First Cemetery of Athens: An Open-Air Sculpture Gallery

This activity is only available in Greek.

A Guided Tour of the First Cemetery of Athens with Archaeologist Michalis Yohalas:

"The Athens Cemetery encloses all the movement of modern sculpture.” With these words, sculptor Thomas Thomopoulos highlighted as early as the start of the 20th century the significance of the First Cemetery of Athens as a sculpture gallery, an open-air museum where art, history, and memory intertwine.

From renowned names in modern Greek sculpture to the personal stories behind each tomb, the cemetery offers a captivating journey through time. It reveals both unknown aspects of Greek funerary art and human passions—ambitions for posthumous fame, greed, artistic rivalries, and unfulfilled loves—inviting discovery."

Meeting point: The entrance of the First Cemetery of Athens

A reservation is required.