The site where hundreds of Greeks were tortured by the Nazi secret police is now a cosmetics store. __________________________ 6 Merlin St Athens Greece ________________________ WHEN THE GERMAN ARMY INVADED and occupied Athens in April 1941, it began enacting laws to control the local population. Many Greeks resisted these laws, and the Greek Resistance Movement was soon organized, known as Read more…

A grotesque collection of wax limbs depicting the symptoms of venereal disease. _______________ 5 Ionos Dragoumi Athens Greece ____________________ THIS UNEXPECTED MUSEUM IS LOCATED inside the Andreas Syggros hospital of dermatological and venereal diseases in the center of Athens. Here, rows and rows of grotesque wax models depicting skin conditions and sexually transmitted diseases are kept inside glass showcases and Read more…

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema. _______________ Dexamenis Square Athens Greece ____________ ONE OF ROMAN ATHENS’ most amazing engineering feats now lies below a modern outdoor movie theater. Fans of the silver screen can gather beneath the night air to watch their favorite films, all while perched atop a nearly 2,000-year-old reservoir. Due Read more…

You can find this object in the Acropolis Museum, 1st floor, North wing Section: Athens and Rome | No. Index ΕΜ 2260. ______________________________ THE CELESTIAL SYMBOLS COVERING THIS odd orb bewitch the imagination. And according to some, that’s exactly the point, as it’s thought the ancient Greeks may have used the sphere in magic rituals. The large marble sphere was Read more…

44, Patission Str. National Archaeological Museum of Athens Athens, 106 82 Greece __________________________________ FOR OVER 2,000 YEARS, A shipwreck lay off the coast of the Greek island of Antikythera, its hidden treasures slowly corroded by the Mediterranean. It wasn’t until 1900 that sponge divers happened upon the loot, and found therein a perplexing device of remarkable engineering – though the Read more…

Strefi hill is the closest escape to nature from the region of Exarcheia; a small oasis of greenery. Only a few steps from Exarcheion Square and you can see the whole of Athens. Strefis owned a quarry in the 1840s located on Strefis hill, then Aghesmos hill. The tree planting took place in ’24 to 26 ‘, creating a beautiful Read more…