athens was made the capital of greece in 1834.
when was athens made the capital of greece?
1834
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athens became the capital of greece in 1834, following nafplion, which was the provisional capital from 1829. the municipality (city) of athens is also the capital of the attica region. the term "athens" can refer either to the municipality of athens, to greater athens, or to the entire athens urban area.





























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athens is twinned with:





























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bullet::::- belgrade, serbia (1966)





























bullet::::- paris, france (2000)





























bullet::::- ljubljana, slovenia





























bullet::::- naples, italy





























bullet::::- yerevan, armenia (1993)
athens
the club's most memorable moment in european competitions was the campaign to the semi-final of the uefa cup during the 1976–77 season under františek fadrhonc's management. in the way to the semi-final aek athens managed to eliminate four clubs. in the first round they faced soviet champions dynamo moscow. in athens won 2–0 with goals by takis nikoloudis and mimis papaioannou. in moscow, dynamo paid them back by winning 2–0 and leading the match to extra time. in the last minute of extra time, aek athens managed to score thanks to a penalty kick by tasos konstantinou and proceeded to the second round. they were drawn against english 4th placed side derby county. in athens a goal by walter wagner and an own goal by rod thomas gave aek the 2–0 win. in derby aek athens found themselves behind in the score line but responded scoring three times with takis nikoloudis, tasos konstantinou and walter wagner. derby country only managed to score a consolation goal and the match ended in a 2–3 win for aek athens. in the third round aek athens had to oppose yugoslav giants red star belgrade. in athens aek was once again victorious by winning 2–0. mimis papaioannou and thomas mavros were the goal-scorers. in belgrade red star took the lead with a goal by petar baralić but walter wagner quickly equalised. the two additional goals scored by zoran filipović and dušan savić were not enough and aek athens won on away goals. in the quarter-final aek athens faced their greatest challenge to that moment, english league's runner-up side qpr. the first leg was played in london. the two penalty kick goals in the first ten minutes scored by gerry francis and another one scored by stan bowles gave qpr the 3–0 win and what looked like a certain qualification. nevertheless, aek athens made the impossible possible. with two goals by thomas mavros and ano more by mimis papaioannou aek athens sent the match to extra time and eventually to a penalty shootout. three minutes before the final whistle, františek fadrhonc had nikos christidis substitute lakis stergioudas, the team's regular goalkeeper. his move proved vital as nikos christidis saved two penalties and gave aek athens a 7–6 win. in the semi-finals draw aek athens were to play either italian league's runner-up side juventus or spanish league's third placed side athletic bilbao. ultimately aek athens had to face the italians. in turin, juventus scored first with antonello cuccureddu but aek athens responded with a goal by lefteris papadopoulos. two goals by roberto bettega and one by franco causio followed, giving juventus a 4–1 victory. juventus also won in nikos goumas stadium thanks to a goal scored by roberto boninsegna end went on to win their first european title.
history of aek f.c.