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Around the Acropolis
Two students and a flag bring twentieth-century remembrance alongside the ancient layers of the Acropolis.
War, Occupation and Memory in Athens: audio walks
How did Athens live through the Occupation, the Holocaust and December 1944, and how does it remember them?
4 walks with different starting points and stories. Compare their maps, stops and duration, then choose where to begin.
Explore these walksThe Athens of war and occupation appears in places that can be missed on a first look at the ancient city. This theme brings together walks where the twentieth century and remembrance have particular protagonists. It connects familiar spaces with other histories, recognising experiences the city preserves alongside its more famous layers.
In “Around the Acropolis”: Two students and a flag bring twentieth-century remembrance alongside the ancient layers of the Acropolis.
In “From Kerameikos to the Memory of 1944”: Along the fence of the Kerameikos, the great cemetery of classical Athens, and on the street of the synagogues: how a city remembers its dead, from the funeral where Pericles spoke to the deportation of the Jews of Athens.
In “Athens Learns to Be a Capital”: You start in the square where Greece's first king lived as a tenant in a banker's house, a square that ended up being called "the square of weeping".
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
You start in the square where Greece's first king lived as a tenant in a banker's house, a square that ended up being called "the square of weeping".
From Kerameikos to the Memory of 1944
Along the fence of the Kerameikos, the great cemetery of classical Athens, and on the street of the synagogues: how a city remembers its dead, from the funeral where Pericles spoke to the deportation of the Jews of Athens.
From the Temple of Zeus to the 1896 Games
You follow the railings of the Temple of Olympian Zeus, which took six hundred years to finish and has lost almost all its columns, one of them knocked flat by the wind.
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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