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Mount Lycabettus

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Mount Lycabettus
Mount Lycabettus
Mount Lycabettus
Mount Lycabettus
Mount Lycabettus
Mount Lycabettus
Mount Lycabettus
Mount Lycabettus
Mount Lycabettus
Mount Lycabettus
Mount Lycabettus
Mount Lycabettus
Mount Lycabettus
Mount Lycabettus
Mount Lycabettus
Mount Lycabettus
Mount Lycabettus
Mount Lycabettus
Mount Lycabettus
Mount Lycabettus
Mount Lycabettus
Mount Lycabettus
Mount Lycabettus
Mount Lycabettus
Mount Lycabettus
Mount Lycabettus , also known as Lycabettos, Lykabettos or Lykavittos , is a Cretaceous limestone hill in Athens, Greece at 300 meters above sea level. Pine trees cover its base, and at its two peaks are the 19th century Chapel of St. George, a theatre, and a restaurant. The name also refers to the residential neighbourhood immediately below the east of the hill. The hill is a tourist destination and can be ascended by the Lycabettus Funicular, a funicular railway which climbs the hill from a lower terminus at Kolonaki . Lycabettus appears in various legends. Popular stories suggest it was once the refuge of wolves, , which is possibly the origin of its name . Another etymology suggests a Pelasgian, pre-Mycenean, origin . Mythologically, Lycabettus is credited to Athena, who created it when she dropped a limestone mountain she had been carrying from the Pallene peninsula for the construction of the Acropolis after the box holding Erichthonius was opened.
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