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The First Cemetery of Athens (Athens, Greece)

The First Cemetery of Athens is the official cemetery of the City of Athens and the first to be built. It opened in 1837 and soon became a luxurious cemetery for famous Greek people and foreigners.

Member of ASCE and part of European Cemeteries Route.

About the cemetery

Tomb of Dimos Georgoulas and Maria Kassimati

Tomb of Sofia Afentaki (1856-1873)

Tomb of Skalistiris family

Tomb of the national benefactor Georgios Averoff (1815-1899)

Mother of the Occupation period

Tomb of the national benefactor Pavlos Pavlopoulos (1812 -1817)

Tomb of Antonios F. Papadakis, benefactor of the University of Athens

Tomb of Andreas Metaxas (fighter of the Greek Revolution), (1790-1860)

Tomb of Richard Church (1784-1873)

Tomb of the scholar Adamantios Korais (1748-1833)

Tomb of the national benefactor Michael Tositzas (1787-1856)

Dimitris Mitropoulos tomb

Koupa family grave

Merkouri Family grave

Tomb of the actress Marika Kotopouli (1887-1954)

Pesmatzoglou family tomb

Heinrich Schleiman's grave

Kalliroi Parren’s bust