A tour offering the visit of two very important archaeological sites, in the historical centre of Athens.
Keramikos the ancient and well known cemetery was named after the community of the potters (kerameis) who occupied the whole area along the banks of river Iridanos. The walls of Athens, which were constructed in the 5th century B.C. by Themistocles, divided the area into two sections, the "inner" and "outer" Keramikos. The wall had two gates, placed at the outset of the two most important processional roads of Athens. Outside the city walls, along the sides of both roads lay the official cemetery of the city, which was continuously used from the 9th century B.C. until the late Roman period.
We will visit the site and its museum, which mainly exhibits items of monuments and tombs.
The Agora was the heart of ancient Athens, the focus of political, commercial, administrative and social activity, the religious and cultural centre, and the seat of justice.
The site was occupied without interruption in all periods of the city's history. It was used as a residential and burial area as early as the Late Neolithic period (3000 B.C.). Early in the 6th century, in the time of Solon, the Agora became a public area.
After a series of repairs and remodelling, it reached its final rectangular form in the 2nd century B.C.
From the Byzantine period until after 1834, when Athens became the capital of the independent Greek state, the Agora was again developed as a residential area.
It museum, recently restored exhibits various items mainly from the site of the Agora.
