Alimos

Alimos is a municipality in South Athens, Greece. It was formed in 1968 comprising settlements, the suburban seashore metropolis of Kalamaki, and the inland network of Trachones. Alimos had 41,720 population within the 2011 census. The first settlements exposed with the aid of archeologists in Alimos date returned to the Neolithic period, and the excavation website online may be located inside the vicinity of Euonymeia Ano Kalamaki, right now by way of the usage of the Vouliagmenis Avenue.

In classical antiquity also Alimous, modified into a fishing city on the outskirts of the town-country of Athens and constituted one of the demes of Attica. The vicinity of Ano Kalamaki, called Euonymeia, constituted a awesome agreement, which in classical antiquity became the metropolis Deme of Euonymos. Testament to its development at some point of this era are the ruins of the amphitheater of Euonymos, quite unusual within the historical international in its square layout.

The website may be determined on Archaiou Theatrou Street in Ano Kalamaki only a few blocks far from the Neolithic internet site on-line. The most super historic affiliation of Alimos is that with Thucydides. Thucydides became born in Halimous, and is often referred to as "Thucydides the Halimousian The bust of Thucydides is the logo of Alimos, this is normally used amongst schools within the region. Furthermore, the First High School of Alimos is known as Thoukydideio, after.