Kallithea - Sites of Interest

Sites of Interest

• Harokopion University. http://www.hua.gr/index.php
• Panteion University. http://www.panteion.gr/
• Municipal Gallery, housed in the Laskaridou building, one of the first dwellings in the city.
• Aghia Eleousa church of the late Byzantine period.
• "Kallithea monument", a 4th century BC family tomb, one of the most impressive exhibits of the Piraeus Archaeological Museum.
• Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex on Kallithea beach from the Sports Pavilion (Faliro) to the Olympic Beach Volleyball Center and the delta of the River Ilisos.
• "Argonauts-Comnenus" (Argonaftes-Komnini) fraternity of the Pontus Greeks, aiming at the study and preservation of the history and traditions of their fatherlands.
• "Constantinoplian Society" (Syllogos Konstantinoupoliton) of the Constantinople Greeks that settled in Kallithea forced to abandon Istanbul after the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) as well as in subsequent deteriorations of Greco-Turkish relations.
• Monument in memory of the Pontus Greeks in the center of the city (Davaki Square and Gardens).
• Municipal Stadium "Gregoris Lambrakis", home to Kallithea FC since 1972.