Chaidari or
Haidari (
Greek, modern ?a?d???, Ancient/
Katharevousa ?a?d?????), older forms
Haidarion and
Chaidarion is a suburb in the west northwestern part of
Athens,
Greece. The two mountaintops of Aigaleo lies to the north and south. It is also located SE of
Eleusis, S of the
Attiki Odos (number 6), W of Kifissou Avenue (
GR-1/
E75, and
Athens, NW of
Poseidonos Avenue and N of
Piraeus.
The eastern portion of Chaidari was mainly made up of farmlands. Pasture farming was common. Urban development replaced much of the farmlands between the 1950s and the 1980s. Today, the eastern half of the municipality is urbanized or residential. The rocky landscape of Aigaleo with a few bushes lies to the north and northwest. The pine forests of Dafni along with a monastery and a forest park lie to the west and the southwest.
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