Location(s)
Practical Info
Street name:
Koumpari Street& Vasilissis Sofias Avenue
Postal code:
10674
City:
Athens
Nearest Metro :
Syntagma (Line 2 & 3)
Telephone:
+302103671000
Fax:
+302103671063
E-mail:
benaki@benaki.gr
Website:
http://www.benaki.gr/
Access for persons with limited mobility:
Yes
Description:
This group of collections comprises many distinct categories totaling more than 30.000 items illustrating the character of the Greek world through a spectacular historical panorama: from antiquity and the age of Roman domination to the medieval Byzantine period; from the fall of Constantinople in 1453 and the centuries of Frankish and Ottoman occupation; to the outbreak of the struggle for independence in 1821; from the formation of the modern state of Greece in 1830, up to 1922, the year in which the Asia Minor disaster took place.
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