The exhibition Metamorphoses of Athens: People-Memories-Monuments. Photographic itinerary 1839-1960, which opened in October 2014 on the occasion of the 180 years since Athens became the capital of Greece, runs through July 19 at the Museum Herakleidon.

The exhibition features more than 200 rare original photographs, watercolors, large prints of panoramic views of Athens, old cameras, and special stereoscopic devices of the time, showing 100 stereoscopic plates in 3D. Visitors will also find the following albums: Metamorphoses of Athens. A photographic itinerary from the 19th to the 20th century (H.Yiakoumis, Tasos A. Andreou, published by Kallimages, Paris 2014) and Faces of Athens from the 19th to the 20th century, 1855-1960 (V.Mavroeidakou, H.Yiakoumis, published by Kallimages, Paris 2015).