Built in Italy and bought by the Greek government in 1909, this 10,000-ton armoured cruiser boasted the most modern weaponry of its time.
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Built in Italy and bought by the Greek government in 1909, this 10,000-ton armoured cruiser boasted the most modern weaponry of its time.
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Working in collaboration with the municipality of Maroussi, the famous shadow-theatre artist Eugene Spatharis created a permanent home for Karagiozis (a traditional figure in Greek folklore).
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The Cooperative covers four acres and houses over 40 potters. Its aim is to educate elementary- and secondary-school students in Attica, and educate its thousands of annual visitors about the art of ceramics.
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The multi-dynamic Peiraios Street Cultural Centre is an industrial building of the 1960’s transformed into a modern museum space, which includes a central atrium, a 400-seat amphitheatre, designed to accommodate multiple events and an exhibition-halls span of 3,000 m2.
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Opened in 1957, the Piraeus Municipal Gallery features theatrical costumes, photographs, programmes, and other theatrical material. While its permanent home at the Old Post Office is currently being restored, the gallery is temporarily housed at the Piraeus Municipal Theatre.
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Housed at the Municipal Theatre, this museum’s main entrance is on Ag. Konstantinou Street. Bequeathed to the municipality of Piraeus by artist Panos Aravantinos upon his premature death in 1930
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Explore exhibits highlighting the crucial role of telecommunications in Greek history. You’ll find all of man’s remote communication attempts explained here: from antiquity to the age of the Internet, from the telegraph and telephone to Telstar.
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Founded in 1834, the Numismatic Museum houses one of the oldest public collections in the world and contains over 500,000 coins and medals dating from the 14th century BC until today.
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The building at 3 Kriezotou Street belonged to artist Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, who donated it to the Benaki Museum during his lifetime, in 1991.