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3rd ACTRIS WP3 Workshop 2013
SIDE EVENTS
VISIT TO THE MUSEUM OF GEOASTROPHYSICS AND “DORIDES”
TELESCOPE AT N.O.A.
You are cordially invited to join the tour organized within the ACTRIS WP3 Athens
workshop at NOA’s Museum of Geoastrophysics
(http://www.noa.gr/museum/english/index_en.html)
and the “Dorides” Telescope Dome
Tuesday evening, 8th October 2013
19:00 to 21:00
Walking tour from Philippos hotel to the National Observatory of Athens (1.3km)
Our walk begins at Philippos hotel. We will head to the Acropolis museum, in order to start
walking up the famous Dionysiou Areopagitou Street which surrounds Acropolis and provides
the best view of Parthenon. We will pass the entrance to the ancient Theatre of Dionysus
which constitutes the first stone theater and home to Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides and
Aristophanes. After Makrygianni Street, buildings cease on the north side of this street and give
place to the archaeological site of the Acropolis. We will see the
Parthenon (designed by the architects Kallikrates and Iktinos as the
home of the giant statue of Athena). Other monuments on the sacred
rock of Acropolis are the Propylea, built by Mnesicles during Pericles
administration, nearby is the Temple of Athens Nike that was built on
the same period by Kalikrates, and the Erecthion which sits on the most
sacred site of the Acropolis where Poseidon and Athena had their
contest over who would be the Patron of the city.
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As we’ll walk to the end of the street, we will pass by the Odeon of
Herodes Atticus – known as the "Herodeon". It was built in 161 AD
by the Athenian magnate Herodes Atticus in memory of his wife,
Aspasia Annia Regilla. It was used as a venue for music concerts
with a capacity of 5,000. It lasted intact until it was destroyed and
turned into a ruin by the Heruli in 267 AD.
At the end of our walk we will reach the National Observatory of Athens historical premises.
The National Observatory of Athens (N.O.A.) is the oldest research center in Greece founded in
1842 thanks to a donation by Baron George Sinas. The neoclassical ‘Sinas” building was the first
observatory of Athens built by the well-known Danish architect Theophil Hansen on the
Nymphs Hill in the historical centre of Athens.
An important collection of astronomical, seismological, meteorological,
time and geodesy instruments of the 19th and 20th centuries is now
housed in the restored “Sinas” building: the museum of Geoastrophysics.
The permanent collection comprises four thematic exhibitions: “Time and
space”, “Astronomical observations”, “Meteorology” and “Seismology”.
The visitor will admire, in their context, instruments which have been used
to determine Athens exact time, to draw the map of Greece, to observe
the wonders of the sky, to assist in weather forecasting and last but not
least, to monitor and evaluate continuous seismic activity.
The geoastrophysical historical path leads the visitor from the Sinas
building to the Dorides Dome on the Pnyx Hill, where ancient Greek
astronomer Meto realised his unique observations of solar and lunar
motion. This telescope of NOA was made in 1902 by Gautier and is still
in use for visitors. It is a refractor with double achromatic lenses of
40cm diameter and has 5m focal length. Its tube is mounted on a socalled German-type equatorial mounting.
AFTER the tour the most popular area of Athens’ city center (Thisseio, Plaka, Monastiraki) is
at 5 minutes walking distance and anyone is free to walk around and enjoy a lovely dinner.
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JOINT ACTRIS WP3 DINNER AT “KATSOURMPOS”
Our official dinner will take place at “Katsourmpos” restaurant
Wednesday evening, 9th October 2013
20:00
The restaurant is accessible either on foot (1.9 km, 23 minutes) or by Metro. The first
option will include short sightseeing of important historical monuments.
Our walk begins at Philippos hotel. We will walk down Makrygianni Street three blocks and
leave the peaceful pedestrian streets behind us. As we will cross the very busy Leoforos
Syngrou you will first see the Olympeion.
The most notable buildings are
Hadrian's Arch facing us next to the
busy street, and the imposing columns
of the Temple of Zeus, the largest in
Greece. Next we will head east on
Leoforos Vasilissis Olgas toward the
Panathenaic Stadium. The stadium is
known as Kallimarmaro, meaning "beautiful marble-made".
The next part of the walk would be passing by the National
Gardens and Zappeion which is an exhibition/conference
center that was built in 1874 and was used during the 1896
Summer Olympics as the main fencing hall.
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At the end of our walk we will reach the “Katsourmpos” restaurant.
Katsourmpos restaurant offers a delicious introduction to Cretan cuisine, using fresh pure
materials from Crete. All the recipes include biological extra virgin olive oil produced in the
village of Lefkohori Monofatsiou.
ADDRESS: Amynta 2, M. Hatzidakis Square, Pagrati, +30 210 7222167.
If you wish to use Metro then from “Acropolis” station (red line, direction Anthoupoli) you
change to the blue line at “Syntagma” (direction Airport) up to station “Evangelismos”. From
there on the restaurant is at a 5 min walking distance.
Metro “Evangelismos”
“Katsourmpos” restaurant
National Centre for
Scientific Research
‘DEMOKRITOS’
MEASUREMENT STATION VISIT
We invite you to join the tour organized by the ACTRIS WP3 Athens
workshop at the N.C.S.R. “DEMOKRITOS” Aerosol Research (GAW) Station
Friday morning, 11th October 2013
between 9:00 to 11:00 am
Anytime between these hours there will be a bus picking you up from the
Nomismatokopio blue line METRO stop (exit Kondylaki st.) and will take
you (5 min ride) to N.C.S.R “DEMOKRITOS” for a 30 minutes aerosol
measurement station tour.
After the end of the tour
you will be
Nomismatokopeio Metro station.
NCSR
Demokritos
station
transferred
back to the