Aiolou Street
Aiolou Street (Greek: Odos Aiolou), also Eolou Street is a street in downtown Athens, the Greek capital. It is named after Aeolus. The street is onew-ay and originally ran entirely southbound but since the closure of [[Athinas Street] in the late-1990s as part of the renovation plan, the part north of Lykourgou Street is one-way northbound. The street begins in Pelopidas Street further south of Ermou Street and ends in Paneipstimiou Street (Eleftheriou Venizelou Avenue) and north of this street is 28 Oktovriou (Patissi) Street.
History
The street was first readded in the 19th century and pave later. Neoclassical buildings were added as well and are still retained today in the southern and the central part of the street. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, modernistic eight to ten storey buildings began to build in the northern part and traffic lights were installed on Adrianou, Ermou, Evrypidou, Sofokleous, Stadiou and Panepistimiou/28 Oktovriou (Patissi) intersections.
Intersections
- Pelopidas Street
- Adrianou Street - east
- Pandrosou Street
- Mitropouleos Street
- Ermou Street
- Agiis Eirinis and Athiados Streets
- Voreou Street - west
- Kolokotronis Street - walkway
- Miltiados Street - east
- Vyssis Street - west
- Sosypyliotsis Street
- Evrypidou Street
- Sofokleous Street
Efpolidos and I. Stavrou Streets