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6. MITROPOLI
Enormous, lavishly appointed Athens Cathedral is one of the city's best-known land-
marks. The archbishop of Greece (often cited as the nation's most influential person)
gives addresses here, and it is regularly packed when Athens' high society comes for
weddings and baptisms. Of far greater artistic importance, though, is tiny Panagia
Gorgoepikoos (“little Metropoli”), next door. The 12th-century church is built of Ro-
man and Byzantine marble relics, depicting 90 scenes of ancient feasts. (For further
details see also Mitropoli .) Plateia Mitropoleos • 6:30am-8pm daily • Free
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7. MUSEUM OF GREEK FOLK ART
The dimly lit building won't win any prizes, but inside are five floors of rich, beautiful
folk art, from jewellery to decorate and cover the entire body to fine embroideries
worked with gold and silver thread. There's also a room of wall paintings by primit-
ivist painter Theofilos Khatzmikhail. (For further details see Museum of Greek Folk
Art . ) Kydathinaion 17 • 210 322 9031 • 8am-3pm Tue-Sun • Limited info in Eng-
lish • Adm • www.melt.gr
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8. PLATEIA FILOMOUSOU ETAIRIAS
At some point everyone passes through this green, shady plateia, lined with cafés
both old-world and trendy. Try To Tristato for Victorian ambience and heavenly teas
and cakes, or Ionos for a view of the scene. Catch a rooftop movie and Acropolis view
at Cine Paris. Relax on benches in the almost-hidden stone-paved centre. Neo-Clas-
sical buildings peer over treetops at the whole scene.
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9. TEMPLE OF OLYMPIAN ZEUS
All that remains of Greece's largest temple, a shrine to Zeus, is 16 columns. But
standing alone, silhouetted by the bright Attic sky, their majesty still overwhelms. In-
side the temple was a colossal gold-and-ivory sculpture of the god, a copy of the one
at Olympus, which was one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. (For further
details see also Temple of Olympian Zeus .)
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