Must see places in Athens?

[bolo]

Here you go. You can find allmost everything in both sites I gave you.
http://www.greece-athens.com/place.php?place_id=20

[GR8BBALL]

Any good art museums?

Website of national art gallery --> http://www.nationalgallery.gr/default_en.htm


Several other museums:
http://www.athensguide.com/museum.html

[CreEkShooT]

@cheezdoodle i visited the links u posted and it was really interesting.Do you have any idea which team is going to represent greece this year>?i awaiting anxiously,lol

[cheezdoodle]

they haven't announced that yet. Once we know, I'll be sure to post something.

[Fiano]

I have been to Athens only one time. I do not know much about it. But I think Acropolis and Parthenon are good.

Thank you for listing it. That will make a big help for me next time.

[facnig]

Acropolis and the Agora. Unmissable.

[banjaminn]

The National gardens which are next to the houses of parliament are really nice to walk round (just go to syntagma and it's easy from there) A must do is a walk round Plaka (old town)- and take the kids there in the evenings to eat etc. Great old shops and traditional tavernas.Watch the changing of the guards outside the Parliament building.

[Juan Carlos Nadal]

Having briefly transited through Athens on a couple of occasions in the past, I am planning to actually stay a night or two in the area later this summer. Given that I have to catch a ferry to the islands after my stay, I was thinking of booking a hotel in the Piraeus port area. Would anyone recommend that? Is it safe (I am bringing guests with me, so I don't want them to feel unsafe). I've heard "things" about Piraeus but not sure if they apply to the whole municipality or just specific pockets within the area. Would you recommend staying at the port, or should I rather stay in Athens and just suck it up and use public transportation to get me to the port on the (early) morning of my departure? Thanks in advance, guys.

[CKR13]

Hello friends from Greece,

Is there a shrine or pantheon dedicated to Athena/Athene/Minverva aka The Goddess of War in Athens?

After all according to Mythology, Athena gave the gift of the Olive which made the Ancient Greeks grow wealthy in trade and in health for the new Greek city and beating Poseidon's offering of sea riches. Thus the city of Athens came to be known.

Thank you.

[qiangdade]

Hello friends from Greece,

Is there a shrine or pantheon dedicated to Athena/Athene/Minverva aka The Goddess of War in Athens?

After all according to Mythology, Athena gave the gift of the Olive which made the Ancient Greeks grow wealthy in trade and in health for the new Greek city and beating Poseidon's offering of sea riches. Thus the city of Athens came to be known.

Thank you.

and thus, this little temple was dedicated to her



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenon

[CKR13]

and thus, this little temple was dedicated to her



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenon

Thanks.

Legend has it that Athena once had a magnificent statue on the Pantheon as recounted on this essay on which was lost to antiquity.

The Parthenon’s main function was to provide shelter for the monumental chryselephantine (made of gold and ivory) statue of Athena that was created by Pheidias and dedicated in 438 BCE.

The statue stood approximately 9 or 11 meters (around 40 ft.) tall. It has not survived to our day, but we have enough accounts of its existence along with a number of smaller marble copies, including the one on exhibit at the National Museum of Athens.

Athena stands holding a Nike (Victory) on her right hand that extends forward from the elbow, as if offering Nike to the Athenian citizens. With her left hand she supports her shield which shelters a snake as it rests on the ground, and her lance that rests on her left shoulder.She is dressed with an Attica peplos, and on her head she wears a richly decorated helmet with a sphinx at the apex and two Pegasi on each side. Her breastplate is adorned with snakes and the head of Medusa at the center.

The statue was a hollow construction with a wooden armature that supported the outer surfaces of the golden drapery, and the ivory flesh of Athena. The statue was situated close to the south end of the cella and was surrounded by a procession of double-decked Doric columns on its flanks as well as the back. The floor of the cella in front of it was a shallow pool of water or oil, which added further drama to the statue’s context with its reflective surface.

It would have looked something like this one on the artists' sketch: