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[2025 Athens Attraction] Travel Guide for Odeon of Herodes Atticus (Updated Feb)

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The Atticus Theater was built in 161 AD by the Greek Herod Atticus in the Roman Senate. It is one of the oldest theaters in the world and an outstanding one among the buildings of the same period. Many playwrights from ancient Greece have staged many classic operas again, and this theater is still in use today, and the big stage of the annual Athens Music Festival is located here. The theater as a whole is a three-story building with 32 rows of seats that can accommodate up to 6,000 spectators. It is a typical semi-circular amphitheatre, and any point of the theater can see the performance on the stage. The background of the stage is a Roman-style window-shaped high wall, and the niches are decorated with statues, which are very delicately designed. In 267 AD, Greece was invaded by foreigners, and the theater suffered fires several times. It can be said that it has experienced countless hardships, rises and falls, so the sense of vicissitudes of history here is also very strong.

Address:
Dionysiou Areopagitou, Athina 105 55, Greece
Recommended sightseeing time:
0.5-1 hour
Phone:
+30 21 0324 1807
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