Nikaia (Athens), Greece

Nikaia or Nikea (Greek: Νίκαια) is a suburb in the west southwestern part of Athens, Greece. The mountaintop of the southern part of Aigaleo lies to the north. It is also located SE of Eleusis and GR-9, SW and W of Kifissou Avenue (GR-1/E75, W of Thivon Avenue, about 8 km WSW of Athens, WNW of Poseidonos Avenue and Syngrou Avenue and about 4 km N of downtown Piraeus. The city has main streets including Gregori Lambraki Street and Petrou Ralli Street that is divided into two way roads which is also linked.

The area was made up of farmlands. Mixed farming was common. Urban development replaced much of the farmlands between the 1930s and the 1950s. Today, most of the municipality are urbanized or residential. The rocky landscape of Aigaleo with a few bushes lie to the north. The mountaintop is to the northeast and the valley is to the northwest. The industrial lies to the southwest with most of the buildings as the port of Piraeus. The area which was used for mining in the 1960s transformed the area into a park.

The area are made up of hills with exception of the northwest where the Aegaleo ranges are located.

History

The 8th International Tournament of Nikea was taken place for chess games between August 19 and 27, 2000.

The Greek Weightlifting Grand Prix took place in Nikaia between December 9 and 10, 2003.

Sites of interest

• Klimakia Gallery
• Piraeus-Nikaia Oltmpic Weightlifting Hall, a hall which was used for weightlifting in the 2004 Summer Olympics. It is connected with the Piraeus venue. Website
• Platon National Sports Centre
• Stadium for Proodeftiki

Other

Nikaia has schools, lyceums, gymnasia, banks, a police station, a post office, a hospital named Agios Panteleimonas also Nikea-Piraeus General Hospital a soccer team, a volleyball team named Nikaia Piraeus and squares (plateies).

Historical population

External links

• Mapquest – Nikaia, street map not yet available
• hellas2000/nikea2000/nikea2000.html 8th International Chess Tournament