Sightseeing on Mitropoleos Street
Sightseeing on Mitropoleos Street
Mitropoleos Street is parallel to Ermou shopping street and one of the few opportunities for motorists to get from Syntagma Square to Monastiraki and the districts of Psiri and Thissio.
Mitropoleos Street Sightseeing (Update 2024)
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The old-town-area of Monastiraki is one of the most popular bargain hunting areas in Athens. Monastiraki was named after the monastery "Koimiseos tis Theotokou" that used to be there.... more
Ermou Street is unquestionably the most chic commercial shopping street in Athens. Without doubt, hearing the word "shopping" is one of the first associations that the Athenian women have with this street.... more
The Mitropoleos Square is 350 meters from Syntagma Square on the street named after it. That is, naturally, where the impressive Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens is found – as well as the demure Panagia Gorgoepikoos church. ... more
Below the building that houses the Electra Metropolis Hotel (in the past the Hellenic Ministry of Education & Religion) there is a small church wedged between 2 columns.... more
The Metropolitan Cathedral (or Mitropolis) is the largest and most important church in Athens. Seventy-two older churches were demolished for the construction of this church.... more
Also known as Agios Eleftherios. This is a cruciform church with a dome that it is also called "Mikri Mitropoli" (Small Mitropolis), very accurately when one compares its dimensions to Metropolitan Church next to it.... more
