Hellenic Maritime Museum

Piraeus


As nautical museums go, this isn't one of the best, despite Greece’s long maritime history. Still, it does have all the requisite models of ancient and modern ships, seascapes by leading 19th- and 20th-century Greek painters, guns, flags and maps, and even part of a submarine.


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1. Piraeus Archaeological Museum

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2. Electric Railways Museum

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3. Flisvos Park

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5. National Library of Greece

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6. Stavros Niarchos Park

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8. Hellenic Cosmos

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