Historical landmark
Hellenic Parliament
Μέγαρο, Βουλής, Αθήνα 100 21
Neoclassical former royal palace turned seat of government, fronted by the guarded Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
This guide to the Hellenic Parliament in Athens opens on a September night in 1843, when General Dimitrios Kallergis and his soldiers surrounded the palace and confronted King Otto, a Bavarian prince installed as a teenager who had ruled a decade without ever calling an election. It follows the fires that tore through the building in 1884 and 1909, sending the royal family fleeing to a new palace nearby. Stand facing the square out front as you listen.
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