It is the highest hill of Athens (height 277 m.) located in the center of the city. It is said to have taken its name from the packs of wolves that roamed the hill (lykovatias drymos) and is referred to as "the hill where the twilight walks" (lyke + vaino). According to ancient Greek mythology, the
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New Acropolis Museum (15 Dionysiou Areopagitou, Athens 11742 tel. 210 9000900) The museum visitor, after crossing the vestibule of the ground floor and passing through the ticket cancellation machines, is in front of the first exhibition space of the Acropolis museum. In the spacious hall with the
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At the Tsepi site, an extensive cemetery of the early Bronze Age (3200 - 2000 BC). The tombs, built rectangular, were intended for multiple burials. Some are surrounded by a stone enclosure. The finds include marble figurines and pottery that reveal close relations with the Cyclades. They are
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Cycladic Museum (4 Neofytou Douka Street, 106 74 Athens tel. 210 7228321-3) The Museum of Cycladic Art was founded in 1986 and houses works of Cycladic and Ancient Greek Art by Nikolaos and Ekaterinas Goulandris. It is dedicated to the study and dissemination of Aegean culture, from the prehistoric
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Currency Museum (Eleftheriou Benizelou (University) 12, Athens tel. 210 3643774) The first efforts to collect coins began after the liberation, in Aegina. Little by little, with continuous donations, purchases and excavations, the collection was enriched and in 1942 it became part of the National
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