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| Εθνικός Κήπος National Gardens | |
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| Βασιλικός Κήπος Royal Gardens | |
 Aerial view | |
  Location within central Athens | |
| Type | Public park |
| Location | Athens, Greece |
| Coordinates | 37°58′27″N 23°44′18″E / 37.97417°N 23.73833°E |
| Area | 15.5 hectares (38 acres) |
| Created | 1838 (184 years ago) |
| Operated by | City of Athens |
| Status | Open year round |
| Public transit access |      Syntagma Station |
The National Garden[1][2] (Greek: Εθνικός Κήπος), called the Royal Garden until 1974,[3] is a public park of 15.5 hectares (38 acres) in the center of the Greek capital, Athens. It is located between the districts of Kolonaki and Pangrati, directly behind the Greek Parliament building (The Old Palace) and continues to the South to the area where the Zappeion is located, across from the Panathenaiko or Kalimarmaro Olympic Stadium of the 1896 Olympic Games. The Garden also encloses some ancient ruins, column drums and Corinthian capitals of columns, mosaics, and other features. On the Southeast side are the busts of Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first governor of Greece, and of the Philhellene Jean-Gabriel Eynard. On the South side are the busts of the celebrated Greek poets Dionysios Solomos, author of the Greek National Hymn, and Aristotelis Valaoritis.
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- ^ "The National Garden, Zappion, Panathenaic Stadium and the Temple of Olympian Zeus". Athens Survival Guide. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
- ^ "National Garden renamed". Magenta. Retrieved 2021-12-03.