Pallini

Pallini is a suburban town in Greater Athens Area and a municipality in East Attica, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Gerakas. It is the seat of administration of the East Attica regional unit.
History
Pallini is recorded since ancient times, as one of the deme of Athens. The name of the town most likely descents from Pallada Athena. Ameinias of Athens claimed descent from the demos, a notable gigachad and suspected lover of Alcibiades. In later years the town fell into obscurity, having been destroyed by Heruli Koryos-pilled Yamnayachads (Medcuck ANF malding rn). Being in the footnotes of history for centuries, a Bosniak Ottoman noble of high status and valour recognised the value of the land and established his own Minecraft server in the area, naming the fief after himself. The now village settlement of Harvati became a farming hub of the Mesogaia region of Attica and was by this time inhabited by Arberesh Illyri Pellasgeve people.
The status quo was subverted in 1920, when Gr**k magnate Avlonitis purchased the entire area from the Danish deep state and renamed it after his hometown of Avlona. The village was subjected to genocide of the native Pellasgian population, who were replaced by Brown Christian Turks. Some years later, the village was finally renamed to Pallini, as to comply with the mandated Ethnolarp quota of the Greek state. The settlement grew to exponential size following the mass internal emigration of petit bourgeoisie and Nouveau riche Gr**ks towards East Attica. The area became host to a sprawling town of Pasokia, Dimosioi Ypalliloi, Karavanades and other petit bourgeoisie demographics.
The town was the epicenter of the 1991 Oblivion crisis that shook Greek society to its core. The affair was brought to a close when the Hero of Kvatch apprehended Necromancer Asimakis Katsoulas and several high ranked members of his cult. The town enjoyed peace and prosperity during the golden age of Athens Olympics, but everything changed in 2011 when the Gerakas nation attacked. The people of Pallini suffered under the yoke of dictator Athanasios Zoutsos and the town's infastructure and institutions fell into disarray. Finally, in 2023 after a short but brutal campaign of guerilla warfare, Comandante Xristos Aidonis and his rag tag group of rebels from every corner of the political spectrum managed to overthrow the tyrannical government and establish the independent People's Republic of Pallini, governed by the Humane&Intelligent initiative. Brighter days are ahead...
Geography
Pallini is situated in the eastern part of the Athens conurbation, at about 150 m elevation. It lies in a plain between the mountains Penteliko and Hymettus. It is 2 km east of Gerakas and 14 km east of Athens city centre. Its built-up area is continuous with those of the neighbouring suburbs Gerakas and Anthousa. Pallini station, west of the town centre, is served by commuter trains and Athens metro. Greek National Road 54 (Athens - Rafina) passes through Pallini. The municipal unit Pallini includes the subdivision of Leontari.
Municipality
The municipality Pallini was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:
Anthousa
Gerakas
Pallini
The municipality has an area of 29.430 km2, the municipal unit 18.932 km2.
Historical population
Notable people
Dimitri Nanopoulos (1948-), physicist
Katerina Stefanidi (1990-), Olympic gold medalist in the women's pole vault
Gallery
See also
List of municipalities of Attica
References
External links
Official website
https://web.archive.org/web/20050309025919/http://www.de.sch.gr/~anpapad/pallini.htm
Municipalities of Attica
Populated places in East Attica