#75 Nea Smyrni square walk in Athens, Greece

Nea Smyrni is a municipality and a southern suburb of Athens, Greece. At the 2011 census, it had 73,076 inhabitants. It was named after the former Greek city Smyrna (today's İzmir in Turkey), from where many refugees arrived and settled in the Nea Smyrni area following the 1922 catastrophe of Asia Minor and the Great fire of Smyrna, as a result of the Greco-Turkish war.

History
Although there are few details about the ancient history of the area, in 2012, during works, ancient graves were unearthed on the side of Agias Sofias Street. The specific manner of burial is known as 'burial by the roadside'. These ancient findings have already been unveiled by public authorities and are able to be visited.

Nea Smyrni began to be inhabited at the beginning of the twentieth century. Up until that point, it had not been inhabited in a systematic manner. At the time, it was intersected by an avenue which connected Athens and Phalerum, the ancient port of the city.

After the Asia Minor Disaster, the government decided to construct a settlement in the area for the refugees from Smyrna. Construction of this settlement began in 1926. In 1928, the population was just 210. By 1933, the area had become a true town with a population of 6,500. By 1940, there were 15,000 inhabitants. In 1944, with the end of the war, Nea Smyrni became a municipality.

Nea Smyrni was the site of multiple clashes between British Army forces and ELAS resistance forces during the so-called Dekemvriana of 1944. After the civil war, Nea Smyrni was incorporated into Athens.

Geography
Nea Smyrni is located about 4 km southwest of central Athens. The municipality has an area of 3.524 km2. Its built-up area is continuous with those of central Athens and the neighboring suburbs. It is the second-most densely populated municipality in Greece, following Kallithea. The main thoroughfare is Andrea Syngrou Avenue, which forms the northwestern border of the municipality and connects it with central Athens and the coast.

Location: Nea Smyrni, Athens, Greece
Filmed: July 2020
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[taki]

this brought back many memories...i was born in Nea Smyrni and lived there until we moved to the states...thank you very much!!

[emmabee]

Nice neighborhood!! the square is amazing too! Plenty of space and great coffee places. Miss it so much! Thanks for offering us the sounds of this neighborhood

[ioanapodaru]

Wow, what a beautiful area! 😍
Great video, thanks for sharing

[przychodzkipl]

Awesome walk. Beautiful streets. Greetings from Warsaw.

[georgetzi]

Its weird to see so many people i recognize in a YouTube video, Great Job!

[hellas]

thank u so much for ur lovely videos about my sweet heart athena

[byJessCh]

I would love to see Agia Paraskevi, my hometown. I left 4 years ago 😢

[SlowWalks]

I love that there is still newspaper store there. There is none of it in my city :(

[gpan]

That's in my friend's neighborhood. I was there a few years ago. Good open space.

[stgeorgesprincipal]

when I lived there, in Ammissou, i would drive down to the Pteriptero ( the first one you see, buy an 'Athens News' and then you could drive around the square, , , this was in the 1990's, there were only about a quarter of the bars etc there then, , , , and Goody's was new and was on the opposite side of the square, , , , the square itself was barely developed.... happy times...

[Diongreco]

Γιατί δεν συνέχισες προς την κάτω μεριά, εκεί που είναι η εστία Νέας Σμύρνης. Aπέναντι έχει και ένα μικρό παρκάκι.

[hollywoodvamp]

λιγο polis park που ειναι το πιο ωραιο σημειο δεν εβγαλες ομως...