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title: "What is Athens famous for?"  
description: "What is Athens famous for?"  
author: "Odilian Gosselin"  
published: 2018-01-09  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32759/what-is-athens-famous-for  
category: "travel & places"  
tags: ["europe", "athens"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# What is Athens famous for?

What is Athens famous for?

## Answers

### Answer by UTKARSHA SINGHROUL

**Athens is considered the birthplace of [Western Civilization](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40478/why-did-americans-feel-that-it-was-their-divine-duty-to-spread-the-christian-values-and-western-civilization-around-the-worid)**. The city is very f**amous for its archaeological remains and [monuments](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/52023/when-did-international-day-for-monuments-and-sites-observe)**. However, Athens is not just known for ancient remains. This busy and energetic city is also an important center of its culture, nightlife, and [sports](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/52060/who-clinched-formula-one-s-1000th-race-title) as well. Some interesting facts and famous places in Athens are as following:

![What is Athens famous for?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/bb12bb22-32bc-47a7-a55b-ae0f30648200/images/c5fcd483-311c-449d-940b-304cf00c51ba.jpeg)\
**\** **1. Athens has experienced almost** all form of [governments](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/218/omg-is-it-a-government-school) till now are, Monarchy, Socialism, [Democracy](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40494/in-the-jacksonian-democracy-how-does-andrew-jackson-s-presidential-use-of-power-effect-our-country-today), [Capitalism](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40581/how-is-the-mass-migration-of-african-americans-in-the-1910s-20s-related-to-capitalism), and even Communalism too. **2.** The **first known Democracy exists in Athens around 500 B.C**. in which the eligible citizens directly [voted](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/325/job-found-and-vote-lost) for the laws. ![What is Athens famous for?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/bb12bb22-32bc-47a7-a55b-ae0f30648200/images/14cba913-6881-4d3c-bc7b-635470231319.jpeg)\
**\** **3.** Athens had a great love for theaters and now is home to 148 theater stages, which is more than the West End and [Broadway](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34504/which-actress-who-starred-in-fatal-attraction-won-a-tony-for-her-role-in-sunset-boulevard-on-broadway) combined. **4.** Athens is very famous for ‘The Acropolis’. ![What is Athens famous for?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/bb12bb22-32bc-47a7-a55b-ae0f30648200/images/786348aa-3f71-4252-8f38-03a8e31fd8b6.jpeg)\
**\** **5.** The city is responsible **for the existence of ‘[Marathon](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33801/who-has-won-the-2016-paris-marathon-in-the-men-s-category)’ and in modern days it is called as “Marathon story of Pheidippides”.** **6.** Not only **ruins exist in the city, whereas, but there is also a sparkling new city ‘Anafiotika’ which is worth a visit for its beautiful scenery and greenery.** The houses are still inhabited and many are decorated with colorful bougainvillea. ![What is Athens famous for?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/bb12bb22-32bc-47a7-a55b-ae0f30648200/images/b5c7e36e-fa20-4f01-98db-0cdd4c3bc3ae.jpeg)\
**\** **7.** The **ancient Panathenaic Stadium, dated around 300 B.C. has hosted several [Olympics](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40160/how-many-countries-are-taking-part-in-the-olympics) till date.** ![What is Athens famous for?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/bb12bb22-32bc-47a7-a55b-ae0f30648200/images/2e6df69a-e836-4b27-a7f6-5e0cde349935.jpeg)\
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