The Square is named after the Constitution King Otto was forced to grant to the people after a popular and military uprising, on the 3rd of September 1843. The Syntagma Square is bordered by Vassileos Georgiou A' Street to the north, Othonos Street to the south, Filellinon Street to the west and Vasilissis Amalias Avenue to the east.... more

The pedestrian precinct of Dionysiou Areopagitou Street (honoring with its name the ancient personality) starts on Vasilissis Amalias Avenue across the Hadrianʼs Arch and continues stretching to the entrance of the Acropolis archaeological site.... more

The Syngrou Avenue is named after Andreas Syngros, a Greek banker from Constantinople (today Istanbul). Together with other members, he founded the General Credit Bank (Ethniki Pistotiki Trapeza).... more

What we probably do not know about the formerly "Royal" Garden of Athens is that it has existed since the ancient times as part of the greenery near the river bed of Ilissos.... more

The Temple of Olympian Zeus has a rich history from ancient times and is known to have been inhabited since the prehistoric age. The establishment of this sacred ground is dated back to the legendary age of Deucalion.... more

The Roman Emperor, Hadrian (76-138 A.D.), was a benefactor to the city of Athens. The Arch of Hadrian is the triumphal arch that is built out of Pendelic marble by Athenian hands in 131 A.D. on an ancient road that led from the old to the new Roman region of the city to honor Hadrian.... more

Vasilissis Amalias Avenue is rather small in length, stretches from the intersection of Eleftherios Venizelos Street (Panepistimiou) and Vasilissis Sofias Avenue, between Syntagma Square and the Parliament, to Vasilissis Olgas near the Hadrianʼs Arch.... more