Athens

Founded 850 BC, the city of Athens (Αθηνα) was
named after the goddess Athena, and is the capital of Greece. Athens was
home to one of the earliest recorded formal democracies, and is the site of
the Acropolis and its Parthenon. The ancient port city of Piraeus has been
absorbed by modern Athens.

As of the 2001 census of the National Statistical Service of Greece, Athens
has a population of 3,761,810, making it by far Greece's largest city, with
over a third of the country's total population (10,964,020).

It is served by a newly constructed and opened airport, the Eleftherios
Venizelos Airport, about a 40-minute taxi ride from the city centre
(depending upon traffic). The current airport replaced Ellinikon
International Airport, which was infamous for widespread bad service.

Historical population

1853: 30,600 inhabitants
1879: 65,500
1896: 123,000
1925: 443,000

     Things to see in Athens

     The Acropolis, with the Parthenon.
     Agora.
     Arch of Hadrian.
     National Archaeological and Benakis Museum.
     National Gardens, planted in the XIX Century.
     Kerameikon.
     Likabitos hill.
     Lysikrates monument.
     Monastiraki Square, with a colourist street marketplace.
     Olympeion.
     Piraeus harbour.
     Philopappos monument,
     Plaka.
     Pnyx.
     Syndagma Square, the heart of the modern Athens.
     Tower of the Winds.

Athens was the host of the 1896 Olympics, the 1906 Intermediary Olympics and
will be the host of the 2004 Summer Olympics.

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