Sofokleous Street is a street in downtown part of the Greek

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 capital city of Athens

Athens

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. It is named after Sophocles

Sophocles

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. The street runs from Pireos Street

Pireos Street

Peiraios Street is a main road in Athens, Greece linking the center of the city to the suburban port city of Piraeus. From downtown Athens since the 1970s, it is bypassed by Andrea Syngrou and a small highway southward, and aligns nearly to the northeast from the southwest, while aligning...

 and ends short from Stadiou Street

Stadiou Street

Stadiou Street is Athens' major street linking the Omonoia and Syntagma Squares. It runs diagonally and is one-way from northwest to southeast...

 at Pesmetzoglou Street and Aristeidou Street. The financial building is the Athens Stock Exchange

Athens Stock Exchange

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 and is located near Aiolou Street

Aiolou Street

Aiolou Street is a street in downtown Athens, the Greek capital. It is named after Aeolus, the god of winds in Greek mythology. The street is one-way and originally ran entirely southbound but since the closure of Athinas Street in the late-1990s as part of the renovation plan, the part north...

 on the north side. The street is approximately 600 m long. Further north lies Kotzia Square

Kotzia Square

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.

History

The street added buildings in the mid-20th century. The Athens Stock Exchange

Athens Stock Exchange

The Athens Stock Exchange or ASE or ATHEX is a stock exchange located in Athens, Greece.-History:The Athens Stock Exchange started trading in 1876. The Athens Stock Exchange is a subsidiary of Hellenic Exchanges S.A., whose shares are listed in ATHEX...

 was first opened in 1876 on the street's north side. It later added modernistic eight storey-buildings in most parts while neo-classical buildings still exist. Traffic lights and street lights were also added. Traffic lights were added at Pireos, Sokratous, Athinas and Aiolou.

Intersections

• Pireos Street
  Pireos Street
  Peiraios Street is a main road in Athens, Greece linking the center of the city to the suburban port city of Piraeus. From downtown Athens since the 1970s, it is bypassed by Andrea Syngrou and a small highway southward, and aligns nearly to the northeast from the southwest, while aligning...
  
  
• Menandrou Street
• Sokratous Street
• Athinas Street
  Athinas Street
  Athinas Street is a street in downtown Athens in Greece. It is named after Athena, the goddess of wisdom. The street runs from Ermou Street north to Omonoia Square through the Psiri neighborhood. Its total length is nearly 1 km of which 80 m is a walkway since 1999...
  
  
• Strait and Filoppoimenous Street
• Aiolou Street
  Aiolou Street
  Aiolou Street is a street in downtown Athens, the Greek capital. It is named after Aeolus, the god of winds in Greek mythology. The street is one-way and originally ran entirely southbound but since the closure of Athinas Street in the late-1990s as part of the renovation plan, the part north...
  
  
• Aristeidou and Pesmetzoglou Street