Vasilissis Amalias Avenue
Amalias Avenue is a major avenue linking Andreas Syngrou along with Athanasios Diakou Avenue, a small artery to Vouliagmenis Avenue and Panepistimiou Street along with Vasileias Sofias Avenue. The avenue has traffic lights by Athanasios Diakou/Syngrou Avenue, Dionissou Areopagitou, Vassilias Olgas Avenue, Filellinon and Vassilias Sofias Avenue and Panepistimiou.
Famous attractions includes the Greek Parliament with the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to the east and Syntagma (Constitution Square) to the west, the Hadrian's Temple to the south and the Zappeion to the east at the centre of the avenue.
The avenue has three lanes and further north four with two coming from Vasileias Sofias Avenue. The forest area lies to the east and buildings to the west. Residential buildings covers the west while eight to ten storey buildings are in the northwestern part.
History
The avenue was added in the mid-18th century and was paved in the 19th century. The streetcar lane were added on both sides of the avenue. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, some buildings especially in the north were rebuilt and added eight to ten storey buildings that even saw construction in the 1960s, street lights and traffic lights were added.
Intersections
- Athanasios Diakou Street and Andreas Syngrou Avenue
- Dionyssou Areopagitou Street (west)
- Lysistratous Street (from southbound)
- Vassilias Olgas Avenue
- Filellinon Avenue (merge from eastbound of Agiou Konstantinou and Stadiou)
- Souri Street
- Xenofonton Street
- Vasileias Sofias Avenue and Panepistimiou Street