Athens - Academy of Arts

Must-see attractions nearby: Acropolis Theatre of Dionysos Agora Acropolis Museum Odeion of Herodes Atticus Old Parliament / National Historical Museum Asklepieion

The design for both buildings was prepared in 1859, and work began in that year on the Academy of Sciences (to right of the University), which was financed by a Greek living in Vienna, Baron Sina. The building was not completed, however, until 1885. When restored in 1982 the Ionic columned-hall was returned to its original coloring. The carved pediments display the gods of Olympia. In front of the buildings are seated sculptures of Plato and Socrates, and to the side of them, on tall Ionic columns, are the deities Athena and Apollo.