Listening to jazz at the Acropolis Museum

 

Stratonos Street was unusually quiet the evening we went to the Acropolis Museum restaurant to listen to some jazz.

 



 

 

The museum was beautifully lit and looked very inviting

 

 

 

We turned left into Dionysiou Aeropagitou

 

 

 

stopped to look at the Acropolis on our right, also beautifully lit up

 

and then we walked down the steps towards the main entrance of the museum.

 



 

The restaurant was relatively empty when we arrived as most people had not arrived yet

The view from our table: the Acropolis and the reflected restaurant lights fusing together

 

 

The food was very good and the music was pleasant

The restaurant looked inviting from the terrace

 

when I went out to have a better look at the Acropolis

 

 

 





the Erechtheion looked at its best

as did the Philoppapou monument on the hill in the distance.

 

As we were leaving we admired the olive branch display in the foyer

 



 

looked at the Archaic gallery from above

 



 

 

and stopped to have a last look at the ongoing excavations at the entrance of the museum before heading for home.



 

 

Jazz at the Numismatic Museum

An evening of listening to Jazz in the garden of the Numismatic Museum in Athens.

Every Thursday night is jazz night in the garden of the Numismatic Museum. The garden is delightful, and the building is imposing.







The museum is housed at the Iliou Melathron, a three-storey building on Panepistimiou Street in the centre of Athens.







It was built  by Ernst Ziller between 1878 and 1880 for Heinrich Schliemann the archaeologist. At the time of its completion, it was considered to be the most magnificent private residence in Athens. Its design was inspired by the Renaissance Revival movement as well as Neoclassicism, while the interior is influenced by the architecture of Pompeii. As a result, and appropriately, the rooms are decorated with mosaics and murals depicting either themes from the Trojan War or Greek mottos.

 

The concert was due to start at 9:00 but we arrived earlier than that as we wanted to get something to eat.

 



 

 

 

The grand staircase on our right

 



 

 

 

which leads to the main entrance of the building

 

 

 



 

 

 

looking up

 

 



 

 

a closer look at that statue

 



 



 

all very grand

 

 

 

 

 

the back (!) entrance

 



 

 

 

 

more sculpture in the garden

 



 

the musicians performed by the back entrance and the whole place was packed

 

 

zooming in on the singer and the band



 

 

 



 

It was a great evening and as we were leaving

 

 

 

I was able to have a more leisurely look at the entrance gates

 

looking closer

 



 

 

 

 

detail.