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    Athens ( / ˈæθɪnz / ATH-inz) [5] [6] is the capital and largest city of Greece. A major coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica region and is the southernmost capital on the European mainland.

  2. Central Athens ( Greek: Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Attica. The regional unit covers the central part of the agglomeration of Greater Athens .

    • 87.4 km² (33.7 sq mi)
    • Greece
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    The Royal Garden was commissioned by Queen Amalia in 1838 and completed by 1840. It was designed by the German agronomist Friedrich Schmidt who imported over 500 species of plants and a variety of animals including peacocks, ducks, and turtles. Unfortunately for many of the plants, the dry Mediterranean climate proved too harsh and they did not sur...

    The National Garden, is open to the public from sunrise to sunset. The main entrance is on Leoforos Amalias, the street named after the Queen who envisioned this park. You can also enter the garden from one of three other gates: the central one, on Vasilissis Sophias Avenue, another on Herodou Attikou Streetand the third gate connects the National ...

    The Royal Garden c.1905
    View of the entrance
    Monument to Lord Byron
    Statue of Ioannis Varvakis
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  4. Central Greece is the most populous geographical region of Greece, with a population of 4,591,568 people, and covers an area of 24,818.3 km 2 (9,582.4 sq mi), making it the second-largest of the country.

    • 24,818.3 km² (9,582.4 sq mi)
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    • Stereoelladites, Roumeliotes
  5. The ancient Agora of Athens (also called the Classical Agora) is the best-known example of an ancient Greek agora, located to the northwest of the Acropolis and bounded on the south by the hill of the Areopagus and on the west by the hill known as the Agoraios Kolonos, also called Market Hill.

  6. Central Greece (Greek: Στερεά Ελλάδα Sterea Ellada) is a traditional geographic region of Greece, colloquially known as Roúmeli (Ρούμελη). It includes the southern part of the Greek mainland, excluding the Peloponnese but including the offshore island of Evvia (Euboea).

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