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450  IT AL Y AND GREECE

AFTOKRATOROS
IRAKLEIOU
1 Athens DELIGIANNNI
Z A I M I NOTARA TRIKOUPI
Athens has been inhabited for 7,000 years. The city’s
greatest glory was during the Classical period (4th and P A T I S I O N E XARCHEIA T O S I T S A TSA MA DOU O I K O N O M O U
5th centuries BC) of ancient Greece, from which so many N O T A R A
buildings and artifacts survive. The city is dominated by S T O U R N A R A SPYRIDONOS
the world-famous Acropolis and its theaters and temples, K A N I N G O S S O L O M O U PLATEIA
including the Parthenon, erected by Perikles as part of his K A P O D I S T R I O U M P O TA S I Z A I M I EXARCHEION
grand building plan in the mid-5th century BC. Within the
PLATEIA PATOUSA
Byzantine Empire and under Ottoman rule, Athens played KANINGOS G E O R G E VALTETSIOU
only a minor role. It returned to prominence in 1834, when V E R A N Z E R O U T H E M I S T O K L E O U S M P E N A K I ANDREA METAXA
KLEISOVIS
King Otto made it capital of Greece. When the king’s GRAVIAS KOLETTI T Z AV E L L A A
SOLONOS
architects planned the new, European-style city, they P A T I S I O N GLADSTO NOS E M M A N O U I L LONTOU D O C H O U P I G I S
included many splendid Neoclassical public buildings, PLATEIA NIKITARA ZALONGOU N A T R I K O U P I R A C H O V I S
OMONOIAS GAMVETTA Z O O D I D O T O U
VALTETSIOU
which today provide elegant homes for some of Omónoia A K A D I M I A S
K I A F A S
P E I R A I O S K L E I S T H E N O U S LYKOURGOU O U P A N E P I S T I M I O U M A V R O M I C H A L I A S K L I P I O U DELFON P R A S S A MERLIE OKTAVIOU
Athens’ best museums and galleries. OMONOIA C H A R I L A O U V A R I N O U
I P P O K R A T O U S
F E I D I O U
M E N A N D R O U ANAXAGORA Town A T H I N A S K R AT I N O U A I O L G STAVROU SANTAROZA National SOLONOS PEFKAKIA LYKAVITTOU CHERSONOS
G E R A N I O U
E V P O L I D O S
STATHA
A R S A K I
Theatrical
PLATEIA
S I N A
Hall
Museum
KOTZIA
Library
M A S S A L I A S
SOFOKLEOUS
PLATEIA
GIAINNI
P E I R A I O S KOLOKYNTHOUS KORINNIS THEATROU SOKRATOUS A R M O D I O U SOFOKLEOUS PESMANTZOGLOU NIKOLOUDI University of S I N A MANTZAROU O U F A D I D O T O U
S T A D I O U
PLATEIA
S K
S A P F O U S
STOA
THEATROU
PLATEIA ELEFTHERIAS
(PL KOUMOUNDOUROU) DIPYL OU E P I K O U R O U E V R I P I D O U ARISTOGEITONOS Central KORAI Athens Athens O M I R O U STRATIOTIKOU SYNDESMOU
Market
Academy
PSAROMILIGKOU SACHTOURI S A R R I A I S C H Y LO U E V R I P I D O U THEODOROI ARISTEIDOU DRAGATSANIOU Panepistímio S I N A L Y K A V I T T O U F O K Y L I D O U S O U I D I A S
AGIOI
DIPYL OU K R I E Z I A R I S T O F A N O U S AGIOU DIMITRIOU KALAMIDA P O LY KL E I T O U A I O L O U AGI OU P R A X I T E KLAFTHMONOS City of A K A D I M I A S D I M O K R I T O U A N A G N O S T O P O U L O U DEXAMENIS XANTHIPPOU I O A N N O U
V O U KOUR E S T IO U
PLATEIA
A G I O N
PLATEIA
LEPENIOTOU NIKA LOUKA
A M E R I K I S
P I N D A R O U
