Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #11 in Athens, Greece

The Badminton Theater is a venue utilized for the staging of medium- and large-scale multiplex events. Situated inside the metropolitan park of Goudi in Athens, Greece, the theater was originally designed to host concerts, plays, dance performances and musicals. As of 2012, conferences, meetings, presentations and corporate events are also held at the venue due to the construction of additional facilities.

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Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko was a Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure, folklorist and ethnographer. He was a fellow of the Imperial Academy of Arts and a member of the Brotherhood of Saints Cyril and Methodius. He wrote poetry in Ukrainian and prose in Russian.

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The Marika Kotopouli Museum is a modern art museum in Zografou, Athens, Greece. The building housing the museum was built by the famous Greek theater actress Marika Kotopouli (1887–1954) as her holiday home in 1926. During the Second World War, the house was requisitioned by the Germans and after the war it housed the local Police Station. The Zographou Municipality with support of the Association of Greek Actors restored the building with its distinctive architecture and beautiful interiors. In 1990, it opened to the public as a museum of modern art. It hosts various interim art exhibitions as well as the permanent collection of Konstantinos Ioannides.

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José Julián Martí Pérez was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher, who is considered a Cuban national hero because of his role in the liberation of his country from Spain. He was also an important figure in Latin American literature. He was very politically active and is considered an important philosopher and political theorist. Through his writings and political activity, he became a symbol of Cuba's bid for independence from the Spanish Empire in the 19th century, and is referred to as the "Apostle of Cuban Independence". From adolescence on, he dedicated his life to the promotion of liberty, political independence for Cuba, and intellectual independence for all Spanish Americans; his death was used as a cry for Cuban independence from Spain by both the Cuban revolutionaries and those Cubans previously reluctant to start a revolt.

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José Gervasio Artigas Arnal was a soldier and statesman who is regarded as a national hero in Uruguay and the father of Uruguayan nationhood.

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Uruguay Square is a small square in the Hilton district of Athens, just behind the homonymous hotel, at the junction of Hatzigianni Mexi and Michalakopoulou streets. In the square there are two benches and a paved area surrounded by lawns, as well as the bronze statue of José Hervasio Artigas, the general who is considered the father of Uruguay's independence. The construction of the statue was completed in 1950, but its erection took place only in 2000, after it was given as a gift to the municipality of Athens by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay.

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"The Drome" is a sculpture by Kostas Varotsos, located opposite the Hilton Hotel in Athens. Made of glass and with an iron frame, it was originally created in August 1988 in Omonia Square, at the top of the pyramidal fountain that existed at the time. The sculpture was created as part of the artistic action "Dromena" organized by the Municipality of Athens under Mayor Miltiadis Evert, at the initiative of the Deputy Mayor of Cultural Affairs Stavros Xarchakos.

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The Great School Square is located in Athens opposite the Evangelismos Hospital and on Vasilissis Sofias Avenue, at the height of the Hilton Hotel.

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Konstantinos Zappas was a Greek entrepreneur and national benefactor who together with his cousin, Evangelos Zappas, played an essential role in the revival of the Olympic Games.

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Evangelos or Evangelis Zappas was a Greek patriot, philanthropist and businessman who spent most of his life in Romania. He is recognized today as one of the founders of the modern Olympic Games, which were held in 1859, 1870, 1875, and 1888 and preceded the Olympic Games that came under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee. These Games, known at the time simply as Olympics, came before the founding of the International Olympic Committee itself. The legacy of Zappas, as well as the legacy of his cousin Konstantinos, was also used to fund the Olympic Games of 1896.

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