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Viktoria Square

Αθήνα, Italy

Viktoria Square

Victoria Square (Plateia Viktorias as formally transliterated from Greek Πλατεία Βικτωρίας) is a large square in the Municipality of Athens, Greece situated between 3rd September and Aristotelous streets. It was renamed Victoria in honor of the Queen of the United Kingdom on the occasion of the anne

xation of the Ionian Islands to Greece in 1864, as a gift to the enthronement of the Queen's nephew, Prince Christian William Ferdinand Adolf George of Denmark, later George I of Greece. Victoria metro station on the metro line 1 is situated under the square. The square crosses the streets of Hayden, 3 September and Aristotelous; in its center is the sculptural complex Theseus saves Hippodamia by Johannes Pfuhl (1846–1914).

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