This is open air theatre at its best. The 5,000-seat theatre built by Herodes Atticus as a memorial to his wife, AD 161it is just below the Acropolis. It is now used for the Athens summer festival of music and drama. I went to see an Opera in Italian. Had subtitles, in Greek! I didn't understand a word but it... more
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Attraction type: Historic site,
Theatre
Address: Odos Dionissiou Areopayitou
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Tel: 01-323-2771
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