Gazi, Athens
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Technopolis, Gazi
Gazi is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It surrounds the old Athens gasworks, which is an industrial museum and exhibition space, widely known as Gazi, next to Keramikos and close to the Acropolis.
It is home to the Technopolis of Athens, that spreads in an area of about 30,000 m2, an industrial museum of modern architecture.
In the past ten years it has been growing rapidly as the new, and expanding, Athens gay village. Gay bars had been located in Kolonaki and at the beginning of Syngrou avenue. Gazi is now home to numerous gay and lesbian bars, clubs, cafeterias and restaurants.
Kerameikos metro station on Line 3 of the Athens Metro is adjacent to the Technopolis of Gazi.
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Coordinates: 37°58′41″N 23°42′52″E / 37.97806°N 23.71444°E
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