Goudi

Goudi ( Greek Γουδή , until 2006: Γουδί) is a district (γειτονία) in the eastern part of the Greek capital Athens .

location

The district, which administratively belongs to the municipalities of Athens and Zografos , is located east of downtown Athens between the Hilton Hotel and the foot of Mount Hymettos .

history

The name of the neighborhood goes back to the Goudi family who owned a large estate in the area in the 19th century.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Goudi mainly housed barracks and military training grounds for the Greek army . Through these military facilities, the name "Goudi" is linked to a number of events in modern Greek history:

• It was from here that the Goudi uprising started in 1909 , which led to profound political changes.
• The military area also served as a place of execution several times . On November 28, 1922, five politicians and a general were shot here who were held responsible for the Asia Minor catastrophe in the Trial of Six and convicted of high treason .

• On March 30, 1952, the communist and resistance fighter Nikos Belogiannis was executed in Goudi .
• During the military coup on April 21, 1967, tank troops commanded by General Stylianos Pattakos advanced from Goudi to downtown Athens.

The military facilities were shut down and converted into parks and sports facilities. Ten of the barracks buildings built at the beginning of the 20th century were listed, including the stables, which in 1922 served as a prison for politicians and the military who were later executed. The Goudi Olympic Complex hosted the badminton and modern pentathlon competitions at the 2004 Olympic Games . In the former barracks which is further Glyptotheque the National Gallery housed. A methadone treatment facility for drug addicts was also housed there.

Goudi is also home to three university clinics (including two children's hospitals) and the main location for the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Athens .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Michael Llewellyn Smith: Athens . A cultural and literary history. Signal, Oxford 2004, ISBN 1-902669-81-9 , pp. 177 (English, google.de [accessed on November 12, 2011]).
2. ↑ Niyazi Dalyancı: Greece to reopen 88-year-old case of defeat in Asia Minor. (No longer available online.) February 3, 2010, archived from the original on June 11, 2011 ; accessed on November 12, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ John L. Tomkinson: Athens Under the Americans II. Anagnosis books, accessed on November 12, 2011 (English). 
4. ↑ Greece newspaper of March 6, 2014, p. 9
5. ^ Methadone units for military hospitals. (No longer available online.) In: Athens News. August 29, 2011, formerly in the original ; accessed on November 12, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    

Coordinates: 37 ° 59 ′ 2.3 ″  N , 23 ° 46 ′ 13.8 ″  E