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3. ANAFIOTIKA
Clinging to the side of the Acropolis is Athens' loveliest and quirkiest hidden neigh-
bourhood. It was built in the 19th century by tradesmen from the Cycladic island of
Anafi, brought to Athens after the War of Independence to build King Otto's palace.
They missed home so much that they decided to re-create a pocket of it here, all
island-style, dome-topped blue-and-white houses, covered with banks of bougain-
villea, in a maze of tiny passageways. Many descendents of the original Anafi workers
still live here.
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4. ROMAN FORUM AND TOWER OF THE WINDS
Julius Caesar and Augustus were founders of this Roman marketplace, which re-
placed the original Greek Agora, and their names are inscribed on the grand Gate of
Athena Archegetis. But its most striking feature, the Tower of the Winds, was built
in 50 BC, 100 years earlier. There is no other building like it in the ancient world:
eight-sided, each side sculpted with a personification of the winds and their names
inscribed: Boreas, Kaikias, Apeliotes, Euros, Notos, Lips, Zephyros and Skiron. (For
further details see also Roman Forum and Tower of the Winds . )
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5. MUSEUM OF GREEK MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
This unassuming museum is a great treasure. Here you can see and hear the Middle
Eastern and European influences on Greek music, and how Greeks transformed
them into something of their own. The instruments themselves are beautiful, often
intricately inlaid with silver, ivory and tortoiseshell. There are occasional courtyard
performances. (For further details see also Museum of Greek Musical Instruments . )
Diogenous 1-3 • 210 325 0198 • 10am-2pm Tue & Thu-Sun, noon-6pm Wed •
Free • www.instruments-museum.gr
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