Athens Bird, Central + Modern architecture pictures

• Greece
• Europe
• World

This award-winning modern museum for the ancient treasures of the Acropolis has a few surprises up its sleeve.

The Glorious City has a pedigree like no other, counting its life in millennia and its icons as the best-known in the world.

The city centre square where lawns lie, trees sway and parliament lives – as does the changing of the guard.