Kolonaki – Lycabettus
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Lycabettus
Parks and Nature
The hill was a rock that goddess Athena carried in her hands and she dropped in Athens when she heard the bad news that a crow told her.
Benaki Museum
Museums and Galleries
The Benaki Museum was founded in 1931 by Antonios Benakis, descendant of an important Greek family, and is the oldest privately owned museum in Greece, with exhibits that cover more than one cultural field.
Byzantine and Christian Museum
Museums and Galleries
The Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens was founded in 1914 and is housed at Villa Ilissia, at Vasilissis Sofias Avenue.
Museum of Cycladic Art
Museums and Galleries
The Museum of Cycladic Art is located in Kolonaki and hosts the largest collection of exhibits of ancient cultures in the Aegean and Cyprus, putting great emphasis on the Cycladic art of the third millennium BC.
Church of Agios Georgios, Lycabettus
Churches and Monasteries
The white chapel on the top of Lycabettus which resembles Cycladic architecture is an aisleless basilica with a dome and was constructed in the end of the 18th century.
Kolonaki Square
Squares and Neighborhoods
The heart of the aristocratic district of Kolonaki is one of the most well-known squares, the Kolonaki Square.
Catholicon of the Petraki Monastery
Churches and Monasteries
At the Kolonaki district, among the modern buildings, emerges the catholicon of the Monastery of Asomatoi Taxiarches, known as the catholicon of the Petraki Monastery.
Church of Agios Dionysios Areopagitis
Churches and Monasteries
The impressive church, which dominates at a central point of the area of Kolonaki, is dedicated to the patron saint of Athens, Dionysios Areopagitis and it celebrates on the 3rd of October.
Stathatos Mansion (Museum of Cycladic Art)
Historical Buildings /Architecture
The residence with the luxurious architecture houses today part of the treasures of the Museum o Cycladic Art.
Athens from above: to Lycabettus with the cable car
Tours
The peculiarity of the geography of the Attic basin which is surrounded by hills, but also the elevations within the city, creating vantage points from which one can admire Athens.
Deligiorgis Mansion
Historical Buildings /Architecture
The Deligiorgis Mansion is moment of excellent inspiration by the architect Ernst Ziller as it is evident by the original combination of arched domes, characteristic of Art Nouveau, at the openings of the first floor with the simple neoclassical lintels at the openings of the second floor.
Kolonaki
Squares and Neighborhoods
Kolonaki, the aristocratic district of the centre, was, is and will be the first choice for any bon viveur, but also a really lively source of culture and quality entertainment.