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Keramikós Cemetery 
148 r. Ermou GR - 11854 Athína
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The largest cemetery in Athens houses tombs decorated with stelae and statues from the 6C B.C. They attained their greatest splendour in the century of Pericles. Note the tombs of the 4C B.C. erected by rich Athenian families, including a family tomb..
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Acropolis 
Av. Apostolou Pavlou GR - 11851 Athína
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In this focal point of civilization you will discover the Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Erechteion and the Parthenon, masterpieces of the 5 th century B.C. At a relatively late period, the hole which Poseidon made on a rock with a blow o..
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Theseion 
Av. Apostalou Pavlou GR - 11851 Athína
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This Doric temple (5C B.C.) overlooks the Agora. Called the Theseion, it is in fact the Hehpaisteion : a worship place of Hephaistos. In the Byzantine epoch it became a church, then a cemetery until the last century. The sculptures evoke the adventu..
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The Pnyx
Av. Apostalou Pavlou GR - 11851 Athènes
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The Pnyx forms an amphitheatre where the People's Assemblies were held, from the 6 to the 4C B.C. This was a democratic meeting of citizens discussing proposed laws where famous orators such as Themistocles, Pericles and Demosthenes spoke. Highly fre..
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Hill of the Nymphs
Av. Apostalou Pavlou GR - 11851 Athènes
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The Nympheion, or «hill of the Nymphs», is scattered with remains of dwellings. Its name, which is modern, comes from a dedication engraved on a rock. Also enjoy the lovely views of the Parthenon! The observatory , a neoclassical building crowning t..
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Kapnikaréa
R. Ermou GR - 11854 Athènes
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This church, attached to Athens University, probably derives its name from that of a founder. It is a double church comprising two adjoining chapels, one, to the right, from the 11C, on the plan of a Greek cross, the other from the 13C, surmounted by..
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Monastiráki
R. Ermou GR - 11854 Athènes
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This is the old Turkish district where you will feel the atmosphere of the capital under the Ottoman domination as though you were there! Here were the bazaar, the main mosques and the administrative buildings. It is now a popular commercial district..
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Sacred Gate
R. Ermou GR - 11854 Athènes
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The Sacred Gate (Ierá Píli) was built in the 5C B.C. at the same time as the wall of Themistocles. It led to the Sacred Way leading to Eleusis. The Dipylon (Dípilo), of the same epoch, a double gate framed with two towers, constituted the main entr..
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Monastiráki Square
Pl. Monastiráki GR - 10558 Athènes
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This square, highly animated in the mornings, constitutes one of the attractions of Athens with its second-hand clothes shops and open-air stalls. The Pandánassa, a restored sanctuary, rebuilt in the 17C on older remains, was previously dependent on ..
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Hadrian's Library
R. Areos GR - 10558 Athènes
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The Bazaar fire (1885) enabled the remains of Hadrian's library to be identified (132 A.D.). This edifice ruined by the barbarians was rebuilt in the 5C A.D. during construction, in the courtyard of the library, of a quadrilobed building. Two churche..
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Central Market
Parodos Athinas GR - 10554 Athènes
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The central market of Athens still forms a spectacle with a quite extraordinary oriental ambiance. Note especially the house of meat, the egg-sellers and, close to Sofokleous Street, the goldsmiths and moneychangers equipped with small scales. From t..
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Roman Forum
R. Dioskouron GR - 10558 Athína
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The monumental door of the Roman agora was completed in 2 A.D. thanks to the subsidies firstly of Julius Caesar, and then of Augustus. This door, four columns of which remain surmounted by a pediment, led to the agora proper: the inner courtyard, wit..
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Kanellopoulos Museum
R. Panos GR - 11742 Athína
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A 19C residence which is home to remarkable ancient ceramics, Tanagra figurines, busts of Sophocles and Alexander, jewels, Byzantine icons, popular art objects, etc.
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Anafiótika
R. Panos GR - 10558 Athènes
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At the edge of this semi-rural district founded by refugees of Anáfi (Cyclades) rises the dome of the small Church of the Transfiguration dating from the 12 to the 14C. Above Anafiótika, a wonderful view over the roofs and the old districts stretches..
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Pláka
Odos Pandrossou GR - 10558 Athènes
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Pláka forms a picturesque web of small peaceful roads and alleys, small squares and terraces linking flights of steps. A few small Byzantine churches alternate with old houses with round-tiled roofs and wooden balconies, sometimes surrounded by hidde..
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Pandrossou street
Odós Pandrossou GR - 10558 Athènes
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This narrow street, congested with busy crowds, looks like a souk, lined with canopied stalls at the edges of which vendors call out to the customers. The shelves are crammed with a variety of objects: babouches, tsaroúhia (clogs with bobbles), car..
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Museum of Popular Musical Instruments
1-3 r. Diogenous GR - 10556 Athína
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In this museum you can listen to the sounds of 600 traditional Greek musical instruments (from the 18C to our own time), classified into 4 families: wind instruments (floyères, sourávlia, mandoúres, tsaboúnes, gáides, zournádes); percussion instrumen..
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Omónia Square
Pl. Omónia GR - 10552 Athènes
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In the heart of a popular district, Omónia is an animated and lively square which has partly preserved its oriental character. Minor professions flourish here, and in the neighbouring streets are groups of specialist traders and small companies. What..
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City of Athens Museum
R. Papparregopoulou GR - 10678 Athína
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The museum illustrates social history and daily life in Athens during King Othon's reign. On the upper floor, the reconstituted palace rooms include paintings in the Kasma Stathi collection. Beyond Klafthmonos, the horse-riding statue of Kolokotronis..
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Tower of the Winds
R. Erehtheos GR - 10558 Athína
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The Tower of the Winds, built under Julius Caesar, owes its name to the 8 winged characters, symbolising the dominant winds of Athens, carved on its eight sides. Note Boreus, the cold wind, in the shape of a bearded man preparing to blow into a conch..
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