Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of Athens in the 1960s

Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica region and is one of the world’s oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence started somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennium BC.

Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Greece. It is a global city and one of the biggest economic centers in southeastern Europe. It has a large financial sector, and its port Piraeus is both the largest passenger port in Europe, and the second largest in the world.

Athens is home to two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the Acropolis of Athens and the medieval Daphni Monastery. It is also home to several museums and cultural institutions, such as the National Archeological Museum, featuring the world's largest collection of ancient Greek antiquities, the Acropolis Museum, the Museum of Cycladic Art, the Benaki Museum and the Byzantine and Christian Museum.

These fascinating photos from Nikos Vatopoulos that captured street scenes of Athens in the 1960s.

Syntagma Square, Athens

Acharnon Street, Athens

Athens from above

Athens from Hilton towards Syntagma

Brazilian, Athens

Brazilian, Athens

Eleftheroudakis Bookstore, Stadiou street, Syntagma, Athens

Kallirois Avenue, Athens

Kiok at Syntagma Square, Athens

Mont Parnes Hotel, Athens

National Garden, Athens

Omonoia, Athens

Papazisis Architect, Deinokratous street, Athens

Syntagma Square, Athens

Syntagma, Athens

Syntagma, Athens

Syntagma, Athens

Vas. Konstantinou, Athens

Villa Margarita, Athens

Zonar's, Athens