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Sitio arqueológico de Keramikos

Name: Sitio arqueológico de Keramikos
Address: 148 Ermou, Athina, GR

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September 20, 2022

On the edger of ancient Athens, between the present day streets of Ermou and Pireos, was the district of Kerameikos, which took its name from the potters’ district which was developed on the banks of the Eridanus river. At this point opened the two most important gates at the walls of the city, Dipylon and the Sacred Gate, from where two central roads started. At the side was the city’s official cemetery, where tombs of important citizens and those who died during war survive. The tombs were signaled with impressive relief steles, which can be seen in their original location or at the halls of the Museum which is located in the archaeological site.

Wern

October 1, 2016

An important 4th and 5th centuries BC cemetery with numerous funerary sculptures

Efthimis

August 1, 2016

Working hours: 01Ioun - October 31 Mon-Sun, 0800-1500 01 November - 31 May Mon-Sun, 0800-1500 Archaeological site of Kerameikos Kerameikos is the most important cemetery of ancient Athens. The name comes from the ancient settlement of potters who settled on the banks of the Eridanus River. Divided into two parts, the "inside" and "outside" Keramikos when Themistoclean wall constructed (5th century BC). The parts are connected together by two of the most important gates of ancient Athens, the Dipylon and the Sacred Gate. From the gates they were started two paths, both sides of which developed the official cemetery of the city, "Public Signal", where he gave his famous Funeral Oration of Pericles reason for the fallen Athenians the first year of the Peloponnesian war. Part of the cemetery came to a rescue excavation character light in 1997 as shown by excavations, the use was continuous from the 9th century BC up to the late Roman period. In 1870 the Greek Archaeological Society under the direction of St. Koumanoudis began systematic excavations, which continued in the coming decades in cooperation with the Germans A. Brueckner and F. Noack. In 1913, the Greek Government commissioned the sole responsibility of the excavations of the German Archaeological Institute, which continues to research the area to date. The most important monuments of the archaeological site of Keramikos are: • The Pompeion (5th century BC. Fees). Ancient building which was used for storage of objects of the Panathenaic procession. It is a spacious building with a colonnaded courtyard. • The burial yard with tombstones. Among them the famous of Hegeso (410 BC) and the marble bull in the funerary precinct of Dionysius by Kollyto (345-338 BC). • The Fountain (307-304 BC). Left Dipylon entry was columned fountain, a building which supplied water to the city residents and travelers. The findings from the excavations of Kerameikos out in Kerameikos Museum and the National Archaeological Museum.