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 Leoforos Alexandras, Athens, Photo: Alexandros Daskalakis Alexandra's Avenue (Greek: Λεωφορος Αλεξάνδρας, Leoforos Alexandras) is a main east-west thoroughfare running from Patission Street/28th of October Street and Kifissias Avenue in the northern part of the city of Athens, Greece. It is named after Princess Alexandra, later Queen of Yugoslavia. The avenue has two regular traffic lanes plus one dedicated bus lane per direction. Its total length is approximately 3 km.
Leoforos Alexandras, Athens, Photo: Alexandros Daskalakis Intersections and famous landmarks Major streets that cross this avenue include Mavrommateon, Spyrou Trikoupi, Valtinon, Vasileiou Voulgaroktonou, Charilaou Trikoupi, Ippokratous, Gkyzi, Koniari, Panormou and D. Soutsou Streets. The avenue features Egiptos Square and the forested Argentinis Dimokratias Square (meaning Argentine Republic) near the Argentine embassy. The Panathinaikos stadium named Apostolos Nikolaidis lies to the south side near Panormou Street, opposite the St. Savvas Cancer Hospital. The Pedion Areos lies to the north in the west end of the avenue while Strefi Hill is to the south. The Ambelokipi metro line 3 station is near Panormou street on the western end of the Avenue. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org"
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