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TO AVGO TOU KOKKORA

“To Avgo tou Kokkora”, which means the egg of the rooster, was born in 1982 in one of the most famous neighbourhoods of Athens. Unique dishes accompanied with great drinks compose a traditional greek meal. Either you visit it for lunch or for dinner, this old-fashioned restaurant, decorated with portraits of famous Greeks, will travel you to a historical and tasteful athenian past.

/ 25 Millerou & Leonidou St. - Metaxourgio - Athens / t: +30 217 70 50 103 / www.toavgotoukokkora.gr / fb: toaugotoukokkora / insta: to_avgo_tou_kokkora

564 m / METAXOURGIO METRO LINE 2

GREEK CUISINE O PIPIS

An authentic greek café with traditional character is located in the heart of Athens. Sophia, the owner, is faithful to small greek producers, that’s why she uses in her dishes only high-quality local ingredients produced in the greek countryside. Finest wine is added to complete an unforgettable experience. “To Kafeneio” is a traditional place, where tourists mix with locals and the revelry begins. Share with your bunch meatballs with sauce and the meze variety of pork, beef and lamb meat. Fill your glasses with high quality house wine and homemade raki. Don’t forget to make a reservation before visiting it!

/ 1 Epicharmou St. - Plaka / t: +30 210 32 46 916 / www.tokafeneio.gr / fb: tokafeneion

GREEK CUISINE TO KAFENEIO

He visited Greece for the first time as a 16-year-old ensign in 1800 and wrote home: ‘The Greeks, who are slaves to the Turks and are Christians, are ... a brave, honest, open generous people, continually making us presents of fruit’ Commander of the Greek forces

RICHARD CHURCH

MORE GREEK THAN THE GREEKS

Sir Richard Church was an Irish military officer in the British Army and commander of the Greek forces during the last stages of the Greek War of Independence after 1827. After Greek independence, he became a general in the Hellenic Army and a member of the Greek Senate. The rising of the Greeks against the Turks, which began at this time, had his full sympathy from the first. In 1827 he took the honorable but unfortunate step of accepting the commandership-in-chief of the Greek army. At that point of anarchy and indiscipline to which they had now fallen, the Greeks could no longer form an efficient army, and could look for salvation only to foreign intervention. Sir Richard Church, who landed in March, was sworn commander in chief on 15 April 1827. But he could not secure loyal co-operation or obedience. The rout of his army in an attempt to relieve the acropolis of Athens, then besieged by the Ottomans, proved that it was incapable of conducting regular operations. The acropolis capitulated, and Sir Richard turned to partisan warfare in western Greece. After the Battle of Navarino, and during the Capodistrias period, he was placed commander-in-chief of the Greek regular forces in Central Greece, together with Demetrios Ypsilantis. He lived for the rest of his life in Greece.

Occupation Military officer

1784-1873

He died after an illness and he was buried at the First Cemetery of Athens at public expense on 27 March 1873. The funeral monument is at the First Cemetery of Athens, opposite the Church of St. Lazarus, and it has an inscrip tion in English on the front and Greek on the back.