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Q: Where to go in Athens with children other than museums?

On the hill of Lycavittos there is an old funicular from 1965, which rises to the snow-white chapel of St. George. In the National Garden you can see ancient mosaics and a small zoo. Children are impressed by the changing of the guard at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier in Syntagma Square - euzons in traditional costumes have been performing the ritual since the 1930s.

Q: Where in Athens to take the most atmospheric photos at sunset?

The Areopagus Rock at the foot of the Acropolis offers panoramas of marble temples illuminated by the setting sun. The area of Anafiotica with its Cycladic houses of the XIX century creates the effect of the Greek islands. From the terrace of the temple of Hephaestus in the ancient Agora overlooks the colonnades in the rays of sunset. The Philopappa Monument on the Moose Hill has been captured by artists since the time of Lord Byron.

Q: What little-known attractions in Athens do most tourists miss?

The Tower of Winds of the I century BC on the Roman agora is the oldest meteorological device with reliefs of the wind gods. Hadrian’s library preserved the ruins of the reading room where the emperor’s papyri were kept. Aristotle's hypocrisy, excavated in 1996, reveals the foundations of the Peripatetic school. In the church of Kapnicarea of the XII century preserved Byzantine mosaics of the time of Comneni.

Q: What famous figures of ancient Greece are associated with the monuments of Athens?

The theater of Dionysus at the foot of the Acropolis saw the premieres of the tragedies of Sophocles and Euripides. In the nearby Odeon of Pericles, the philosopher Protagoras spoke. Plato taught at the Academy, the ruins of which are preserved in the Keramikos area. The statue of Athena Promachos by Phidias on the Acropolis is mentioned by Plutarch in the descriptions of the Peloponnesian War.

Q: What is the unique architecture of the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens?

Corinthian columns of the temple, begun in the VI century BC and completed under the emperor Hadrian, reached 17 meters - higher than the Parthenon. Of the 104 original columns, 15 survived, demonstrating the technique of marble masonry without mortar. The architect Kossuty applied a composite order here 200 years before its Roman heyday. A colossal statue of Zeus made of gold and ivory inspired Phidias to create the Olympic miracle.

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Monument to Plato

The monument to Plato is one of the famous monuments of Greece. You can see this sculpture near the Academy of Sciences next to th …

Monument to Sophocle

The bust of the ancient Greek philosopher Sophocles is located in the central park of the Greek capital – Athens. The bust is made …

Monument to Socrates at the Academy of Sciences

Monument to the greatest Greek philosopher (470-399 BC), who lived and worked in Athens. His students were Plato, Xenophon, Alcibi …

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