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The First Cemetery of Athens
The First Cemetery of Athens

The First Cemetery of Athens (Greek: Πρώτο Νεκροταφείο Αθηνών, Próto Nekrotafeío Athinón) is the official cemetery of the City of Athens and the first to be built. It opened in 1837 and soon became a prestigious cemetery for Greeks and foreigners. The cemetery is located behind the Temple of Olympian Zeus and the Panathinaiko Stadium in central Athens. It can be found at the top end of Anapafseos Street (Eternal Rest Street). It is a large green space with pines and cypresses. In the cemetery there are three churches. The main one is the Church of Saint Theodores and there is also a smaller one dedicated to Saint Lazarus. The third church of Saint Charles is a Catholic church. The cemetery includes several impressive tombs such as those of Heinrich Schliemann, designed by Ernst Ziller; Ioannis Pesmazoglou; Georgios Averoff; and one tomb with a famous sculpture of a dead young girl called I Koimomeni ("The Sleeping Girl") and sculpted by Yannoulis Chalepas from the island of Tinos. There are also burial areas for Protestants and Jews, however, this segregation is not compulsory. The cemetery is under the Municipality of Athens and is declared an historical monument.

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First Cemetery of Athens
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116 36 Athens (2nd District of Athens)
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Postal & Philatelic Museum of Greece
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The Philatelic and Postal Museum of Greece is a museum dedicated to the philately and postal history of Greece located in Athens, at the junction of Stadiou Square and Fokianou Street, next to the Panathenaic Stadium (Kallimarmaro). The establishment and operation of the Philatelic and Postal Museum was a long-standing request of the Hellenic Post Office Service and especially of the philatelic community. The project finally received state support in 1966. In 1970, the year of the establishment of the Hellenic Post Organization, a great effort began for the collection and classification of museum material along with the search for the appropriate location to house the museum. The solution was finally given in 1977 by Nia and Andrea Stratos who donated the building. Thus, the Philatelic and Postal Museum started its operation on October 30, 1978, as a branch of the Hellenic Post (ELTA). With the intention of the government for the privatization of ELTA, it was initially decided to include the Museum in the Ministry of Development and Transport. Today, the Museum lies under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Digital Governance. The responsibilities of the Philatelic and Postal Museum are the recording, study, research, documentation, maintenance, acquisition, publication, promotion, and storage of the Hellenic Philatelic and Postal treasures. In the Museum the visitor can see objects used by the united Postal, Telegraph, Telephone Service (mailboxes, postmen bags, horns and uniforms, envelope sealing machines, safes, cancellation devices, bicycles and motorcycles, dispatch materials), the display of the first-ever Hellenic stamps dating since 1861, the metal plates used for their printing, stamp sheets, stamp proofs, detailed and rough layouts, first day covers, commemorative cachets and painting layouts of famous artists who designed stamps.