The stadium occupies the same ground as the ancient stadium, which was built under Lycurgus in the 4C B.C. and rebuilt by Herodus Atticus in 144 A.D. Ruined and turned into fields for wheat, it was rebuilt on its original plan for the Olympic Games of 1896. From the heights of its white marble tiers, which can accommodate 70,000 spectators, there is a view of the National Garden and the Acropolis.

This museum is home to beautiful creations of the world famous jeweller, Ilias Lalaounis. Through 3,000 pieces you can follow the development of Greek jewellery. The artist draws his inspiration from the past whilst remaining resolutely modern. He is influenced by the themes, motifs and art of the palaeolithic, neolithic, Minoan, Mycenian, Cycladic, Archaic, neo-geometrical, classical, Hellenistic and Byzantine periods. Projections on the art of jewellery-making take place on the top floor.

On this hill camped the Amazons, the enemies of Theseus, who consecrated the place to Ares, god of war. According to another legend, Orestes, who murdered his mother, was judged here. Before these open-air assizes the courtesan Phryne was accused of impiety and then acquitted. It is also supposed to have been here that Saint Paul converted Dionysos, the future Saint Denis Areopagitos, the 1^st bishop of Athens. Lovely views of the Acropolis and over the Greek and Roman agoras.

The museum illustrates social history and daily life in Athens during King Othon's reign. On the upper floor, the reconstituted palace rooms include paintings in the Kasma Stathi collection. Beyond Klafthmonos, the horse-riding statue of Kolokotronis, a hero of the war of independence, Kolokotroni Square stands before the old parliament built from 1858 to 1871 by F. Boulanger and abandoned in 1935: the meeting room has been preserved and the outbuildings house the National History Museum.