NOTABLE MONUMENTS OF KERAMEIKOS

SECTION OF THE THEMISTOKLEAN WALL
Section of the Themistoklean Wall which crosses Kerameikos from the north to the south (478 B.C.).


THE DIPYLON GATE (478 B.C.).
The most official and largest Gate of Athens. It has to entrances that lead to an interior courtyard with four towers in each corner.


THE POMPEION (end of the 5th Century B.C.)
An ancient building that was used to store the items used in the Panathenian processions. It is a spacious structure with a columned courtyard.


THE SACRED GATE (478 B.C.)
The Sacred Gate is the Gate of walls from which commenced the Sacred Way (Iera Odos) – that led to Eleusis. It had two square towers and a courtyard that split into two sections. The one section was occupied by the watercourse of the Eridanos River.

THE BURIAL ENCLOSURE WITH THE STELE OF HEGESO (410 B.C.)

THE MARBLE BULL OF THE TOMB OF DIONYSIOS OF KOLLYTOS (345-338 B.C.).

"DEMOSEON SEMA" - THE PUBLIC BURIAL MONUMENT
This is found outside of the Dipylon Gate – that is, the area of state graves ,and the Public Cemetery of the city. The graves were found on the fringes of a road that had a width of 40 m outside of the walls. A portion of this area was found in 1997 during a restorative excavation.

THE FOUNTAIN HOUSE (307-304 B.C.)
Left of the entrance of the Dipylon Gate was a fountain house that was fed with water by the inhabitants of the city and passers through.

The discoveries from the excavations of Kerameikou are on display at the Kerameikos Museum and the National Archaeological Museum.

THE ADDRESS

Kerameikos Cemetary (Archaeological Area)
Ermou Street 148
10553 Athens (Greece)
Tel. +30 210 - 3463552

HOW TO GET THERE

BY ATHENS METRO: 3 (Blue Line), Station "Kerameikos"

BY BUS: 035, 049, 227, 500, 815, 838, 914, B18, G18

TROLLEY: 21

BY FOOT: Follow Ermou Street from Monastiraki Square, cross Agion Asomaton Square, the entrance to Kerameikos Cemetary will be approximately 1 km away.

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