Athens is around the same size as Venice.

Venice is approximately 415 sq km, while Athens (map shows its 34 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 412 sq km, making Athens 99.38% the size of Venice.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Venice vs. Athens uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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