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Ampelokipoi

Ampelokipoi is a central Athens district along Kifisias Avenue, one of the city's main commercial arteries. It is home to the Athens Concert Hall (Megaron Mousikis) and several office towers, alongside dense residential blocks.

History

Before Greek independence, Ampelokipoi was a small village north-east of central Athens, named for the vineyards ("vine gardens") that once covered the area. It stayed outside the city's built-up boundary through the late 19th century, when its reputation for a healthy climate drew country villas for wealthy Athenians and several hospitals. Panathinaikos' Leoforos Alexandras stadium opened here in 1922, the same year large numbers of Asia Minor refugees settled in the district; the Prosfygika refugee housing blocks on Alexandras Avenue followed in 1933-1935. Rapid, dense apartment construction through the 1960s-70s turned Ampelokipoi into one of central Athens's most densely populated districts, today crossed by four major avenues (Kifisias, Vasilissis Sofias, Alexandras, Mesogeion) and served by the Ambelokipi and Panormou metro stations.

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