Sightseeing on Agora Square

Agora Square is a lively place in the old town of Athens. In the immediate vicinity you will find important sights like the Roman Agora with the Tower of the Winds and the Gate of Archetis, The Museum of Greek Folklore, as well as several alleys that lead into the depths of the magnificent Plaka area.

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Plaka

Plaka is the oldest area in Athens located under the Acropolis Hill, on its northern slope. Plaka owes its name to the Arvanites that settled there during the 17th Century and named this area pl(i)aka - meaning old - when it was rather uninhabited.... more

Aiolou Street

Like a more narrow extension of 28th October Street (Patision Street) toward the Acropolis, Aiolou Street starts from Eleftherios Venizelos Avenue (Panepistimiou Street) and ends in the Roman Agora – in the heart of Plaka.... more

Adrianou Street

Adrianou street starts at Thissio through Monastiraki and continues into Plaka. It divides the area to upper (pano) and lower (kato) Plaka and continues to the famous area of Anafiotika.... more

Tower of Winds (Clock of Andronicus)

This beautiful, tall, octagonal tower was built in the 1st Century B.C. (that is, during the early Roman Empire), but many archaeologists now prefer a construction date in the mid-2nd Century B.C. (during the Hellenistic period) and is found immediately east of the Roman Agora.... more

Gate of Athena Archegetis

The impressive Gate of Athena Archegetis lies on the west side of the Roman Agora. This entrance to the Agora is composed of four Doric columns and was built using Pendelic marble with the rest of the Agora around the 1st Century B.C..... more

Museum of Greek Instruments

The Museum of Greek Instruments – Research Center for Ethnomusicology (M.E.L.M.O.K.E.) comprises the collection of about 1,200 Greek popular musical instruments dating from the 18th Century to the present day, the fruit of a half century of research and study by the musicologist Phoibos Anogianakis.... more

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