For the town and commune in Cyprus see Goudi, Cyprus

Goudi, Cyprus

Goudhi is a village in the Paphos District of Cyprus, located 6 km south of Polis Khrysokhous....

Goudi (Greek

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: Γουδί until 2006; Γουδή since 2006) is a residential neighbourhood

Neighbourhood

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 of Athens

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, Greece

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, on the eastern part of town and on the foothills of Mount Hymettus

Hymettus

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. Its name descends from the 19th century Goudi family, who owned a large estate in the area. It was home to a large army camp of the same name (where the Trial of the Six

Trial of the Six

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defendants were executed in 1922), three university hospitals (Laiko and two children's hospitals) and the main campuses for the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Dentistry, of the Athens University School of Health Sciences. The area's main square is St. Thomas' Square, with the church of St. Thomas in its middle. The Goudi army camp was decommissioned and turned into parkland and sports facilities, hosting the badminton

Badminton

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 and modern pentathlon

Modern pentathlon

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 venues for the 2004 Olympic Games.