Where:
Benaki Museum, Pireos St Annex
When:
On now – 12 November 2017
Why Go:
Insights into Athens 100 years ago
The Benaki Museum presents rare visual material taken 100 years ago of Athens. Archives from the French School of Athens have been compiled and presented for the first time. Compelling imagery taken in 1917 depicts what daily life in Athens would have been like a century ago.
A herd of cattle in front of the Temple of Hephaestus. © SPCA / ECPAD
Grape vendor on Karaiskaki Street, Psiri | © SPCA / ECPAD
Camp at the Parthenon on the Acropolis
The Acropolis from the eastern end of Pnyx Hill | © Min.de la culture(France)/MAP/Diffusion RMN-GP
Shoe sellers on Pandrossou Street. In the background, the Tzisdarakis Mosque | © SPCA / ECPAD
Camp in the sanctuary of Dionysus August 1917 | © SPCA / ECPAD
The guard at the Temple of Athena Nike 27.6.1917 | © SPCA / ECPAD
Numerous still and moving images were captured by the photographic service of the allied expeditionary forces who were operating in the Balkans during the First World War.
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