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Monastiraki Square is a busy square in the old town of Athens, below the north slope of the Acropolis. It takes its name from the small Church of the Pantanassa in its centre, and is framed by the 18th-century Tzistarakis Mosque and the Monastiraki metro station. The streets of the flea market district lead off it.

Mount Lycabettus is a limestone hill whose 277-metre summit is the highest point in central Athens, with pine woods on its lower slopes. Visitors climb by footpath or ride the funicular from Aristippou Street in Kolonaki. At the top are the 19th-century Chapel of St George, a restaurant and views across the city to the sea.

The Panathenaic Stadium, also called Kallimarmaro, is a horseshoe-shaped stadium built entirely of marble. Laid out around 330 BC and rebuilt in marble by Herodes Atticus in the 2nd century AD, it was restored for the first modern Olympic Games of 1896. Visitors walk the track, climb the stands and see a small museum of Olympic torches and posters.