Tag: Syntagma

The large squares of Athens and how they got their names

A characteristic of Athens as well as many other European cities is its large public squares that have many years of history. Public Squares that have witnessed various historical events and have become places of tears and revolutions. They have hosted mass gatherings and their names have been linked to great persons of its history. Athens has town-squares that are the center of the city-life that evolves around them until today. Let us go and see where some of the most famous acquired their names. Clafthmonos Square Or else, the ...

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Rare photos from the Athens of the 1900s

If you could enter a time machine - like that of history - you would see a very different Athens. The Old Athens of previous centuries that has changed a lot over the centuries. When it looked like a provincial town of only 120,000 people. Looking at old photos and reading old stories, we see a small growing city. Athens and the economy of 1900-1910 A period of characteristic and major importance for the economy and the flourishing of Athens. Its transformation into a trading and decision-making centre . Trade ...

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Old Athens: When Syntagma Square was a large field

It is definitely the busiest and most crowded square in Greece. It's the palce where people pass by imn order to go to their daily jobs. Tourists who visited Greece passed by it. For all people, old and young, who have gone for a walk or shopping in Athens, Syntagma Square is undoubtedly a trademark of the capital and one of the oldest in the country. It also belongs to the 100 largest squares in the world. The history of Syntagma Square Syntagma Square, in Athens, was named after the ...

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