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Gouva (Greek: Γούβα, pronounced), also known as Agios Artemios (Greek: Άγιος Αρτέμιος, pronounced [ˈaʝos aɾˈte.mi.os]) is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It is located to the southeast of central Athens between the First Cemetery of Athens and Dafni .
Pagrati (Greek: Παγκράτι) is a neighborhood in Athens, Greece, having an estimated population of 35,173 residents. Named after the ancient sanctuary of Hercules Pancrates ("All Powerful"), its frontage runs from Vasilissis Sofias Avenue along to Vasileos Konstantinou Avenue and Vassileos Alexandrou Avenue, just a few minutes walk from ...
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The A.O. Pagrati Athens parent sports athletic association was founded in 1929. The sport club's basketball department, Pagrati B.C., was founded in 1938. [1] Around the era of 1950, was the basketball club's first peak period, which established it as one of the big Greek clubs of that era.
According to Suda, "the reason that young girls at Athens had to play the bear was because a wild bear used to come to the deme of Phlauidoi" (this is a mistake, it should be Philaidae which is the deme nearest to Brauron) "and spend time there; and it became tamed. A virgin was playing with it and, when the girl began acting recklessly, the ...
In 1859, Greek photographer Petros Moraites opened his photo studio in Athens with Athanasios Kalfas. He took many portraits of many Greek people including the royal family and around 1870 became one of the most notable photographers in Greece at that time. According to a guide book published in 1891, 27 photo studios existed in Greece.
Festival in Avdi Square in the heart of Metaxourgeio. Work of art by Alekos Fassianos located in the metropolitan station. Avdi Square. Alekos Fassianos (born 1935) is a well-recognised and celebrated Greek painter whose work "The Myth of my neighbourhood,” on exhibit at the Metaxourgeio Metro station, leads us to a world full of colours and images of another era. [3]
The Museum in 1893. The first national archaeological museum in Greece was established by the governor of Greece Ioannis Kapodistrias in Aigina in 1829. Subsequently, the archaeological collection was relocated to a number of exhibition places until 1858, when an international architectural competition was announced for the location and the architectural design of the new museum.