Piraeus Archaeological Museum

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  • Address
    Harilaou Trikoupi 31, Piraeus
  • Phone
    21045 21598

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Lonely Planet review

If you have time to spare, the Piraeus Archaeological museum is a good place to spend it. It's well laid out and contains some important finds from classical and Roman times. These include some very fine tomb reliefs dating from the 4th to 2nd century BC. The star piece of the museum, however, is the magnificent statue of Apollo, the Piraeus Kouros .

It is the oldest larger-than-life, hollow bronze statue yet found. It dates from about 520 BC and was discovered in Piraeus, buried in rubble, in 1959.