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Modern Greece

Rio-Antirio bridge
The Rio-Antirio bridge is located to the north of the city and links Peloponnese to mainland Greece, and was completed in August 2004.
Athens International Airport
Athens International Airport is the civilian airport that serves the city of Athens and the region of Attica.
Attica Department Store
The building houses the Attica Department Store and the headquarters of the Piraeus Bank, located at Voukourestiou Street, which is a rather narrow street in the Kolonaki district of Athens known for its high-end boutiques.
Attiki Odos
Attiki Odos is a private-owned toll motorway in Greece.
Athens Metro
The Athens Metro is the underground public transport system of Athens, Greece, constructed by the Attiko Metro company.

Halkida Bridge
The cable stay suspension bridge which joins Chalcis to the mainland to the south was opened in 1993.
Calatrava bridge (at Katehaki station)
Katehaki is an Attiko Metro Blue Line (Line 3) station, located at "Katechaki Avenue" and "Mesogeion Avenue". It is close to the Hellenic Ministry of Public Order and also to the Goudi Badminton Olympic Complex, to the National Glyptotheque of Greece as well as National Technical University of Athens's new campus.

 

The Mall Athens
The Mall Athens is a major shopping mall situated close to the Athens Olympic Stadium in the Maroussi suburb of Athens, Greece. It has approximately 200 outlets for commercial and entertainment use, spread over four levels, and covers about 58,500 square meters with 90,000 square meters of underground space.

 

OTE
This building houses OTE. Standing for Hellenic Telecommunication Organization , OTE is the incumbent telecommunications operator of Greece.

 

Athens Olympic Sports Complex
The Athens Olympic Sports Complex or OACA (OAKA in Greek), which stands for Olympic Athletic Center of Athens is the central group of facilities for the 2004 Summer Olympics. The complex has been revamped for the games under a design produced by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. It is situated at Marousi, northeast Athens, Greece.

 

Piraeus Port
Situated upon the Saronic Gulf, Piraeus is the largest passenger port in Europe and the third largest in the world, servicing about 20 million passengers annually.
Ymittos Ring
Hymettus/Ymittos Ring - 12 km ( section of Attiki Odos)
Athens Tower
Athens Tower 1 is the tallest building in Greece. It is 103 m (338 feet) tall and it was built in 1971. At the time of its completion, it was the tallest building in the Balkans. It is one of the two towers of the Athens Towers complex. It has 28 floors. It is located in the district of Ampelokipi at Alexandras Avenue. It is used by many companies such as Interamerican Bank and Emporiki Bank. The architect of Athens Tower is Ioannis Vikelas, who also designed the main building of the Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art.

 

Peace and Friendship Stadium
The Peace and Friendship Stadium , known as S.E.F. after its Greek name (Stadio Erinis & Filias) is an indoor arena located in Faliro that hosted indoor volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

 





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