The building of the Academy of Athens houses the largest research establishment in Greece. Its concept is taken from the Academy of Plato that was a great seat of learning in classical times.
The Academy of Athens was established in 1926. The building is located on the right of a neoclassical trilogy that also includes the National Library on the left and the University of Athens at the center. Funds were provided by the Greek magnate, Simon Sinas in 1859. It was designed by Danish architect, Theophiles Hansen and completed in 1885. The main entrance has two Ionic pillars with the figures of Athena and Apollo. There are also sculptures of ancient Greek philosophers outside and within the academy.
The charter of the academy was established by law in 1929 and it governs the functioning of the institution till the present. Research is divided into three orders under the charter, Natural Sciences, Letters and Arts and Moral and Political Sciences. It has 12 research centers, 10 research offices and houses the Loannis Sykoutris Central Library.
The Athens Academy is an important landmark in the city and is depicted on a high value collectors 100 EURO coin minted to commemorate the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics. The building is featured on the coin to show Greece as a center of culture and learning in addition to playing host to the Olympic sporting event that tests physical prowess.

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens is the central building of the neoclassical trilogy designed by Danish architect Theophil Hansen. It is the oldest university in South East Europe.
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens is commonly referred to as the University of Athens. Construction of the building began in 1859 and was completed in 1885. At first it was known as the Othonian University after the Greek King Otto. Later it was renamed after the first head of state of the modern republic of Greece, Loannis Kapodistrias. The building has two symmetrical wings divided by an Ionian style entrance. The columns and capitals of the entrance are reproductions of those found in the Proplaea temple in the Acropolis. The Neoclassical style of the structure is designed to suit the Mediterranean climate of Athens.
Today, the building houses the administrative offices of the University of Athens, the Rectory, the Juridical Department and its archives. There is also a large convocation hall that is also used for official ceremonies and other meetings of students and faculty. In 1952, the National and Kapodistrian University building was declared a preserved monument in need of special protection under law.

The National Library of Greece stands on the left side of the trilogy of neoclassical buildings that house the Athens University and the Athens Academy. It was designed by Danish Architect Theophil Hanson and opened its doors to the public in 1903.
The neoclassical structure that houses the National Library of Greece has three parts. A renaissance styled curved staircase leads up to the portico of the central building. The portico has a row of Doric style columns. The central building is the biggest of the three structures that make up the library. The reading room located within the central building has Ionian style columns and a glass ceiling. Books and other objects are arranged in unique cast iron book cases.
The National library of Greece has books, journals, magazines and a range of bibliographic material produced in Greece and internationally that has relevance to Greece or to the Greek people. It has one of the largest collections of Greek manuscripts. There is also a collection of edicts or Chrysobulls of Byzantine Emperors and archives of documents relating to the Greek revolution. Other treasures include a large etymological dictionary, a Byzantine dictionary and the first publication of Homer’s epics and hymns. It also holds large collections of books donated by many Greek bibliophiles.

The City of Athens Cultural Center is a the cultural center of the Municipality of Athens, in Greece. It is housed in a 1836 neoclassical building in the center of Athens. Originally the building housed the Municipal Hospital. It includes three exhibition rooms, the Fotis Kontoglou, Yiorgos Iakovidis and Nikolaos Gyzis halls, as well as the Antonis Tritsis amphitheatre, which holds various interdisciplinary seminars, conferences and other events.

Exarcheia is well-known for having comic book shops. Relax Your Soul Comics is one of them. It's a really fun store. If you are interested in comics you should definitely visit this place.

The National Technical University of Athens also called the Athens Polytechnic is an educational institution dedicated to research and study of science, engineering and arts. It is located at the center of Athens on Patison Avenue.
The Athens Polytechnic s called the Metsovnion in honor of a group of benefactors from the town of Metsovo in Epirus who provided the funds to establish the university. The polytechnic is housed in a group of large neoclassical style buildings designed by architect, Lysandros Kaftanzoglou. It was established by Royal Decree in 1836. It was the only institution providing engineering degrees in Greece until the 1950s. The university became well known around the world during the student uprising in 1973 against the then military junta who ruled Greece. The dictators retaliated by crashing a tank into the gates of the institution killing protesting students. Every year, the campus is closed on the 15th of November in memory of the students who died fighting for the overthrow of the ruling military dictatorship.
Today, the buildings on Patison Avenue house the school of architecture of the National Technical University of Athens. All other departments have relocated to a larger 190 acre campus in the Zografou area of the city.

The largest collections of ancient Greek artifacts are on display at the National Archeological Museum in Athens. Collections include exhibits excavated from archeological locations around the country and from sunken ships under the Mediterranean Sea.
The building has a neoclassical design planned by architect, Ludwig Lange. Later the plans were modified by architects, Panages Kalkos, Harmadios Vlachos and Ernst Ziller. A neo classical style garden lies in front studded with many ancient statues. The museum opened in 1889. During World War II the treasures were packed in boxes and buried to save them from plunder.
Collections at the museum include prehistoric artifacts, Cycladic marble figurines, Gold objects from the Mycenaean Civilization and Peleponnesean stone, bronze and ivory objects. The bronze room has the collection of Greek politician and amateur archeologist, Konstantinos Karaponas. The Egyptian collection has objects from the Neolithic period to the Roman era. There are also collections from the post Byzantine era, frescoes from Akrotiri, a pottery and small ornaments section and the epigraphic section with the world’s largest collection of Greek inscriptions.
The Museum has a café and a gift shop. The gift shop sells reproductions of many of the objects displayed at the museum. Visitors can request English speaking guides for a better understanding of the hsitory behind the exhibits.

The Pedion tou Areos or Pedion Areos is one of the largest public parks in Athens, Greece. It is also the name of the wider neighbourhood. The park was designed in 1934 and its purpose was to honour the heroes of the Greek
revolution of 1821, 21 of whom are depicted in marble busts standing in the park. The park is a state-owned public ground, covering an area of 27.7 hectares, and is located about 1 km NE from the Omonoia Square. Today, it is enclosed by the streets Mavromateon, Evelpidon, Pringiponisson and the Alexandras Avenue. In front of the main entrance of the park there is an equestrian statue of king Constantine I. At the other entrance, near Alexandras Avenue, there stands a memorial to the English, Australian and New Zealander soldiers who fought in the Battle of Greece in the Second World War. The memorial is surmounted by a statue of goddess Athena.