Ampelokipoi, Athens

Ampelokipoi Αμπελόκηποι
Neighborhood
Athens Tower in Ampelokipoi
Ampelokipoi
Coordinates:
Country	Greece
Region	Attica
City	Athens
Website	www.cityofathens.gr

Ampelokipoi or Ampelokipi (Αμπελόκηποι) is a large, central district of the city of Athens. Ampelokipoi is located in the center of Athens, near Zografou, Goudi, Psychiko and, Pagkrati. The area is famous for hosting Panathinaikos' home ground since 1922, the time when it was inaugurated.

Two metro stations are located in the district.

• Ambelokipi station
• Panormou station

History

The village Ampelokipoi is indicated in the map of 1815

Before the Greek independence, at the beginning of 19th century Ampelokipoi was a village few kilometers north-east of Athens. The village Ampelokipoi is noted in the maps of this period. At the late of 19th century the village still remains outside the boundaries of Athens agglomeration. Then some cottages of rich Athenian were built in this area. Due to its healthy climate, many hospitals were built in Ampelokipoi in the late of 19th century and the beginning of 20th. Today in this area there are the hospitals Erythros Stavros Hospital (Red Cross), Errikos Dynan Hospital, Ippokrateio Hospital, Elpis Hospital and Agios Sabbas Hospital. The population explosion in Ampelokipoi happened after the Asia Minor Disaster, in 1922, when many refugees settled in this area. For the residence of the refugees, the government had originally chosen the area of the stadium of Panathinaikos that had been built in the same period. So a conflict broke out between refugees and Panathinaikos fans and finally the government changed the place for the settling of refugees. The new district was named Kountouriotika and was located around of Panathinaikos stadium. Few years later the government built a new neighbourhood for the refugees opposite of Panathinaikos stadium, known as prosfygika of Alexandras Avenue. These houses were built between 1933 and 1935 and today some of them have proclaimed monuments of historical heritage.

Sports

Ampelokipoi is where Panathinaikos' ground lies today. It as also the home to Ampelokipoi B.C., a basketball club founded in 1929.

Sport clubs based in Ampelokipoi
Club	Founded	Sports	Achievements
Panathinaikos	1908	Football, Basketball , Volleyball, Water Polo, Track and Field and others	Greek athletic club having won the most titles in Greece
Ampelokipoi B.C.	1929 (originally as Hephaestus Athens)	Basketball	Earlier presence in A1 Ethniki basketball

Buildings

Important buildings located in the area:

Athens tower

Government buildings

• Greek Police Headquarters (Αστυνομικό Μέγαρο)
• Court of Cassation (Greece) (Άρειος Πάγος)
• Athens Prefecture Building (Νομαρχία Αθηνών)

Hospitals

Ippokrateio Hospital

• Erythros Stavros Hospital (Red Cross)
• Erikos Dynan Hospital (Henry Dunant)
• Ippokrateio Hospital
• Elpis Hospital
• Agios Savvas Hospital

Schools

• Formerly the Philippine School in Greece (Katipunan Philippines Cultural Academy)

Other

Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium

Prosfygika of Ampelokipoi

• Panathinaikos A.O. Stadium
• Athens Tower (Πύργος των Αθηνών)
• Apollo Tower (Πύργος Απόλλων) - the tallest residential tower in Greece. It is 80m tall and consists of 25 floors.
• Prosfygika of Alexandras Avenue

Hotels

• President Hotel Athens

Cinemas

• Aavora
• Alfavil
• Astron
• Athinaion
• Danaos
• Galaxias
• Nirvana
• ODEON Zina
• Plaza

Residential streets

This is a list of residential streets in the Ampelokipoi area. Most of these are named after geographic locations:

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