University - Exarchia
University of Athens is situated in the historical centre of Greek capital. The shape of the building was designed by Christian Hansen and the works started in 1839. Inside it you will find frescoes painted by the Bavarian Karl Rahl. Nowadays the univeristy is the largest and most famous Greek educational institution. It employs 1700 professors and 800 administrative personnel while 70000 students attend to the lectures. National Library and interesting Numismatic Museum are just steps away from the univeristy building.
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Athens Academy
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The national academy of Greece, and the principal research institute of the country, the Academy was founded in 1926, and is still working uder the aegis of the Greek Ministry of Education. Its main building, representing an important piece of Neo-classical architecture, is often included in
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This typical 19th Century Neo-classical structure was inaugurated in 1859. The Academy of Athens was the work of Danish architect Theophile Hansen and German architect Ernst Ziller. Having been conceived as an Ionian temple, it bears a strong resemblance to the works of classical antiquity, and
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A further part of the Neo-Classical Trilogy, the University, erected in 1864, was one of the first buildings to serve as testimony for the city's new status as capital of independent Greece. Boasting an intricate frieze and evocative paintings depicting the sufferings of the country under the
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