Anna Maske

Athens has a history of over 7,000 years that has fascinated people throughout the ages. Every year, more than a million tourists from around the world pilgrimage to the Acropolis. But it's not just the architectural heritage of antiquity that is worth seeing. Whether it's Byzantine churches, mosques from the 400-year Ottoman occupation, or the often German-designed neoclassical grand buildings of the 19th century, the architecture of the Greek capital reflects its rich history. This book is the first architecture guide in the German language that presents buildings from all eras—ranging from classical antiquity to the present—in detail. The author team from the Berlin architecture firm MASKE+SUHREN has selected over 150 objects and meticulously researched their history. This also includes a number of insider tips: so-called lost places that are abandoned or in decay but are still very worth seeing. Essays on the structure of the city and the individual eras complete the presentation.