Athens, Greece

Petralona

Petralona, Athens

A working-class quarter on the western slopes below Filopappou Hill, named for the stone threshing floors once worked here. Split into Ano and Kato Petralona, it grew with refugees after 1922 and now mixes old tavernas with a younger, creative crowd.

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Location

Coordinates: 37.96722, 23.70972

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