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Athens
The eminent Athenian orator and philosopher Herod Atticus built the Odeon of Herod Atticus in 161 B.C., in memory of his wife Rigillis. The Odeon is in the shape of a theatre because it was used for theatrical as well as musical, presentations. The Odeon holds 5000 spectators. Today it is one of the most important open step auditorium for cultural events. During the summer it is used for the concerts in the context of the Athens Festival. Superb presentations of ancient and modern drama are also staged in the Herod Atticus Theatre. A brilliant adornment for Athens, it also constitutes an important award for the artists, Greek or foreign, who present their works there. Every year it is inundated with spectators and most of its events are considered cultural landmarks. The modern city that today fills the Attica basin has two aspects, so very different from one another yet at the same time so closely connected: on the one hand, Athens is just another metropolis of the western world but on the other, there is this aforementioned optimism, high spirits and romanticism that define the Greek. It would be difficult to find another city in the world with more groups and organizations dedicated to the investigation, preservation and promotion of dance, music, customs and roots. Even artists from other countries, foreign communities and embassies, are to be fond here. Festivals, events, exhibitions, and in general all the activities that are carried out near the sacred rock of the Acropolis, are blessed with the preconditions for success perhaps more than anywhere else. The Theatre in Athens is not merely another form of artistic creation. This city that gave birth to contemporary western theatre has today more theatres than any other capital city, and they are always full. The city is a steady increase of modern and aesthetically daring buildings while new ornaments such as the Music Megaron, which has the best acoustic in the whole Europe, make Athens even more beautiful.
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