It is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Athens named after the first settler, the hero Akadimos (or Ekadimos), but went down in history due to the philosophical faculty, which was founded by Plato in 387 BC and operated until its closure by the Emperor Justinian in 529. The Academy of Plato was an important spiritual center of ancient Athens and the  ancient world in general, since important philosophers from different regions studied and taught there shaping the philosophical thought of the Western world. Nowadays, within an extent of the area, which has been landscaped as a park, the visitor will see several scattered findings.