Asteroskopeio | |
Native Name: | Αστεροσκοπείο |
Native Name Lang: | el |
Settlement Type: | Neighborhood |
Coordinates: | 37.9731°N 23.72°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Greece |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Attica |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Name2: | Athens |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 118 51 |
Area Code: | 210 |
Website: | www.cityofathens.gr |
Asteroskopeio (in Greek, Modern (1453-); pronounced as /a.ste.ɾo.skoˈpio/), 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 donation of rich Greek Georgios Sinas[1] (in Greek asteroskopeio means observatory). Near the hill is located Pnyx.[2]