Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
priceless collection of Christian art from the 3rd to 20th centuries. Thematic snapshots of
the Byzantine and post-Byzantine world are exceptionally presented in expansive, well-
lit multilevel galleries, and clearly arranged chronologically with English translations.
The collection includes icons, frescoes, sculptures, textiles, manuscripts, vestments and
mosaics.
The villa grounds include ancient ruins such as the Peisistratos aqueduct, and sit next
to
Aristotle's Lyceum
.
National Museum of Contemporary Art
GALLERY
Kolonaki; adult/child €3/free; 11am-7pm Tue, Wed & Fri-Sun, to 10pm Thu; Syngrou-Fix)
This museum shows top-notch rotating exhibitions of Greek and international contem-
porary art. Exhibitions include paintings, installations, photography, video and new me-
dia, as well as experimental architecture. In early 2014 the museum is slated to open in
spectacularly renovated quarters at the former
Fix Brewery
(cnr Kallirois & Frantzi;
Syngrou-Fix)
on Leoforos Syngrou.
Lykavittos Hill
LANDMARK
( Evangelismos)
Lykavittos means 'Hill of Wolves' and derives from ancient times
when the hill was surrounded by countryside and its pine-covered slopes were inhabited
by wolves. A path leads to the summit from the top of Loukianou for the finest panora-
mas of the city and the Attic basin - the
nefos
(pollution haze) permitting. Alternatively,
take the
funicular railway
( 210 721 0701; return €6; 9am-3am, half-hourly)
, or
teleferik
,
from the top of Ploutarhou in Kolonaki. Perched on the summit is the little
Chapel of
Agios Georgios
, floodlit like a beacon over the city at night.
Open-air
Lykavittos Theatre
, northeast of the summit, hosts concerts in summer.
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Mets
Athens' First Cemetery
CEMETERY
