{{Infobox settlement | name = Asyrmatos | native_name = Ασύρματος | native_name_lang = el | settlement_type = Neighborhood | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | nickname = | motto = | mottoeng = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Greece Athens central | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|37|58|10|N|23|42|55|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, 118 52 | area_code_type = | area_code = 210 | iso_code = | website = [http://www.cityofathens.gr www.cityofathens.gr] | footnotes = }} '''Asyrmatos''' ({{langx|el|Ασύρματος}} {{IPA|el|aˈsiɾ.ma.tos|pron}}) or '''Attaliotika''' ({{langx|el|Ατταλιώτικα}} {{IPA|el|a.taˈʎo.ti.ka|pron}}) is a [[neighborhood]] of the center of [[Athens]], [[Greece]]. It is located in the west slopes of [[Philopappos Hill]], next to [[Ano Petralona]] district. It is technically part of [[Petralona]].
Asyrmatos was named after a transmitting antenna of [[Greek Navy]] (''asyrmatos'' being the Greek word for 'wireless'). This area was an old quarry where refugees from [[Asia Minor]] were settled, after the [[Asia Minor Disaster]].<ref name=romios>{{cite web|title=Στη Γειτονιά των Ονείρων: Ο Ασύρματος στου Φιλοπάππου|url=http://mikros-romios.gr/asyrmatos/|publisher=mikros-romios.gr|accessdate=27 March 2015}}</ref> Most of the refugees came from [[Attaleia]], so the other name for this district is Attaliotika. The new settlement was built with rough and makeshift materials, giving it a characteristic slum-like appearance. During the [[Dekemvriana]] in 1944, the navy school and transmitting antenna were burnt down, leading the government to decide to accommodate the refugees in the old navy school facilities, with the building of stone houses and a block of flats.<ref name=romios/>
Asyrmatos was used as natural scenery for the notable Greek [[Neorealism (art)|neorealistic]] film ''[[Synoikia To Oneiro]]''. The film was censored by the Greek authorities of the 1960s for depicting images of poverty and misery within Athens.<ref>{{cite web|title=Μια θρυλική συνοικία, μια καταραμένη ταινία|url=http://www.tovima.gr/culture/article/?aid=404776|publisher=tovima.gr|accessdate=27 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Η "Συνοικία το όνειρο" ξαναζωντανεύει στον Ασύρματο|url=http://www.espressonews.gr/%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B5%CF%87%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%BF/54268/%CE%B7-%CF%83%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AF%CE%B1-%CF%84%CE%BF-%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%BF-%CE%BE%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%B6%CF%89%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%8D%CE%B5%CE%B9-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD-%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF|publisher=espressonews.gr|accessdate=27 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021190524/http://www.espressonews.gr/%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B5%CF%87%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%BF/54268/%CE%B7-%CF%83%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AF%CE%B1-%CF%84%CE%BF-%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%BF-%CE%BE%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%B6%CF%89%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%8D%CE%B5%CE%B9-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD-%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF|archive-date=21 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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{{Geographic location | North = [[Petralona]], [[Thiseio]] | West = [[Petralona]] | Centre = Asyrmatos | East = [[Philopappos Monument]] | South = [[Petralona]] }} {{Athens}}
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