The Public Tobacco Factory at 218 Lenorman Street occupies an entire city block, covering a total area of approximately nine acres.

The Thon Estate, named after the German courtesan of King George I, was built by Ernst Ziller at the turn of the 19th century.

The Athens-Piraeus Electric Subway station in Thission is the oldest metro station in Athens, and the oldest railway station in Greece.

While Thission Square is not, strictly speaking, a square, it is definitely the place to be these days.

Rated by CNN as the best cinema in the world, Thission Cinema is the oldest summer cinema in Athens.

The hill was named after Filopappos, a Roman consul who loved Athens and grandson of Syrian king Antiochus IV Epiphanes.

Interestingly, though a model of the project was created in 1872, it wasn’t until 1908 that the final sculpture was completed and placed in the gardens.

Built by the Greek astronomer Andronicus in the first century BC, the building functioned as a weather vane and sundial.