05 Keramikos

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https://goo.gl/maps/ejsKDic3Bw22. Walk 2,5km 35min

● Technopolis - Gazi Music Hall, Iera Odos 7, t2103461589. (maptogo)
● Metro Station Kerameikos (maptogo) or to be dropped off.
● Keramikos Archaeological Site and Museum, Ermou 148, t2103463552. (maptogo)
● Melina Mercuri Museum and Cultural Centre, Iraklidon 66, t2103452150. (maptogo)
● Garden of the Association of Greek Archaeologists, Ermou 134, t2103252214.
● Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Sq. Agion Asomaton 5, t2103215717.
● Atopos Contemporary Visual Culture, Salaminos 72, t2108838151, atopos.gr. (maptogo)
● Greek Film Archive, Iera Odos 48, t2103612046. www.tainiothiki.gr
● Institute of Greek Mills, Asomaton 45, t2107214381, itemylon@gmail.com.gr.
● Shadow Puppet Museum Iraklidon 66, t210 3452150. (maptogo)
● Municipal Art Gallery, Leonidou and Millierou str. Metaxourgeio, t2103243022.(maptogo)

TIPS FOR KERAMIKOS:
(Source GREECE all the time classic).
"The ancient Kerameikos was located in the north-western outskirts of Athens. It was partly
 enlosed by,and partly beyond, the walls that devide the area of the excavation. In the centre of the archaeological site are the two best known arches of ancient Athens, the Dipylon where the Panathenaic procession would start and the sacred Arch, where the sacred way would begin and the Elefsinian Mysteries procession would pass through. In the vicinity of the Arches was the most ancient and the biggest cemetery of Attica. Moreover it was the place of burial of the citizens who where honored by the city of Athens. According to the geographer Pausanias, the location was named after Keramos. However, the place was most liked named after the neighborhood of the kerameis (potters).
The neighborhood of the Kerameikos - potters was established on the banks of the river Iridanos. nYou can see the riverbed in the archaeological area. The ancient Demos of Kerameikos covered a large area. Only part of it has been unearthed in excavations. It is thought that the area of the Krameikos was bounded by the north-western perimeter of the Agora on one side and the copse that was named after the hero Akademos, on the other side".

TIPS FOR GAZI:
(Source Free Copy THE TOTAL GUIDE).
"Gazi the entertainment district spreads out west of Pireos Str. and below Iera Odos Str.! Its name reminds of the gas factory which used to be there from 1862 up to 1864 and today it houses the Technopolis of Athens Municipality, a very important cultural multi-purpose center... Up to the end of 1990's and mostly with the arrival of "Keramikos" metro station (in 2007), Gazi was swarmed with coffee shops, bars, clubs, restaurants, tapas taverns, as well as live stages and art places at the district became a point of reference and a mainstream piazza. Here you can find high-quality places covering all tastes".

"The Cool Region: Δυτικά της Πειραιώς και κάτω από την Ιερά Οδό απλώνεται η  "συνοικία της διασκέδασης" το Γκάζι!. Το όνομά του παραπέμπει στο εργοστάσιο φωταερίου που λειτουργούσε από το 1862 έως το 1984 και σήμερα στεγάζει την Τεχνόπολη του Δήμου Αθηναίων, έναν πολύ σημαντικό πολιτιστικό χώρο. Η περιοχή πέρασε από πολλές και διαφορετικές φάσεις..
Στα τέλη της δεκαετίας του 1990 και κυρίως με την άφιξη του σταθμού του μετρό "Κεραμεικός" το 2007, το Γκάζι γέμισε cafes, bars, εστιατόρια, μεζεδοπωλεία αλλά και live θεατρικές σκηνές, όπως και χώρους τέχνης, και η περιοχή έγινε σημείο αναφοράς. Σταδιακά έγινε mainstream πιατσα. Η περιοχή καλύπτει με ποιοτικές επιλογές στο φαγητό και τη διασκέδαση όλα τα γούστα"..