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Kerameikos is the most important cemetery of Ancient Athens and came into existence in the 12th Century B.C. It name comes from the very old community of the city quarter Kerameis who had settled on the banks of the river Eridanos. ...more
Ermou 148, Gazi - Kerameikos, Athens, Attica, Greece 10553
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Aristotle's Lyceum was a place of debate and of philosophical discussions even before Aristotle was born. Many philosophers such as Socrates and Protagoras were having frequent meetings in this grove of Classical Athens. ...more
Rigillis 11, Riggilis, Athens, Attica, Greece 10675
This Byzantine church was built in the 11th Century A.D. by the grandson of Emperor Michael I Rangabe, Paul Xiropotamino. It has embodied in its walls marble pillars and parts of ancient edifice. ...more
Prytaneiou & Epicharmou, Plaka, Athens, Attica, Greece 10558
At the top of Lycabettus Hill is the Church of Agios Georgios (Saint George). It is a remarkable whitewashed chapel that dates back to around the 1800s. It is built on the same spot that the Temple of Zeus was in ancient times. ...more
Lycabettus Hill, Lykavittos, Athens, Attica, Greece 11471
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The Roman Agora was built between 19-11 B.C. from the donations of Julius Caesar and Augustus. The courtyard was tiled during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian. After the Herulian invasion and the constraint of Athens inside the post-Romaic wall, the ...more
Polignotou 3, Monastiraki, Athens, Attica, Greece 10555
Under the new modern hotel building (Electra Metropolis Hotel) is an old small church wedged between two columns. This is the church of ''Agia Dynami'' – the Holy Power of the Virgin. Do not pass it by, for it is an oasis of simplicity that has ...more
Mitropoleos & Pentelis, Plaka, Athens, Attica, Greece 10557
Plato's school of philosophy was founded here. This was a place of dwelling from the prehistoric time until the 6th Century A.D. during which one of the three same named Gymnasiums of Athens was established in the area. ...more
Eteokleous 26, Akadimia Platonos, Athens, Attica, Greece 10442
From the excavations of 1910 the identity of the meeting place of the principal assembly of the democracy of Ancient Athens (Ecclesia) from 6th Century B.C. was confirmed to be Pnyx. Further excavations on a larger scale between 1930 and 1937 were ...more
Pnyx Hill, Thissio, Athens, Attica, Greece 11741
The story of the Agios Konstantinos and Eleni Church in Glyfada dates from the distant past of the 1930s when the area was covered in pine trees, a small stone chapel and a large temple opposite it, both dedicated to the memory of Saints (Agios) ...more
Leoforos Posidonos & Saki Karagiorga, Glyfada, Attica, Greece 16675
The Anglican Church of Saint Paul was founded in 1838 and was completed in 1842 by the architect Stamatios Kleanthis. It is a historic building of early Anglican style built during the first years of the Greek liberation. ...more
Filellinon 29, Syntagma, Athens, Attica, Greece 10558
Located south of the main town on the Island of Spetses, the Agioi Pantes Monastery was founded in the early 19th century. It is situated on a hill and offers a beautiful view. This location is very popular during the Easter and Christmas holidays ...more
Moni Agion Panton, Spetses Island, Attica, Greece 18050
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The space that now houses the ancient stadium was originally a natural ground cavity nestled between two elevations around river Ilissos, the hills of Agra and Ardittos. Lycurgus built the stadium during 330-329 B.C. for the Great Panathinaic Games. ...more
Leof. Vasileos Konstantinou, Mets, Athens, Attica, Greece 11635