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Sprawling park with a marble avenue of independence-war heroes and an equestrian royal statue.
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This guide to Field of Mars park in Athens walks an avenue of twenty-one marble fighters from the 1821 Greek Revolution, meant as a rehearsal for a grand Pantheon that was never built. It follows the park's creation in 1935 under the Metaxas regime, the bronze statue of King Constantine the First on horseback, and a memorial to Allied soldiers from the Second World War. Walk the full avenue slowly to take in each of the twenty-one marble faces along the way.
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