N 23.86833°E﻿ / 38.05250; 23.86833
Country| Greece
Administrative region| Attica
Regional unit| North Athens
Government

• Mayor| Natassa Kosmopoulou[1] (since 2023)
Area

• Municipality

| 36.064 km2 (13.924 sq mi)
• Municipal unit| 28.878 km2 (11.150 sq mi)
Elevation

| 422 m (1,385 ft)
Population

(2021)[2]

• Municipality

| 35,610
• Density| 990/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
• Municipal unit

| 5,076
• Municipal unit density| 180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code|

152 36

Area code(s)| 210
Vehicle registration| Z
Website| penteli.gov.gr

Penteli (Greek: Πεντέλη) is a village and a municipality in the North Athens regional unit, Attica, Greece. Belonging to the Athens rural area, it takes its name from Mount Pentelicus.

## Municipality

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The municipality Penteli was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[3]

* Melissia
* Nea Penteli
* Penteli

## Geography

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Penteli is situated on the southern slopes of the limestone Penteli mountains. The municipality has an area of 36.064 km2, the municipal unit Penteli 28.878 km2.[4] It is 14 km northeast of central Athens. Some of the neighbourhoods of Penteli are Agia Triada, Agios Dimitrios, Daou and Kallithea.

## History

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The bones of prehistoric animals - mastodons, rhinoceros, antelope, and giraffe, along with giant turtles, hyenas and other animals no longer extant in the area - have been found among the limestone crags of the mountain that looms over the present suburb of Athens. The Penteli mountains were renowned in Classical Greece as well as in the Roman Empire as a source of "Pentelic" marble, notably used to build the Parthenon and the Tower of the Winds. The Romans constructed a 140-foot water tower and aqueduct to supply water to the city of Athens. Penteli is the site of the ancient town of Pentele.[5]

During the Greek War of Independence, the French philhellene Sophie de Marbois-Lebrun, Duchess of Plaisance supported the revolutionary leaders. When she settled in Greece in 1834, she bought large plots of land in Athens and on the Penteli mountain. She had the Rododafni Castle built for her.

In July 1995, Penteli was ravaged by a large forest fire. According to Turkish former prime minister, Mesut Yilmaz, many of the forest fires that raged the Greek countryside during that summer were actually started by Turkish secret service agents.[citation needed] The forests of Penteli suffered damage again from the August 2007 fires.

## Transport

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The area is serviced by Pentelis railway station on the Athens Airport–Patras line.

## Historical population

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Year | Municipal unit | Municipality

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1981 | 2,286 | \-
1991 | 3,197 | \-
2001 | 4,829 | \-
2011 | 4,995 | 34,934
2021 | 5,076 | 35,610

## Sights

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The monastery of Penteli

* Monastery of Penteli
* Rododafni Castle, also known as Pyrgos Doukissis Plakentias, a mansion built for the Duchess of Plaisance. Construction was started in 1840, but it was not finished until 1961, when Constantine II of Greece moved into it.[6]
* The Penteli Astronomical Station of the National Observatory of Athens, completed in 1936

## Byzantine monuments

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The catholicon of the old Monastery of St.Nicholas (Kallesia-Penteli). A wall painting monument of George Markou the Argus,[7] the great and prolific post-Byzantine ecclesiastic iconographer of the 18th century.[8]

## Gallery

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* Center of Penteli

* Penteli Monastery entrance

* Inside the monastery of Penteli

* Penteli fields

* Tourelle tower

* Penteli fallen residents monument

## See also

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* List of settlements in Attica

## References

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1. ^ Municipality of Penteli, Municipal elections – October 2023, Ministry of Interior
2. ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
3. ^ "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
4. ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
5. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 59, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
6. ^ "Rododafni Castle". Retrieved Dec 21, 2022.
7. ^ ".:BiblioNet : Ανδρέου, Ευάγγελος". www.biblionet.gr. Retrieved 2018-11-17.
8. ^ ("...Nel 1727, Marcou si trova di nuovo ad Atene, dove assume l’agiografia dei Templi di....e di San Nicola Callision a Pendeli. E evidente, che Marcou acquistò, di nuovo, la conoscenza con il Monastero Pendelis...") Evangelos Andreou [1]

## External links

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Media related to Penteli at Wikimedia Commons

* Official website (in Greek)

Places adjacent to Penteli, Greece

| Kifisia | Dionysos | Nea Makri

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Nea Penteli |

Penteli

| Rafina
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Chalandri | Gerakas, Anthousa, Pallini | Pikermi

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Administrative divisions of the Attica Region

Area
3,808 km2 (1,470 sq mi)
Population
3,827,624 (as of 2011)
Municipalities
66 (since 2011)
Capital
Athens

Regional unit of Central Athens|

* Athens
* Dafni-Ymittos
* Nea Filadelfeia-Nea Chalkidona
* Galatsi
* Ilioupoli
* Kaisariani
* Vyronas
* Zografou

Regional unit of North Athens|

* Agia Paraskevi
* Chalandri
* Filothei-Psychiko
* Irakleio
* Kifissia
* Lykovrysi-Pefki
* Marousi
* Metamorfosi
* Nea Ionia
* Papagou-Cholargos
* Penteli
* Vrilissia

Regional unit of West Athens|

* Agia Varvara
* Agioi Anargyroi-Kamatero
* Aigaleo
* Haidari
* Ilion
* Peristeri
* Petroupoli

Regional unit of South Athens|

* Agios Dimitrios
* Alimos
* Elliniko-Argyroupoli
* Glyfada
* Kallithea
* Moschato-Tavros
* Nea Smyrni
* Palaio Faliro

Regional unit of Piraeus|

* Keratsini-Drapetsona
* Korydallos
* Nikaia-Agios Ioannis Renti
* Perama
* Piraeus

Regional unit of East Attica|

* Acharnes
* Dionysos
* Kropia
* Lavreotiki
* Marathon
* Markopoulo
* Oropos
* Paiania
* Pallini
* Rafina-Pikermi
* Saronikos
* Spata-Artemida
* Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni

Regional unit of West Attica|

* Aspropyrgos
* Elefsina
* Fyli
* Mandra-Eidyllia
* Megara

Regional unit of Islands|

* Aegina
* Agistri
* Hydra
* Kythira
* Poros
* Salamis
* Spetses
* Troizinia-Methana

Regional governor
Giorgios Patoulis
Decentralized Administration
Attica

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Subdivisions of the municipality of Penteli

Municipal units|

* Melissia
* Nea Penteli
* Penteli

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