{{Infobox settlement | name = Rizoupoli | native_name = Ριζούπολη | native_name_lang = el | settlement_type = Neighborhood | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | nickname = | motto = | mottoeng = | image_map = Rizoupoli in Athens.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location within Athens municipality | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|38|1|49|N|23|44|33|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 = 111 42, 111 43, 111 44, 111 46 | area_code_type = | area_code = 210 | iso_code = | website = [http://www.cityofathens.gr www.cityofathens.gr] | footnotes = }} '''Rizoupoli''' ({{langx|el|Ριζούπολη}} {{IPA|el|ɾiˈzu.po.li|pron}}) is a [[neighborhood]] of [[Athens]], [[Greece]]. It is the northernmost neighborhood of Athens along with the small district [[Probonas]]. The district is located between [[Patissia]], another Athenian neighborhood, and nearby town of [[Nea Filadelfeia]] and is home to the [[Georgios Kamaras Stadium]].
==History== Rizoupoli is named after Ioannis Rizopoulos, a businessman and land developer of the early 20th century. Rizopoulos's historic mansion stood in the area until 2002, when the Greek government agreed for its demolition.<ref>{{cite web|title=Αντίο, βίλα "Ακριβή", με προτροπή Βενιζέλου|url=http://www.kathimerini.gr/120435/article/epikairothta/ellada/antio-vila-akrivh-me-protroph-venizeloy|publisher=kathimerini.gr|accessdate=23 March 2015}}</ref> After the [[Asia Minor Catastrophe]] many refugees from [[Ionia]] and other places of [[Asia Minor]] settled in Rizoupoli. In 1948, the football stadium of Rizoupoli was built and became the home stadium of [[Apollon Smyrnis F.C.|Apollon Smyrnis]], a historic club founded in Smyrni in 1891.
==Places of interest== A big cave with an area of 2,500 m<sup>2</sup> is located in Rizoupoli. It is called Profitis Ilias. In the interior the cave, remains dating from the stone age (5.000 B.C.) have been found.<ref>{{cite web|title=Σπήλαιο Προφήτη Ηλία Ριζούπολης|url=http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=9842|publisher=odysseus.culture.gr|accessdate=23 March 2015}}</ref>
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{{Geographic location | North = [[Nea Ionia]] | West = [[Probonas]] | Centre = Rizoupoli | East = [[Galatsi]] | South = [[Kypseli, Athens|Kypseli]] }} {{Athens}}
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