S A R R I LOUKA LEPENIO- AGION ANARGYRON PROTOGEN OUS A T H I N A S V Y S S I S MILTIADOU RKO U LEOCHAROUS L O U S PAPARRIGOPOULOU Athens Museum P A N E P I S T I M I O U Schliemann's A L E X S O U T S O U ROMA XANTHOU SPEFSIPPOU PATRIA
PAL LA D O S
CHRISTOU LADA
CHARITOS
MA
T A K I
T S A K A L O F
S O L O N O S
LEOKORIOU
TOU
APOSTOLI
PARN ASSOU
K A R A I S K A K I
VOUKOURESTIOU
VOR
NIKIOU
A S O M AT O N
National
L E O K O R I O U NA VARCHOU
STA D IOU
AVLITON AISOPOU PSYRRI AVRAMIO- EOU A I O L O U K O L O K O T R O N I Historical House I R A K L E I T O U S K O U F A LEVENTI IOAKEIM LO U K I A N O U P L O U M A R A S L I G E N N A D I O U
K AR OR I
TOU
K A R N E A D O U
STOA
MILIONI
E R M O U ARIONOS PITTAKI THEMIDOS AGIA S EIRINIS KALAMIOTOU EV ANGELISTRIAS R O M V I S T H I S E O S L E K K A Museum SPYROMILIOU KRIEZOTOU K A N A R I PLATEIA FILIKIS ETAIRIAS I R O D KOL ONAKI
MIAOULI
(PL KOLONAKIOU)
AGIOS THEKLAS
A L O P E K I S TA R C H O U
PLATEIA Monastiráki ATHINAIDOS V O U L I S Z A LO K OS TA Y P S I L A N T O U
Thiseío THISEIOU A S T I N G O AVISSYNIAS E R M O U P E R I K L E O U S M E R L I N S E K E R I K A P S A L I O T O U
PLATEIA Kapnikaréa GEO RGI OU KOUMPARI NEOFYTOU Evangelismós
KAPNIKAREAS
MONASTIRAKIOU SYNT AGM A E L E F T H E R I O U VAMVA NEOFYTOU DOUKA
I F A I S T O U
Kyriazopoulos Folk MONASTIRAKI F O K I O N O S S O F I A S )
A D R I A N O U
Ceramic Museum MITROPOLEOS E R M O U Syntagma V E N I Z E L O U War
Hephaisteion A R E O S A I O L O U P A N D R O S O U P E T R A K I SYNTAGMATOS Tomb of ( V Museum
the
PLATEIA
Stoa of ADRIANOU Mitrópoli Unknown M O U R O U Z I R I Z A R I K O N S T A N T I N O U
Byzantine and
Attalos KLADOU DEXIPPOU Panagía PENTELIS O T H O N O S Soldier Christian Museum
P A N O S AERIDES MPENIZELOU Gorgoepíkoös IPITOU V O U L I S N I K I S X E N O F O N T O S AMALIAS AT T I K O U S T I S I C H O R O U LYKEIOU
A P O L L O N O S
POIKILIS
Syntagma
Tower of
DIOSKOURON PANOS THRYASYV OULOU M N I S I K L E O U S E R E C H T H E O S ADRIANOU FILOTHEIS NAVARCHOU NIKODIMOU S K O U F O U F I L E L L I N O N VASIL ISSIS N ATIONAL Royal Palace R I G I L L I S
the Winds
AGIAS
A. CHATZIMICHALI
THRASYVOULOU
Kanellopoúlos A R E T O U S A S P R Y TA N E I O U FLESSA VOGLI KEKROPOS K O D R O U N I K I S SOURIG GARDENS LEOFOROS VAS GEORGIOU B V A S I L E O S
Museum Agios Nikólaos S O T I R O S Greek LEOF Presidential PLATEIA
Palace
THEORIAS ANAFIOTIKA Ragavás Museum MELEAGROU MIMNERMOU PLATEIA
Folk Art
TROUMAN
Propylaia Parthenon S T R AT O N O S RAGKAVA TRIPODON A D R I A N O U K Y D AT H I N A I O N Jewish I R O D O U I S I O D O U SKOUZE
Museum
DAIDALOU
PLAKA
Temple of T H E S P I D O S FARMAKI
GERONTA
Athena Nike Zappeion
Monument of THOLOU P I T TA K O U
PLATEIA
Theater of Lysikrates LYSIKRATOUS SKOURA L E O F O R O S
Herodes Atticus LYSIKRATOUS
A P OS TOLOU PAVL O U
VAKCHOU Hadrian's LEOF
Theater of TH R AS YL LOU FR YNICHOU
D I O N Y S I O U
Dionysos VYRONOS Arch VASILISSIS
A R E O P A G I T O U
Acropolis Museum PLATEIA
220 yards (200m) Akropoli OLGAS STADIOU
Zappio
Marble figurine from the
Museum of Cycladic Art A
A R D I T T O U
D I A K O U
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