Metropolitan Cathedral

Dear Commons Community,

After an all-day tour of Delphi, Elaine and I stayed local today and visited Metropolitan Square (Plateia Mitropoleos) that  lies a short distance from our hotel. The Square is home to the magnificent Metropolitan Cathedral and the tiny 12th-century Church of Agios (Saint) Eleftherios.  In the center of the square stands a statue of Archbishop Damaskinos Papandreou, the World War II hero who saved thousands of lives by fighting against the deportation of Greek Jews by the country’s Nazi occupiers. There is also a statue of  Saint Constantine XI, the last emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

We finished our day with dinner at the same restaurant at The Old Tavern of Psarras (Η Παλιά Ταβέρνα του Ψαρρά) where we dined on our first evening in Athens.

Tomorrow is a travel-day back to New York.

Aντιο σας, Αθήνα!

Tony

Church of Agios (Saint) Eleftherios

Archbishop Damaskinos Papandreou

Saint Constantine XI

View from our table at The Old Tavern of Psarras

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