Athens
Athens
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Sights
* Agía Aikateríni (Church of St Catherine)
* Agía Sotira (Church of St Sotira)
* Ágioi ApóstoloI (Church of the Holy Apostles)
* Ágios Nikodímos (Church of St Nikodimos)
* Ágios Nikólaos Ragavás (Church of St Nicholas Ragavas)
* Ágios Pávlos (Church of St Paul)
* Anafiótika
* Áreios Págos (Areopagos)
* Ebraïkó Mouseío tis Elláthos (Jewish Museum of Greece)
* Elliniko Paithíko Mouseío (Hellenic Children's Museum)
* Ethnikí Pinakothíki (National Gallery)
* Ethnikós Kípos (National Gardens)
* Exárcheia (Exarchia)
* Filopáppou (Philopappou)
* Gennádios Vivliothíki (American School of Classical Studies)
* Hephaisteion (Temple of Hephaistos)
* Istorikó Mouseío (National Historical Museum)
* Kapnikaréa
* Kentrikí Agorá (Central Market)
* Kéntro Ellinikis Paradosis (Centre for Hellenic Tradition)
* Kéntro Laikis Téchnis Kai Paradosis (Centre for Popular Arts and Traditions)
* Kéntro Meletis Ikoy Theatroy (Greek Theatre Museum)
* Keramikí Syllogí Apo to Mouseío Elliníkis Laografías (Ceramic Collection of the Museum of Greek Folk Art)
* Kerameikós (Keramikos Cemetery)
* Kolonáki
* Mitrópolis
* Mnimeío Lysikrátous (Monument of Lysikrates)
* Monastiráki
* Mouseío Athinón (Museum of the City of Athens)
* Mouseío Benáki (Benaki Museum)
* Mouseío Ellinikís Paithikis Téchnis (Museum of Greek Children's Art)
* Mouseío Kanellópoulos (Kanellopoulos Museum)
* Mouseío Kosmímatos Ilía Lalaoúnis (Ilias Lalaounis Jewellery Museum)
* Naós Aiólou (Tower of the Winds)
* Odion (théatro) Iródou Attikou (Odeon of Herodes Atticus)
* Olympíeion (Temple of Olympian Zeus)
* Píli (Pýli) Adrianoú (Hadrian's Arch)
* Pinakothíki Tou Dímou Athinaïkoú (Municipal Art Gallery)
* Plateía Klafthmonos (Klafthmonos Square)
* Plateía Omonoías (Omonia Square)
* Plateía Syntagmatos (Syntagma Square)
* Pnýka (Pnyx)
* Polemikó Mouseío (War Museum of Greece)
* Proedrikó Mégaro (Presidential Palace)
* Prótoí Nekrotafío Athinón (First Cemetery of Athens)
* Romaïki Agorá (Roman Agora)
* Schliemann's House
* Théatro Dionýsou (Theatre of Dionysos)
* Théatro Filopáppou (philopappou Theatre)
* Vivliothíki Adrianoú (Library of Hadrian)
* Vizantinó Mouseío (Byzantine Museum)
Excursions
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Food&Drink
In The Know
Did You Know?
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The mosque in which this enjoyable collection is housed was built in 1759 on the site of a fountain. Since the state of Greece was founded it has been a barracks for the army band, and then a hospital. It specialises in ceramics from Greece and Cyprus from the first half of the 20th century. The 794-piece collection is part of that of Professor Vassilios Kyriazopoulos, who built it up over 50 years.
One fascinating aspect of the museum is that it tells the stories, in Greek and English, of some of the potters whose work is on display. Minas Avramides, for example, was an uneducated stonemason before becoming a potter in Thessaloniki, where his son still operates a workshop. His drawings of men, gods and beasts are primitive, but the finished plates have a colourful boldness. Avramides also designed a Greek alphabet using animal motifs. Nikolaos Yasiranis (1901-73) was from Rhodes, his father having been a clay modeller in Asia Minor, from where many of the craftsmen featured originated. The son's clay models depicting characters from folk traditions are delightful and amusing, showing a wicked eye for human nature. In the gallery upstairs are small themed collections from outside Greece, from Macedonia, Thessaly and from the islands. The colourful decorated plates from Rhodes, with their bold reds, blues and greens, are a typical example. The white, bright interior of the mosque's dome has been restored, but patches of the original, faded, painted brickwork still show through.
Address: Tzami Tsistarakis, Areos 1
Phone: 324-2066
Open: Wed-Mon 9-2:30. Closed public holidays
Metro: Monastiráki
Accessible: None
Admission: Moderate
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