Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #7 in Athens, Greece
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5.5 km
136 m
Explore Athens in Greece with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in AthensIndividual Sights in AthensSight 1: Οικία Λέλας Καραγιάννη
The House of Lelas Karagianni is located at the junction of Lelas Karagianni no. 1 and Stavropoulou in Athens, near Amerikis Square.
Sight 2: Θησεύς σώζων την Ιπποδάμειαν
The sculptural complex "Theseus saving Hippodamia" is located in Viktoria Square in Athens and is a sculptural creation of great artistic value. It is considered one of the most important outdoor sculpture works of the 20th century in Athens.
Sight 3: Constantine Cavafy
Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis, known, especially in English, as Constantine P. Cavafy and often published as C. P. Cavafy, was a Greek poet, journalist, and civil servant from Alexandria. A major figure of modern Greek literature, he is sometimes considered the most distinguished Greek poet of the 20th century. His works and consciously individual style earned him a place among the most important contributors not only to Greek poetry, but to Western poetry as a whole.
Sight 4: King Constantine I
Constantine I was King of Greece from 18 March 1913 to 11 June 1917 and from 19 December 1920 to 27 September 1922. He was commander-in-chief of the Hellenic Army during the unsuccessful Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and led the Greek forces during the successful Balkan Wars of 1912–1913, in which Greece expanded to include Thessaloniki, doubling in area and population. The eldest son of George I of Greece, he succeeded to the throne following his father's assassination in 1913.
Sight 5: Πλατεία Καραϊσκάκη
Karaiskaki Square is an important urban hub of Athens. It is located 500 meters west of Omonia Square, with which it communicates through Agiou Konstantinou Street. Karaiskaki Square is located in the district of Metaxourgeio and below it is bounded the homonymous station of metro line 2. As the square is the largest and most famous of the district, many mistakenly call it Metaxourgeio Square, which is actually two blocks to the west, at the junction of Lenorman and Achilleos streets.
Sight 6: Πλατεία Μεταξουργείου
Metaxourgio Square is a square in Athens and the most historic of the homonymous district. It is located at the intersection of Lenorman and Achilles streets, about the center of the district. It is important to note for those who are not familiar with the city of Athens that Metaxourgio Square should not be confused with Karaiskakis Square, the largest and most famous in the area where the metro station is located. The square became known by this name from a silk fabric plant founded there in 1835, which remained over time for the whole area. The plant was installed at the unfinished mansion of Prince George Kantakouzenos, which still exists today on streets of Alexandrou, Myllerou and Yatrakou. From Metaxourgio Square, the carnival attractions of the old city of Athens, such as the Gaitanaki, also started. Once the square was twice as high as today. But the widening of Achilles Street, which was a small narrow road, with the aim of communicating Athens with the Athens -Corinth Highway, resulted in about half the square disappearing.
Sight 7: Plato's Academy Archaeological Site
The Academy was founded by Plato in c. 387 BC in Athens. Aristotle studied there for twenty years before founding his own school, the Lyceum. The Academy persisted throughout the Hellenistic period as a skeptical school, until coming to an end after the death of Philo of Larissa in 83 BC. The Platonic Academy was destroyed by the Roman dictator Sulla in 86 BC.
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