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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC)

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, at 364 Syngrou Avenue in Kallithea, opened in 2016 and is the work of Renzo Piano. It houses the National Library of Greece and the Greek National Opera, which seem to rise from an artificial hill crowned by a large photovoltaic canopy. The Opera has a 1,400-seat hall and a 400-seat black-box theatre. The surrounding park, covering 210,000 square metres, has more than 1,400 trees and hundreds of thousands of plants chosen according to Mediterranean ecology. A canal connects it with the sea and has choreographed fountains. At the top of the Opera building is the Lighthouse, a glazed viewpoint with views of the Acropolis, Piraeus and the Saronic Gulf, reached by the Panoramic Stairs from the park. The foundation donated it to the Greek State in 2017.

Things to do at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC): 4 missions

• Walk the Panoramic StairsClimb the Panoramic Stairs that link the park with the Lighthouse and look back towards the lawn and the canal.
• Stroll beside the canal that reaches the seaWalk along the edge of the canal that connects the park with the sea and take a look at its fountains.
• Go up the Lighthouse and look for the AcropolisGo up to the glazed viewpoint of the Lighthouse and find the Acropolis on the horizon, as well as the Saronic Gulf.
• Photograph Piano's hill and canopyFrom the park, frame the building emerging from the artificial hill with the great canopy floating above it.

Near Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC)

Source: Turismo oficial de Grecia - Centro Cultural de la Fundación Stavros Niarchos