The National Gallery of Athens is the most important museum for the history of art in Greece. It is located within walking distance from Syntagma Square, directly opposite the Athens Hilton Hotel. This gallery was founded in 1900 and its first curator was the important Greek painter, Georgios Iakovidis. The initiative for the opening of the gallery was the donation Read more…

At the end of 1830, the only state library, located on the island of Aegina, which Moustoxides named the National Library, had 1,018 volumes of printed books, which had been collected by Greeks and Philhellenes. The historic building of the National Library of Greece. In 1834, the Library was moved to Athens, the new capital of Greece, and was first Read more…

Akademia is a neoclassical building between Panepistimiou Street and Akademias Street in the centre of Athens. The building was designed as part of an architectural “trilogy” in 1859 by the Danish architect Theophil Hansen, together with the University and the National Library. Funds had been provided by the tycoon Simon Sina specifically for this purpose and the foundation stone was Read more…

The Arch of Hadrian is a triumphal arch located within walking distance from Syntagma Square, right between the rock of the Acropolis and the Temple of Olympian Zeus. To the northwest, this monument faces the monument of Lycicrates in Plaka. Construction of this temple began in 131 BC to celebrate the arrival of the Roman Emperor Hadrian and to thank Read more…

North of Syntagma Square, in the centre of Athens, there is an austere neoclassical building that today houses the Greek Parliament. This three-storey building has two entrances, one on the west side used for the entrance of the deputies to the building, and another on the front side, opposite the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Right next to the Parliament, Read more…

The hill of Muses or Filopappou is a green area to the southwest of the Acropolis. It is a favourite walk for Athenians and from there you can get a great view of the Acropolis, the entire city of Athens and the Aegean Sea surrounding Attica. In 115 AD, a monument dedicated to the exiled Roman prince Gaius Julius Antiochus Read more…