Filothei

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Filοthei (Greek Φιλοθέη ( f sg ) is a northeastern suburb of Athens, Greece.

History

The formerly agricultural area had been acquired at the beginning of the 20th century Egypt - Greeks to found the village of Nea Alexandria. After this project had failed, decided in 1920, the management of the National Bank of Greece, to use a portion of this area for the construction of housing for their employees. 1922, the remaining part was expropriated in order to meet the housing needs of refugees from Asia Minor can. 1934, the territory of the municipality Chalandri was spun off and initially under the name Nea Alexandria a rural community ( kinotita ) was founded. In 1936 she was renamed Filothei because the breakdown of rock for housing the crypt of Saint Philothea of Athens had been discovered. In 1982, this advancement to the municipality ( dimos ).

On 1 January 2011 Filothei was merged with Neo Psychiko Psychiko and the new community Filothei - Psychiko in which it has since forming a district.

Location

Filothei is located about 8 km northeast of the Acropolis, just south of Attiki Odos and the Olympic sports complex. It is bordered to the north by Nea Ionia and Marousi, to the east by Chalandri, to the south and to the west by Psychiko Galatsi. It is bordered by the Kifissia Boulevard to the west, separated by parks and green spaces of Psychiko south, the west by the (already belonging to Galatsi ) Filothei Hill.

Character

Filothei is less densely built and populated than most suburbs of Athens. The building, which was in contrast to many established suburbs Athens organized on the basis of a thoughtful urban planning is broken up by green plants. When investing in the 1930s, 28,000 trees were planted. In the south and west Filothei is bounded by green hills. The vegetation is favored by the Wasserrreichtum the area; Podonifti called a river that is fed by springs at Penteli and even in summer leads water permeates the quiet place that is called the "Garden City of Athens". It was long a typical residential area for the middle class, for employees and journalists, but turned into one of the preferred and more expensive suburbs in the north of Athens. From the leafy platia Drosopoulou, which is named after a former director of the National Bank of Greece, go radiating roads in all directions.

Apart from the crypt and church of St. Philothea Filothei has no special sights, but a popular open-air cinema.

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