Paiania

Paiania (Greek: Παιανία) is a town and a municipality in East Attica, Greece. It is an eastern suburb of Athens, located east of Mount Hymettus. Until the late 20th century, the area was known as Liopesi (Greek: Λιόπεσι; Arvanitika: Liopësi). Half of the municipality and the western part is the rocky landscape of Mount Hymettus. Paiania has schools, a lyceum, two gymnasiums, banks, a post office and squares (plateies). In the South-West part of the town, in an area of 80 acres (320,000 m2) is the Vorres Museum of Folk and Contemporary Art. Agriculture was probably the dominant industry from the 5th century until the 20th century.