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3. KERAMEIKOS
A green oasis in the middle of factories and hardware markets, this is the site of the
oldest and largest burial ground in Attica. This is also the outer wall of the ancient
city, and running through it is the Sacred Way. Outside the site, the road continues,
still incongruously named Sacred Way despite its congested traffic and empty ware-
houses. (For further details see Kerameikos .)
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4. ATHENS MUNICIPAL ART GALLERY
Most important 20th-century Greek artists are represented in this collection of 2,355
works of art. These include paintings and engravings, as well as several drawings by
Bavarian architect Ernst Ziller, who designed many of Athens' most important Neo-
Classical buildings. Here you can see his plans for the National Theatre and designs
for the city's grandest private homes, now mostly converted to museums and public
spaces. Peiraios 51, Gazi • 10am-2pm, 5-9pm Tue-Sat, 10am-2pm Sun • Free
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5. ATHENS' FLEA MARKET
Small, seedy Plateia Avissynias comes alive on Sunday mornings when Athens'
biggest and most colourful flea market fills the space and spills out to the streets
around it. Here's where you'll find everything you didn't know you needed: pink cut-
glass Turkish liqueur sets, old and ornate phones that still work, beautiful antique
carved-wood desks, and piles of fantastic kitsch and junk. Bring your haggling skills.
Plateia Avissynias & Ifaistou Str
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6. PLATEIA MONASTIRAKI
There has been a church and monastery on this site since at least the 10th century.
The current church was built in 1678. The monastery once owned many of the sur-
rounding buildings, which were later destroyed, but the area's name (Monastiraki
means “little monastery”) still derives from its glory days. The Pantánassa church, or
church of the Dormition of the Virgin, is well worth a visit.
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