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Technopolis
CULTURAL CENTRE
There's always something on at the city's old gasworks, the impressively restored 1862
complex of furnaces and industrial buildings. It hosts multimedia exhibitions, concerts,
festivals and special events and has a comfortable cafe. The small
Maria Callas Museum
(
Keramikos)
is dedicated to the
210 346 1589; Technopolis, Pireos 100, Gazi;
10am-3pm Mon-Fri;
revered opera diva.
(
210 346 7322; Pireos 100, Gazi;
Keramikos)
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Museum of Traditional Pottery
This small museum in a lovely neoclassical building around the corner from the
Keramikos site is dedicated to the history of (relatively) contemporary Greek pottery, ex-
hibiting a selection from the museum's 4500-plus piece collection. There's a reconstruc-
tion of a traditional potter's workshop. The centre holds periodic exhibitions.
(
MUSEUM
210 331
8491; Melidoni 4-6, Keramikos;
9-3pm Mon-Fri, 10am-2pm Sun, closed Aug;
Thisio)
