Kifissia is situated 12 km northeast of the Athens city center and at the western end of the forested Penteli mountain range. The municipality has an area of 35.100 km2 and a population of 71,259 inhabitants. Kifissia, with its elegance and old-world charm, is one of Athens’ oldest neighbourhoods and has been a summer retreat for wealthy Athenians and philosophers since Roman times due to its cooler temperatures and greenery.

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It became the fashion for wealthy Athenian families to build summer houses in Kifissia, and keen social competition led to the creation of a unique architectural ambiance, as villas in ever more exotic styles proliferated. For those unable to afford a summer house, many hotels were built, where the slightly less affluent could spend the holiday months rubbing shoulders with their social betters. Its municipality manages 50 buildings, such as offices, schools and kindergartens, libraries, sport centres and the local cemetery. In Kifissia we will test openDBL on two buildings.