Metaxourgeio

From Pericles’ Funeral Oration to the theatres of Vembo and Kotopouli, this episode of “Wander Words” returns to Metaxourgeio — the neighborhood that lived through history, worked with passion, and sang with soul. Together with Vicky Papadimitriou, a guide with a deep love for people’s stories, ...

Katerina Batzaki took us to the beating heart of old Athens — Metaxourgeio, a neighborhood that unravels the thread of history from Pericles’ Funeral Oration to the café chantant of Sophia Vembo. Guest in the studio, Vicky Papadimitriou, a guide who walks through Metaxourgeio like a living book, unco...