Athens: Catalogue of Archaeological Sites and Museums in Greece

A list of the Archaeological Sites in Athens, of its Museums and Galleries and of the Byzantine Monuments in and around it that may be of help to the cultural visitor.

Archeological Sites

Acropolis (tel: 210 3236665)
Areios Pagus (NW of Acropolis)
Ancient Agora, (below the Acropolis, tel: 210 3210185)
Hadrian's Library, (near the Roman Forum)
Kerameikos Cemetery , (148 Ermou)
Philopappus or Muses Hill (opposite the Acropolis)
Lyssicrates Monument or Diogenes' Lantern, (corner of Lyssicratous & Vyronos str., Plaka)
Pnyx (small hill opposite the Areios Pagus)
Hadrian's Arch (corner of Vassilissis Olgas & Amalias str.)
Roman Market (east of the start of Aiolou str.)
Clock of Andronikos Kyrrhestes or Tower of the Winds (outside the west gate of the Roman Market)

Museums and Galleries

Acropolis (tel: 210 3210219)
Anthropological - Ethnological (47 Mikras Assias, Goudi tel: 210 7771193)
Ancient Agora (Stoa of Attalus, south slope of the Acropolis, 24 Adrianou, Thissiou Sq. tel: 210 3210185)
Vorre (modem art) (4 Diadochou Konstantinou, Paiania, tel: 210 6644771)
Byzantine (22 Vassilissis Sofias, tel: 210 7211027)
Byzantine Art, Loverdou (58 Akadimias) Private collection of Byzantine and post-Byzantine art
Goulandris, (natural history) (13 Levidou, Kifissia, tel: 210 8015870)
National Archaeological (1 Tositsa and Patission, tel: 210 8217717)
National Gallery (50 Vassileos Konstantinou Ave.,tel: 210 7211010)
Greek Folk Art (17 Kydathinaion, tel: 210 3213018)
Greek Folk Musical Instruments (1-3 Diogenous, Plaka, tel: 210 3256198)
Epigraphic, (1 Tositsa, tel: 210 8217637)
Zoological (Athens University, University City - Panepistimioupoli, tel: 210 7243244)
Theatrical (Municipal Cultural Centre, 50 Akadimias, tel: 210 3629430)
Goulandris Museum of Cycladic and Archaic Greek Art (4 Neofytou Douka, tel: 210 7228321)
Holy Icons (Archbishopric, 21 Filotheis, tel: 210 3237654)
Historic and Ethnological (Old Parliament, Stadiou & Kolokotroni Sq., tel: 210 3237617)
Kanellopoulos (Theorias & Panos, Plaka, tel: 210 3212313) Private collection
Kerameikos (148 Ermou, tel: 0103463552)
Folk Art Collection of the Centre of Research and Greek Popular Art (129 Syngrou Ave.)
Benaki Museum (Vassilissis Sofias & Koumbari, tel: 210 3611617)
Numismatic (1 Tositsa, tel: 210 8226798)
Shells (14 Pindou, Moschato, tel: 210 9412393) Private collection
War (Vassilissis Sofias & Rizari, tel: 210 7290543)
City of Athens (7 Paparrigopoulou & Klafthmonos Sq., tel: 210 3246164)
Municipal Cultural Centre (50 Akadimias, tel: 210 3621601)
Gennadius Library Collection (61 Souidias)
Planetarium, Eugenidis Foundation (387 Syngrou Ave., Amfithea, tel: 210 9411181)
Postal (Panathinaikou Sq., 5 Stadiou & 2 Fokianou)
Trains (301 Liossion, tel: 210 5246580)

Byzantine Monuments

Agii Apostoli (within the Ancient Agora south the Stoa of Attalos)
Agios Eleftherios (next to the Cathedral, Mitropoleos str.)
Agii Theodori (Klathmonos Sq.)
Kapnikarea (in the middle of Ermou str.)
Dafni Monastery (10 km west of Athens at the corner of Iera Odos & Kavalas Ave.)
Kaisariani Monastery (7 km SE of Athens on Mt. Hymettus )

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