Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Athens, Greece

"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 Byzantine and Christian Museum is situated at Vassilissis Sofias Avenue in Athens, Greece.

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The Stathatos building is a neoclassical villa on the Vasilissis Sofias Avenue. It was built in 1895 by the Saxon-Greek architect Ernst Ziller for the Stathatos Family.

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The Nicholas P. Goulandris Foundation - Museum of Cycladic Art is a museum of Athens. It houses a notable collection of artifacts of Cycladic art.

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The Benaki Museum, established and endowed in 1930 by Antonis Benakis in memory of his father Emmanuel Benakis, is housed in the Benakis family mansion in Athens, Greece. The museum houses Greek works of art from the prehistorical to the modern times, an extensive collection of Asian art, hosts periodic exhibitions and maintains a state-of-the-art restoration and conservation workshop. Although the museum initially housed a collection that included Islamic art, Chinese porcelain and exhibits on toys, its 2000 re-opening led to the creation of satellite museums that focused on specific collections, allowing the main museum to focus on Greek culture over the span of the country's history. This Museum in Athens houses over 100,000 artifacts from Greek history and showcases the many eras, civilizations and cultures which have influenced the development of Greece. Spread over a number of locations, the museum ranks among Greece’s foremost cultural institutions.

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Georgios Karaiskakis, born Georgios Karaiskos, was a Greek military commander and a leader of the Greek War of Independence.

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George M. Averoff, alternately Jorgos Averof or Georgios Averof, was a Greek businessman and philanthropist. He is one of the great national benefactors of Greece. Born in the town of Metsovo, Averoff moved to Alexandria while still young. He was known through most of his life for founding numerous schools in both Egypt and Greece.

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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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Ioannis Varvakis, also known as Ivan Andreevich Varvatsi, was a Greek privateer, benefactor, and member of the Filiki Eteria.

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The Temple of Olympian Zeus, also known as the Olympieion or Columns of the Olympian Zeus, is a former colossal temple at the centre of the Greek capital, Athens. It was dedicated to "Olympian" Zeus, a name originating from his position as head of the Olympian gods. Construction began in the 6th century BC during the rule of the Athenian tyrants, who envisioned building the greatest temple in the ancient world, but it was not completed until the reign of Roman Emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century AD, some 638 years after the project had begun. During the Roman period, the temple, which included 104 colossal columns, was renowned as the largest temple in Greece and housed one of the largest cult statues in the ancient world.

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A Delphinion found in ancient Greece, was a temple of Apollo Delphinios also known as "Delphic Apollo" or "Pythian Apollo", the principal god of Delphi, who was regarded as the protector of ports and ships.

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Under the hill of Kynosargous, among a rich ecosystem, near a bank of Ilissos was the old small church of Agios Panteleimonas, in which the Saint priest Nikolaos Planas (†1932) was chaplain. In the registry books of the church it appears that the Saint celebrated the last Sacrament of Baptism on February 17, 1891. Today's beautiful church, according to Chrysostomos Themelis, was founded in 1901 and completed in 1936.

Wikipedia: Ιερός Ναός Αγίου Παντελεήμονος Ιλισσού (EL)

Maria Amalia "Melina" Mercouri was a Greek actress, singer, activist, and politician. She came from a political family that was prominent over multiple generations. She received an Academy Award nomination and won a Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award for her performance in the film Never on Sunday (1960). Mercouri was also nominated for one Tony Award, three Golden Globes and two BAFTA Awards in her acting career. In 1987 she was awarded a special prize in the first edition of the Europe Theatre Prize.

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The First Greek Evangelical Church is the first official Protestant/Evangelical Church formed in Greece. Its ecclesiastical building is located in Athens, opposite the Gate of Hadrian

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The Lysikratus monument, also known as Diogenes' lantern, is a stone -built stone building, the best surviving sponsorship of antiquity. It is located in Athens, on the ancient Tripods Road and was built by Lysikratis in 335-334 BC. In order to support and highlight an important object at its top: the bronze tripod given to him as a prize for his role as a sponsor of the winning play in the latest dramatic struggles. The sponsors were wealthy citizens who took over the formation of the dance, that is, the group of people who participated in plays and official ceremonies. The bronze tripod was the first prize of the theatrical events and was awarded to the sponsor of the dramatic work. The tripods were assumed to the sanctuary of Dionysus or placed on the neighboring tripod road. In order to expose themselves in a more magnificent way, the tripods sometimes entered a high basis, which could be in the form of a column, or even a Naisse -shaped monument, such as that of Lysikratos.

