Mets | |
Native Name: | Μετς |
Native Name Lang: | el |
Settlement Type: | Neighborhood |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Athens |
Coordinates: | 37.9664°N 23.7367°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: | 116 36 |
Area Code: | 210 |
Website: | www.cityofathens.gr |
Mets (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Μετς) is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It is located between Ardettos Hill, First Cemetery of Athens and Temple of Olympian Zeus.[1]
Mets owes its name to a beer brewery, opened by Bavarian brewer Karl Fuchs (the same man who founded Greek beer company Fix). Beer was, at the time, an unheard of beverage in Greece and was brought over due to the influence of Bavarian Greek king Otto of Greece.[2]