Vasilissis Amalias Avenue

Amalias Avenue and the Arch of Hadrian

Vasilissis Amalias Avenue (Greek: Λεωφόρος Βασιλίσσης Αμαλίας, "Queen Amalia Avenue") is a major avenue in Athens, Greece, linking with Andrea Syngrou Avenue in the south and Panepistimiou Street in the north. The avenue has three lanes and further north four with two coming from Vasilissis Sofias Avenue. The National Garden lie on the eastern side of the avenue and residential buildings cover the west with eight to ten storey buildings in the northwestern part.^[1]

This avenue was named after the first queen of modern Greece, Amalia, consort to King Othon, who also designed the gardens in 1938.^[2]

Visitor attractions aside from the National Gardens themselves include the Greek Parliament with the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to the east and Syntagma Square (Constitution Square) to the west,^[3]^[1] the Arch of Hadrian and the Temple of Olympian Zeus to the south and the Zappeion on the eastern side at the centre of the avenue.^[1]

Intersections

Athanasiou Diakou Street and Andrea Syngrou Avenue
Dionysiou Areopagitou Street (west)
Lysistratous Street (from southbound)
Vasilissis Olgas Avenue
Filellinon Avenue (merge from eastbound of Agiou Konstantinou and Stadiou)
Souri Street
Xenofontos Street
Vasilissis Sofias Avenue and Panepistimiou Street

References

1 2 3 Google (25 October 2022). "Vasilissis Amalias Avenue" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
↑ Lonely Planet Greece. Lonely Planet. 2018.
↑ Fodor's Greece - With Great Cruises & the Best Islands. Fodor's Travel Guides. 2015. p. 206. ISBN 9781101878699.

37°58′24″N 23°44′07″E / 37.97333°N 23.73528°E / 37.97333; 23.73528

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[GM-1] 1 2 3 Google (25 October 2022). "Vasilissis Amalias Avenue" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 25 October 2022.

[2] Lonely Planet Greece. Lonely Planet. 2018.

[3] Fodor's Greece - With Great Cruises & the Best Islands. Fodor's Travel Guides. 2015. p. 206. ISBN 9781101878699.

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Streets in Athens
Major streets	3 Septemvriou Street Agiou Konstantinou Street Aiolou Street Akadimias Street Alexandras Avenue Amalias Avenue Andrea Syngrou Avenue Athanasiou Diakou Street Athinas Street Athinon Avenue Acharnon Street Benaki Street Ermou Street Ioanninon Avenue Iera Odos Kallirois Avenue Katechaki Avenue Kifisias Avenue Kifissou Avenue Konstantinoupoleos Avenue Lenormant Street Makri Street Mavromichali Street Mesogeion Avenue Michalopoulou Street Mitropoleos Street Pangratiou Street Panepistimiou Street Patission Street Patsi Street Peiraios Street Petrou Ralli Avenue Rizari Street Sofokleous Street Stadiou Street Vasileos Konstantinou Avenue Vasilissis Sofias Avenue Vouliagmenis Avenue
Secondary and local streets	Antigonis Street Dionysiou Areopagitou Street Eynardou Street Fokionos Negri Street Herodou Attikou Street Kallirois Street Lykourgou Street Pandrossou Street Petmeza Street Santarosa Street Veikou Street Voukourestiou Street
Main squares	Kolonaki Square Kotzia Square Monastiraki Square Omonoia Square Syntagma Square
Suburban roads	Alimou Street Athinas Avenue Ulof Palme Street Doukissis Plakentias Avenue Poseidonos Avenue Thiseos Street
Highways	Attiki Odos (Aigaleo Beltway Hymettus Beltway)
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