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Athens is both the largest and the capital city of Greece, located in the Attica periphery. Athens is one of the oldest cities in the world with a recorded history of at least 3,000 years.

Today, the Greek capital is Europe's 8th largest conurbation, a bustling and cosmopolitan metropolis with an urban population of 3.3 million and a metropolitan population of about 3.8 million people. The Athens metropolitan area is the centre of economic, financial, industrial, political and cultural life in Greece. The city is also rapidly becoming a leading business centre in the European Union. The city proper has a land area of 39 km² while the urban agglomeration of Athens spans 412 km².

Ancient Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum, Athens was also the birthplace of Socrates, Pericles, Sophocles and many other prominent philosophers, politicians and writers of the ancient world. It is widely referred to as the cradle of Western Civilization and the birthplace of Democracy, largely due to the impact of its cultural and political achievements during the 5th and 4th centuries BC on the rest of the then known European Continent.

The classical era heritage is still evident in the city, portrayed through a number of ancient monuments and artworks, the most famous of all being the Parthenon on the Acropolis, standing as an epic landmark of western civilization. The city has also a vast variety of Roman and Byzantine monuments, as well as a small remaining number of Ottoman monuments that project the city's long history through the centuries. Modern landmarks can also be found, dating back as far as 1830 (establishment of the new, independent Greek State). The Greek Parliament (19th century) , the Athens Trilogy (Library, University, Academy) and the new (2004) Athens Olympic Sports Complex are only some of these architectural landmarks.


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Name|Floors|Status|Year|Drawings
Athens Tower28built1971(4)
Apollo Tower24built1973(1)
Atrina Center20built1980(2)
OTE Head Offices18built1979(1)
President Hotel22built1978(1)
Ministry of Public Order18built1978
Hilton Hotel Athens14built1963
Twin Tower 218built1977(1)
Twin Tower 118built1975(1)
Dhifros Apartment Complex18built1975
Aghios Nikolaos Acharnon West Tower18built1975
Aghios Nikolaos Acharnon East Tower18built1975
Efterpi Tower17built1977(1)
Athens Expo Center17built1979
Athens Police Headquarters16built1977
OTE Tower Tritis Septemvriou Street15built1965
Teachers Tower16built1973
24 Aghias Lavras Street16built1976
6 Saronos Street Residential Tower15built
Hygeia Hospital15built1974
Interamerican Tower14built1973
YPEHODE Building13built1974
53 Tzavella Street Tower13built
W.H.O. Aghios Antonios Block 212built1968
W.H.O. Aghios Antonios Block 112built1968
Name|Floors|Status|Year|Drawings
National Bank of Greece Neon Psychikon Off...12built1978
The Onassis House of Letters and Arts7built2010
Parthenon1built-432(2)
Athens ERA-1 MW Broadcasting Mastbuilt(1)