Gazi, Athens
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Gazi is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It is located in the old Athens Gasworks, 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 currently expanding, Athens gay village. Formerly gay bars were 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 which belongs to Line 3 of the Athens Metro is adjacent to the Technopolis of Gazi.
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