Athens

"The City of the Violet Crown"

Athens CBI*
*cities beautiful index
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YOUR SCORE*
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Epiphany
54% 
Mentoring
85% 
Self Fulfillment
62% 
Elegance
85% 
Originality
38% 
Revelation
38% 
Grandeur
54% 
Selfhood
46% 
Chronicle
92% 
Kinship
54% 
Nature
38% 
Surety
46% 
Synergy
31% 
Dynamism
31% 
Sensation
38% 

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Principal Features

Byzantine and Christian Museum
Little Mitropolis Church aka St. Eleftherios
Kapnikarea Church

Honorable Mentions

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Monastery of Daphni
Kaisariani Monastery
Beth Shalom

Principal Features

Acropolis Museum
National Archaeological Museum
Benaki Museum

Honorable Mentions

Museum of Cycladic Art
National Art Gallery + Alexandre Soutzo Museum
National Library

Self-Fulfillment

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Principal Features

Odeum of Herodes Atticus
Panathenaic (Olympic) Stadium
Parliament

Honorable Mentions

Monument of Lysicrates
Hadrian's Arch

Principal Features

The Parthenon
The Erechtheion
Temple of Athena Nike

Honorable Mentions

Academy of Athens

Principal Features

Tower of the Winds
Numismatic Museum
Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum

Honorable Mentions

Outdoor Movie Theaters -- Cine Paris, Cine Thisio

Principal Features

Museum of Popular Greek Instruments
Herakleidon Museum
Museum of Science and Technology at the University of Athens

Honorable Mentions

Additional Science Museums at the University of Athens (anthropology, Zoology, Geology, etc.)

Principal Features

The Acropolis
Mount Lycabettus (aka Lycabettos, Lykabettos or Lykavittos)
Temple of Hephaestus (aka Theseion/Hepasiston)

Honorable Mentions

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Principal Features

Syntagma and Kolonaki Squares
Foundation of the Hellenic World aka Hellenic Cosmos
Museum of Greek Folk Art

Honorable Mentions

Technopolis
City of Athens Centre for Popular Arts and Traditions

Principal Features

Theater of Dionysos
Temple of Olympian Zeus
Keramikos Cemetery

Honorable Mentions

Ancient Agora
Roman Forum aka Roman Agora
Museum of the City of Athens
National Historical Museum (within Old Pariment)
First Cemetery of Athens

Principal Features

Neighborhoods -- Plaka, Anafiotika, Kolonaki , etc.
Nightlife Districts -- Psirri, Gazi
Jewish Museum

Honorable Mentions

Benaki Museum of Islamic Art

Principal Features

National Garden
Zappeion Park
Plain of Mars (Pedion tou Areos)

Honorable Mentions

Greek Reptile Center
Goulandris Museum of Natural History

Principal Features

War Museum
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Changing of the Guard
Georgios Averof Museum (Greek Cruiser)

Honorable Mentions

Hellenic Air Force Museum

Principal Features

Festivals -- Athens-Epidavros Festival, Vyronas Festival, Lycabettus Festival, etc.
Dora Stratou Greek Dances Theatre
Allou Fun Park

Honorable Mentions

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Principal Features

Grand Promenade
Trams (especially to Coast)
Popular Bicycle Routes

Honorable Mentions

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Principal Features

Panoramas --- Mt. Lycabettus, Filopappou Hill
Central Market
Beaches - Agios Kosmas, Asteras Glyfada, Voula, Astir Beach, etc.

Honorable Mentions

Flea Market at Plateia Avissynias