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Exarcheia
Bohemian district of anarchist graffiti and radical bookshops, forged by a student uprising.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Exarcheia in Athens centers on a Saturday night in December 2008, when fifteen-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos was walking with friends on Tzavella Street and a police patrol car passed by. It follows the confrontation that followed and the anger that spread across Greek cities within days. It also reaches back to the Athens Polytechnic uprising against military dictatorship decades earlier. Walk these streets slowly, past the murals and slogans, as you listen.
This audio guide was created using AI.