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Athens Travel Guide

A bustling and cosmopolitan metropolis, Athens is central to economic, financial, industrial, political and cultural life in Greece. It is rapidly becoming a leading business centre in the European Union. It is in many ways the birthplace of Classical Greece, and therefore of Western civilization.

About Athens

Athens covers an area of 159 sq. miles (411.7 square Km) and is estimated to have a population of 3.8 million people being the capital and the largest city in Greece. It is one of the world's oldest cities, its recorded history spans at least 3,000 years.

Jewish Museum

jewish-museum.JPGBefore the Nazi occupation and the decimation of Greece’s Jewish population, many of Greece’s Jewish communities traced their roots back to the Spanish Inquisition and before to Classical Greece. Art and artifacts from Jewish communities through the ages, as well as documentation of the Holocaust makes this museum a cultural treasure.

Admission Fee : 1000 drs - Students : 500 drs
Opening hours : Daily, 9.00 - 2.30 - Saturday closed, Sunday 10:00-02:00
Address: 39 Nikis str., 105 58 - Athens
Tel: 3225582 (5 lines) .- Fax: 3231577

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