Athens Polytechnic

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Athens, Greece - November 17, 2019: The Athens Polytechnic Monument covered with flowers to commemorate the anniversary of the uprising students against the Greek junta in 1973.; Shutterstock ID 1604008183; your: Erin Lenczycki; gl: 65050; netsuite: Digital; full: POI 1604008183

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This university is infamous as the spot where the junta countered a student protest in 1973 by crashing in with a tank.

Through the gate on Patision, you can see a large bronze head, a monument to the 40 killed by the military in the greater melee.

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