- First Cemetery of Athens
The First Cemetery of Athens ( _el. Πρώτο Νεκροταφείο Αθηνών) is the official cemetery of the City of
Athens and the first to be built. It opened in1837 and soon became a luxurious cemetery for famous Greek people and foreigners.The cemetery is located behind theTemple of Olympian Zeus and thePanathinaiko Stadium in central Athens. It can be found at the top end of Anapafseos Street (Eternal Rest Street). It is large green space including pines and cypresses. In the cemetery there are three churches. The main is the Church ofSaint Theodore and there is also a smaller ofSaint Lazarus . The third church is aCatholic church. There are also separate places forprotestants andJews . The most impressing tombs are these ofHeinrich Schliemann , designed byErnst Ziller , these ofIoannis Pesmazoglou ,Georgios Averoff and many others. But one of the most beautiful tombs must surely be the one named I Kimomeni (the Sleeping Girl), by the sculptor Yianoulis Chalepas, from the islandTinos .The cemetery is under the Municipality of Athens and it is declared as an historical monument.Notable resting people
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Melina Mercouri , singer, actress, politician
*Heinrich Schliemann , archaeologist
*Vassilis Tsitsanis ,rebetiko composer
*Andreas Papandreou ,Prime Minister of Greece
*Aliki Vougiouklaki , actress, singer
*Demetrios Farmakopoulos , painterand other notable Greeks
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