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Yiannis Makriyiannis, born Ioannis Triantaphyllou, was a Greek merchant, military officer, politician and author, best known today for his Memoirs. Starting from humble origins, he joined the Greek struggle for independence, achieving the rank of general and leading his men to notable victories, most notably the successful defense of Nafplio in the Battle of the Lerna Mills. Following Greek independence, he had a tumultuous public career, playing a prominent part in the granting of the first Constitution of the Kingdom of Greece and later being sentenced to death and pardoned.

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The Acropolis Museum is an archaeological museum focused on the findings of the archaeological site of the Acropolis of Athens. The museum was built to house every artifact found on the rock and on the surrounding slopes, from the Greek Bronze Age to Roman and Byzantine Greece. The Acropolis Museum also lies over the ruins of part of Roman and early Byzantine Athens.

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The church of Agia Sophia, a single-aisled basilica, is located in Athens, at 45 Dionysiou Areopagitou Street and belongs to the Meropeio Foundation.

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The Athena Promachos was a colossal bronze statue of Athena sculpted by Pheidias, which stood between the Propylaea and the Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens. Athena was the tutelary deity of Athens and the goddess of wisdom and warriors. Pheidias also sculpted two other figures of Athena on the Acropolis, the huge gold and ivory ("chryselephantine") cult image of Athena Parthenos in the Parthenon and the Lemnian Athena.

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The Temple of Rome and Augustus was a small Ionic temple building on the Acropolis of Athens.

Wikipedia: Ναός της Ρώμης και του Αυγούστου (EL)

The Erechtheion or Temple of Athena Polias is an ancient Greek Ionic temple on the north side of the Acropolis, Athens, which was primarily dedicated to the goddess Athena.

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The Arrephorion or House of the Arrephoroi is a building conjectured to have been on the Acropolis of Athens based on a passage in Pausanias. The discovery of the foundations of a substantial building on the north-west edge of the Acropolis has led to the identification of this structure with the Arrephorion.

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The Sanctuary of Aphrodite and Eros was an ancient Greek sanctuary dedicated to Aphrodite and Eros, on the northern slope of the Acropolis hill of Athens.

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The Theatre of Dionysus is an ancient Greek theatre in Athens. It is built on the south slope of the Acropolis hill, originally part of the sanctuary of Dionysus Eleuthereus. The first orchestra terrace was constructed on the site around the mid- to late-sixth century BC, where it hosted the City Dionysia. The theatre reached its fullest extent in the fourth century BC under the epistates of Lycurgus when it would have had a capacity of up to 25,000, and was in continuous use down to the Roman period. The theatre then fell into decay in the Byzantine era and was not identified, excavated and restored to its current condition until the nineteenth century.

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Saints Anargyri is a medieval church, in the Plaka district in Athens, which is located on the northern footsteps of the Acropolis, on the contribution of the Rectaniou and Erechtheus streets. Its alternative name as Kolokynthos is associated with the Kolokynthi family, Athenian family, which is allegedly the owner of the monastery's area during the 17th century. From the 18th century until today, the site has been part of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem and is a metochi, while, in the past, the place of residence of Exarch, the Holy Sepulcher. It was erected during the 17th century, initially functioning as the Catholic female monastery, which included it. It is a single -aisled arched basilica with a cylindrical dome that was exclusively formed in Athens during the Ottoman period of domination, influenced by the Ottoman public buildings. It is built at the site of Aphrodite's earlier temple, as well as, according to tradition, on graves of members of the Paleologian family. In this temple, the Holy Light of Resurrection reaches first in Greece by Jerusalem. The day before becoming a magnificent Epitaph on the streets of the area.

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Eleusinion, also called the City Eleusinion was a sanctuary on the lower part of the north slope of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, dedicated to Demeter and Kore (Persephone). It was the central hub of Eleusinian Mysteries within Athens and the starting point for the annual procession to Eleusis, in the northwest of Attica. Religious activity is attested in the area from the 7th century BC and construction took place throughout late Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. The sanctuary was enclosed within the new city walls built after the Herulian sack of Athens in AD 267 and it remained in use until the late fourth century AD.

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Philopappou or Filopappou is a small neighborhood of Athens, Greece south of the Philopappos Monument, from which it takes its name.

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The Philopappos Monument is an ancient Greek mausoleum and monument dedicated to Gaius Julius Antiochus Epiphanes Philopappos or Philopappus, a prince from the Kingdom of Commagene. It is located on Mouseion Hill in Athens, Greece, southwest of the Acropolis.

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