This activity is only available in Greek. In this walk, led by historian Menelaos Charalampidis, we will examine the events of the critical day of 3 December 1944 in Syntagma Square and the surrounding streets. We aim to answer the central question of who fired during the rally, triggering the start of the December Events.
This activity is only available in Greek. What is the significance of 1974? How are the invasion and the refugee crisis recorded in public life, everyday life, history, art, and literature? How is the collective and individual identity of those who were uprooted, who experienced loss, but found the strength to rebuild, formed? The exhibition
This activity is only available in Greek. Celebrate International Museum Day with a Free Guided Tour of the Association of Athenians and the Athens MuseumStep inside the “Athens Museum” for a journey through two centuries of the city’s history, told through family heirlooms and donations from the very people who helped shape Athens. From 19th-century
This activity is only available in Greek. The Memory Route is a tribute to the thousands of anonymous victims of hunger during the occupation, as well as the victims of executions by the occupying forces. As we search for the past in the present, stories of the place and its people unfold. At the same
A Walk Through Philhellenism: Plaka, Parliament & Hidden Histories A guided walking tour through Plaka and central Athens, tracing cultural and historical landmarks tied to the birth of modern Greece and the international Philhellenic movement. Key stops include the Anglican Church on Philhellinon Street, where the remains of naval officer and Philhellene Frank Abney Hastings
This activity is only available in Greek. As part of International Museum Day, the Alekos Fassianos Museum offers a guided tour for 30 people. The exhibition aims to introduce the breadth of Alekos Fassianos' work, featuring pieces from 1954 until the end of his life. It includes early works from the 1960s, influenced by abstraction
This activity is only available in Greek. What is the significance of 1974? How are the invasion and the refugee crisis recorded in public life, everyday life, history, art, and literature? How is the collective and individual identity of those who were uprooted, who experienced loss, but found the strength to rebuild, formed? The exhibition
This activity is only available in Greek. Archaeologist and guide Michalis Giohalas leads a tour through the sculpture garden of the First Cemetery of Athens, in collaboration with the This is Athens City Festival. Beyond the Sleeping Female Figure The tomb of Sofia Afentaki—immortalised by Yannoulis Chalepas in his iconic sculpture The Sleeping Female Figure—is
This activity is only availble in Greek. Officially designated a historic site, the National Garden (formerly the Royal Garden) is a calm eye in the storm of central Athens—a space of serenity surrounded by the city’s intensity, steeped in memory and history. Among the 500 species of plants brought here from around the world under
This activity is only availble in Greek. Officially designated a historic site, the National Garden (formerly the Royal Garden) is a calm eye in the storm of central Athens—a space of serenity surrounded by the city’s intensity, steeped in memory and history. Among the 500 species of plants brought here from around the world under
This activity is only available in Greek. A guided tour of the second part of the exhibition “From Great Greece to Modern Greece”, which traces the completion of the country’s formation in terms of borders and population. The first part, presented in 2022, describes the events that led to the stabilization of borders after the
This activity is only available in Greek. Archaeologist and guide Michalis Giohalas leads a tour of the Athenian Trilogy, in collaboration with the This is Athens City Festival. The University, the Academy and the Library—an opus magnum by brothers Hans Christian and Theophil Hansen—form Athens’ famed neoclassical trilogy. Described by Alexandros Philadelpheus as “the architectural
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