On the ground floor of the War Museum, a gallery includes ancient weapons and attractive military costumes. The 1^st floor presents the military history of Greece, from antiquity to our own time. The models of Byzantine and Frankish fortresses are of particular interest, as are the presentation of the war of independence, and the illustration of the Asia Minor catastrophe and the Second World War, notably the terrible fighting in Epirus and the Resistance.

This square, highly animated in the mornings, constitutes one of the attractions of Athens with its second-hand clothes shops and open-air stalls. The Pandánassa, a restored sanctuary, rebuilt in the 17C on older remains, was previously dependent on the monastery which gave its name to the square. At the corner of Pandrossou Street and Areos Street stands the Dzistarákis Mosque (1759), minus its minaret, but skilfully restored to become home to the Museum of Popular Greek Ceramics in 1975.

The Small Metropole is a charming 12C Byzantine church. In the external walls, the oldest decorative elements have been re-used: between the two Corinthian capitals, marking the corners of the façade, runs an ancient frieze (4C B.C.), representing the Months with the signs of the Zodiac; on this same façade, note several bas-reliefs (9 -10C) with symbolic Christian subjects. The twin-bar cross and the coats of arms of the La Roches and the Villehardouins are from the 13C.

After entering this place, how will you leave it? You will certainly be captivated by the bird of Athena, the bust of Alexander the Great, the statue of Prokne, the legend of Hercules, the Moscophore, the prestigious kores with their mischievous smiles, the famous «thoughtful Athena», the Nike and the caryatids of the Erechteion. This fascinating museum brings together sculptures and objects from the monuments and excavations of the Acropolis, notably a remarkable series of ancient works.