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Beyond the Acropolis
A guide to discovering Athens off the beaten path and some of the sweetest spots beyond Athens
Beyond the Acropolis
A guide to discovering Athens off the beaten path and some of the sweetest spots beyond Athens
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The National Art Gallery of Athens
Posted on October 17th, 2007
Today I visited the National Gallery of Art in Athens. To my surprise, despite the tepid descriptions of this museum which I found in several guidebooks, I enjoyed a couple of hours there. To begin with, the building is quite beautiful, airy and light. I think that I was expecting a museum that was filled with antiquities, [...]
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