First Cemetery of Athens

First Cemetery of Athens

Nearing the First Cemetery of Athens, one immediately feels the temperature difference, especially during the summer nights.

Tens of trees (mainly cypress and pine), oxygenize the air in a way obviously more useful to the living, but mainly create a peaceful and relaxed atmosphere. Besides being a place of final rest and an important "green lung" of the City of Athens, the First Cemetery is an exhibition area of excellent sculptures and the burial place of many famous personalities of the last 200 years.

At First Cemetery of Athens you will find many of Greece's important personalities. Historical figures from the 19th and 20th Centry such as Harilaos Trikoupis, Theodoros Kolokotronis, Kostis Palamas and figures of modern times such as Odysseus Elytis, Giorgos Elytis, Aliki Vougiouklaki and Melina Merkouri.