Athens - National Gallery (Alexandros Soutsos Museum) 
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The National Gallery (Alexandros Soutsos Museum) is housed in a new building in Leofóros Vasiléos Konstantinou. On the ground floor are icons and pictures by Greek painters of the 19th and 20th C. (historical and genre pictures, seascapes, portraits). On the upper floor are pictures by European painters, including Caravaggio, Tiepolo, Rembrandt, Breughel and Jordaens, and among the moderns Picasso, Braque and others.
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There are also works by many Greek painters, including Nikólaos Gizis, Nikifóros Lystras, Andréas Kriézis, Vikéntios Lántsas and Simeon Savvídis. Visitors are likely to be particularly interested in their pictures on Greek subjects (scenes from the everyday life of the people, the ever popular theme of the Acropolis).
In the basement are a collection of graphic art and special exhibitions, as well as a cafeteria.
The new sculpture gallery is also worth a visit.
Address:
Greek National Gallery, 50 Leofóros Vas. Konstantinou, Athéna , Greece
Hours:
July 1 to October 31: 8:30am-7pm; Closed: Mon
November 1 to June 30: 9am-3pm, 6pm-9pm; Sun: 9am-2pm, 6pm-9pm; Closed: Mon, Tue
Always closed on: New Year's Day (January 1), Greek National Day (March 25), May Day / Labor Day (May 1), Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26), Christmas - Christian (December 25), Easter - Christian, Good Friday - Christian
Disability Access: Full facilities for persons with disabilities.
Facilities: Restaurant or food service
Transit: Bus: 234 (L. Vas. Sofias); Trolleybus: 3, 7, 8, 13 (L. Vas. Sofias).
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