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Rare photos of Old Athens

When streets where dirt roads and people of Athens were moving around with carriages

Newsroom November 22 12:58

Photos depict the beauty of old Athens. See Syntagma Square, Fillelinon street, Psiri and Gazi, when streets where dirt roads and people of Athens were moving around with carriages.

Church of Agios Grigorios Church – Mitropoleos street, 1900

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Church of Agioi Theodori, 1909

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Church of Agia Triada, Russian Church at Fillelinon street, 1890

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Amalias Avenue, 1900

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Amalias Avenue in front of Unknown Soldier Monument, 1930

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Market at Gazi

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Gazi, 1950

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Psiri

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A house at Psiri, Asomaton street

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