Asteroskopeio

{{Infobox settlement | name = Asteroskopeio | native_name = Αστεροσκοπείο | native_name_lang = el | settlement_type = Neighborhood | image_skyline = National Observatory of Athens2.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = The observatory and its neighbourhood | nickname = | motto = | mottoeng = | image_map = File:Asteroskopeio_in_Athens.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location within municipality of Athens | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|37|58|23|N|23|43|12|E|region:GR|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Greece]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Modern regions of Greece|Region]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Attica]] | subdivision_type2 = City | subdivision_name2 = [[Athens]] | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | established_title = | established_date = | timezone1 = | utc_offset1 = | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 118 51 | area_code_type = | area_code = 210 | iso_code = | website = [http://www.cityofathens.gr www.cityofathens.gr] | footnotes = }} '''Asteroskopeio''' ({{Langx|el|Αστεροσκοπείο}}, {{IPA|el|a.ste.ɾo.skoˈpio|pron}}), meaning 'observatory', is a [[neighborhood]] of the center of [[Athens]], [[Greece]]. It is located between [[Thiseio]] and [[Nymphon Hill]]. The neighbourhood named after the [[National Observatory of Athens]] that was built in Nymphon Hill in 1842, thanks to the donation of wealthy Greek [[Georgios Sinas]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Αστεροσκοπείο Αθηνών|url=http://www.eie.gr/archaeologia/gr/arxeio_more.aspx?id=43|publisher=www.eie.gr|accessdate=2 April 2015|language=Greek}}</ref> Near the hill is located [[Pnyx]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Λόφοι & Δήμοι της Αρχαίας Αθήνας|url=https://www.cityofathens.gr/episkeptes/aksiotheata/arxaiologikoi-xoroi/lofoi-dimoi-tis-arxaias-athinas|publisher=cityofathens.gr|accessdate=2 April 2015|archive-date=17 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417162713/https://www.cityofathens.gr/episkeptes/aksiotheata/arxaiologikoi-xoroi/lofoi-dimoi-tis-arxaias-athinas|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==See also== *[[National Observatory of Athens]]

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{{Geographic location | North = [[Thiseio]] | West = [[Petralona]] | Centre = Asteroskopeio | East = [[Monastiraki]] | South = [[Thiseio]] }} {{Athens}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Athens]]