{{expand Greek|topic=geo|Πεντέλη Αττικής|date=October 2012}} {{Infobox Greek Dimos | name = Penteli | name_local = Πεντέλη |type = municipality | image_map = 2011 Dimos Pendelis.png | periph = [[Attica (region)|Attica]] | periphunit = [[North Athens (regional unit)|North Athens]] | pop_municipality = 35610 | area_municipality = 36.064 |pop_municunit = 5076 |area_municunit = 28.878 | population_as_of = 2021 | elevation = 422 | coordinates = {{coord|38|03|09|N|23|52|06|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 152 36 | area_code = 210 | licence = Z | website = {{url|https://penteli.gov.gr/}} | image_skyline = Πανοραμική Νέας Πεντέλης.jpg | city_flag = | city_seal = | districts = | mayor = Natassa Kosmopoulou<ref name=mayor>[https://ekloges.ypes.gr/current/d/home/en/municipalities/9176/ Municipality of Penteli, Municipal elections – October 2023], Ministry of Interior</ref> | party = | since = 2023 }} '''Penteli''' ({{langx|el|Πεντέλη}}) is a village and a municipality in the [[North Athens (regional unit)|North Athens]] regional unit, [[Attica (region)|Attica]], [[Greece]]. Belonging to the [[Athens]] rural area, it takes its name from [[Mount Pentelicus]].
==Municipality== The municipality Penteli was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:<ref name=Kallikratis>{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL8-SrPzKAEPjjtIl9LGdkF53UIxsx942CdyqxSQYNuqAGCF0IfB9HI6hq6ZkZV96FIukI0UzcPsWCK0LpLhpa7rhiWB4R5ntTnoWw7U8E1Amg.|title=ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text|language=el|publisher=[[Government Gazette (Greece)|Government Gazette]]}}</ref> *[[Melissia]] *[[Nea Penteli]] *Penteli
==Geography== Penteli is situated on the southern slopes of the limestone [[Mount Pentelicus|Penteli]] mountains. The municipality has an area of 36.064 km<sup>2</sup>, the municipal unit Penteli 28.878 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=stat01>{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf|publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece|title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)|language=el}}</ref> It is 14 km northeast of central Athens. Some of the neighbourhoods of Penteli are Agia Triada, Agios Dimitrios, Daou and Kallithea.
==History== The bones of prehistoric animals - [[mastodons]], [[rhinoceros]], [[antelope]], and [[giraffe]], along with giant [[turtle]]s, [[hyena]]s 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]].<ref>{{Barrington Atlas|page=59}}</ref>
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 Yılmaz|Mesut Yilmaz]], many of the forest fires that burned the Greek countryside during that summer were actually [[Foreign relations of Greece#Turkish government arson admission|started by Turkish secret service agents]]. The forests of Penteli suffered damage again from the [[2007 Greek forest fires|August 2007 fires]].
==Historical population== {| class=wikitable ! Year !! Municipal unit !! Municipality |- | 1981 || 2,286 || - |- | 1991 || 3,197 || - |- | 2001 || 4,829 || - |- | 2011 || 4,995 || 34,934 |- | 2021 || 5,076 || 35,610 |}
==Sights== [[Image:Holy_Monastery_of_Penteli_04.jpg|thumbnail|The monastery of Penteli]] * [[Monastery of Penteli]] *Rododafni Castle, also known as ''Pyrgos Doukissis Plakentias'', a mansion built for the [[Sophie de Marbois-Lebrun, Duchess of Plaisance|Duchess of Plaisance]]. Construction was started in 1840, but it was not finished until 1961, when [[Constantine II of Greece]] moved into it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vrilissia.gr/penteliko/contents/03.05.05.html|title=Rododafni Castle|accessdate=Dec 21, 2022}}</ref> *The [[Penteli Observatory|Penteli Astronomical Station]] of the [[National Observatory of Athens]], completed in 1936
== Byzantine monuments == The catholicon of the old Monastery of St.Nicholas (Kallesia-Penteli). A wall painting monument of George Markou the Argus,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.biblionet.gr/author/91833/%CE%95%CF%85%CE%AC%CE%B3%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%91%CE%BD%CE%B4%CF%81%CE%AD%CE%BF%CF%85|title=.:BiblioNet : Ανδρέου, Ευάγγελος|website=www.biblionet.gr|access-date=2018-11-17}}</ref> the great and prolific post-Byzantine ecclesiastic iconographer of the 18th century.<ref>(''"...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 [http://ketlib.lib.unipi.gr/xmlui/handle/ket/849] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105062348/http://ketlib.lib.unipi.gr/xmlui/handle/ket/849 |date=2018-11-05 }}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery> file:Κέντρο Πεντέλης.jpg|Center of Penteli file:Είσοδος Μονής Πεντέλης.jpg|Penteli Monastery entrance file:Ascetic life in Penteli Monastery, Greece - panoramio.jpg|Inside the monastery of Penteli file:Πεντελικά Λιβάδια.jpg|Penteli fields file:Tourelle (Πυργίσκος) Πεντέλη.jpg|Tourelle tower file:Μνημείο Πεσόντων Πεντελιωτών.jpg|Penteli fallen residents monument </gallery>
==See also== *[[List of settlements in Attica]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commonscatinline}} *[https://penteli.gov.gr/ Official website] {{in lang|el}}
{{Geographic location | Northwest = [[Kifisia]] | North = [[Dionysos, Greece|Dionysos]] | Northeast = [[Nea Makri]] | West = [[Nea Penteli]] | Center = Penteli | East = [[Rafina]] | Southwest = [[Chalandri]] | South = [[Gerakas]], [[Anthousa, Attica|Anthousa]], [[Pallini]] | Southeast = [[Pikermi]] }} {{Kallikratis-Attica}} {{Penteli div}}
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