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In the Footsteps of Socrates
The edge of the Agora with Socrates as the thread: where he was charged, who his neighbours were, where the assembly voted and how an 1840 guidebook invented a prison for him.
Inventing Modern Athens: audio walks
How do you build a capital around a field of ruins?
4 walks with different starting points and stories. Compare their maps, stops and duration, then choose where to begin.
Explore these walksAthens also had to imagine itself as a modern capital. These walks follow that making of a city through squares, projects and stories that looked to the past from new needs. They compare the reputation of ancient Athens with the lives and decisions that shaped the city you visit today.
In “Plaka, Anafiotika and the Catalans”: The university in an earlier house and Anafiotika let you view the new Athens through changes of use and population below the Acropolis.
In “Athens Learns to Be a Capital”: Nineteenth-century Athens, invented in a few short years around a set of ruins: where the first king lived, how a Constitution was wrung from him in a single night, and what lies behind the Academy, Schliemann's house, the old parliament, the queen's garden and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
In “Zeus and the 1896 Games”: From Hadrian's Arch to the Panathenaic Stadium: how a set of ruins became the stage for the first modern Olympic Games, and how much truth there is in the runner from Marathon.
Choose from 4 independent walks in Athens. Open the one that interests you to see its map, stops and approximate duration before deciding. You don't need to do them all or follow this selection's order; each walk has its own starting and finishing points.
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Athens Learns to Be a Capital
Nineteenth-century Athens, invented in a few short years around a set of ruins: where the first king lived, how a Constitution was wrung from him in a single night, and what lies behind the Academy, Schliemann's house, the old parliament, the queen's garden and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
From the Temple of Zeus to the 1896 Games
From Hadrian's Arch to the Panathenaic Stadium: how a set of ruins became the stage for the first modern Olympic Games, and how much truth there is in the runner from Marathon.
Plaka, Anafiotika and the Catalans of the Acropolis
The university in an earlier house and Anafiotika let you view the new Athens through changes of use and population below the Acropolis.
Athens, before you go
Shade helps shape the walk here. Between city pavements, smooth rock and lanes beneath the Acropolis, a flexible plan and a bottle of water go a long way.
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