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| Whilst staying in Athens you may be planning to visit
other parts of Greece, either on the mainland or visiting
the many islands. A good recommendation is to drop in
to the offices of the Greek National tourist Organization
GNTO infodesk, at 2 Amerikis Street telephone210-322-3111
Here you can pick up, free of charge, regional, informative
pamphlets and maps that contains nearly all the information
you may need about useful phone numbers, services, ferry
boat schedules and accommodation.You can get as well programs
of all the annual festivals held in Athens and all over
Greece. These are published in all the main European languages.
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ACROPOLIS MUSEUM
The Museum occupies the S.E. of the rock of the Acropolis
where the sanctuary of Pandion once stood. The Museum
contains mainly pedimental sculpture, reliefs and statues
found on the rock of the Acropolis, which formed part
of the decoration of its buildings or were dedicated to
the goddess Athena. Among the latter is the unique collection
in the world of statues of female figures of the archaic
era known as the "Korai" with the well known
archaic smile, such as the Kore of Lyons, the Kore of
Naxos, the Kore of Chios, the Peploforos Kore, the Kore
of Antinor, the Kore of Euthidikos, etc. From the remaining
votive offering sculptures, those of outstanding interest
are the Moschoforos (man carrying a calf across his shoulders),
Rampin's horseman, a hunting dog, the Boy by Kritias,
the head of the blonde youth, etc. There are also sphinxes,
four-horse chariots and many votive reliefs such as that
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