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Benaki Museum
1,501
"A really interesting collection of antiquities from all ages, putting them into a logical order.""... of artifacts and art - best to start at the main floor and just follow the numbers for each rooms and this gives a great view or the development of the Athens and Greek region from ancient to more modern times."
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War Museum
480
"With a sweep from stone age to modern it is a fabulously comprehensive account of warfare and battle down the ages.""... from ancient to contemporary times and out into the surrounding courtyards where aircraft and larger artillery pieces are arranged The displays are first rate, well lit and explanations are in dual language."
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Plateia Syntagmatos
2,352
"So much of modern day Athens begins or ends here or it located here: the Parliament, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, National Gardens, many embassys are nearby, the Hotel Grande Bretagne, buses to the airport, Ermou...""Platia Syntagmatos is the must see place at Athens with the national guards change, with the tomb of the Unknown Soldier."
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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
1,255
"The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Greek: Μνημείο του Αγνώστου Στρατιώτη, romanized: Mnimío tou Agnóstou Stratióti) is a war memorial located in Syntagma Square in Athens, in front of the Old Royal Palace.""After the usual Acropolis visit, he highly recommended a visit to the Greek Parliament and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, for the Changing of the Guard ceremony."
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Syntagma Station
609
"It's interesting that the corridors of station showcase the ancient archeological findings with self explanatory signages.""At the same time Syntagma station provides the most central of the metro transport links for Athens with connections to other lines running all the way to the airport at Spata, and also local tram connections."
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Aristotle's Lyceum
121
"It is also referred to as the Peripatetic School, as it is thought that Aristotle strolled amongst the verdant groves while discussing scholarship with his students.""This is the site of an Ancient Greek gymnasium as well as where Aristotle did a lot of his teachings, so the significance of the location is incredible."
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B. & M. Theocharakis Foundation
29
"In a fine exhibition space in an ornate building, it exemplifies the contribution of the Philanthropic Foundation to Greek life.""The exhibits are well organized and beautifully presented to reflect equally the 'beauty' of the subject matter, the Greek feminine spirit and its development over time."
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Ancient Bath
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"Located adjacent to the National Gardens, the baths were discovered during the construction of the proposed Metro Station, subsequently relocated.""Many of the stations display artifacts found at the station and some even left the buried layers of 3000 years of history displayed behind glass in the stations."
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