Mount Ymettus on fire after temperatures reach 40C Mount Ymettus with snow. St Asomatoi of Thesseion, 1050-1100. Zappeion exhibition and congress hall The evzones: members of the presidential guard. Parliament (completed 1843, neoclassical style) on Syntagma square. Syntagma square: Hotel Grande Bretagne. Statue dedicated to British poet Lord Byron, a reputed philhellene who fought the Greek independence war in the early 19th century. Athens library, 1832, neoclassical style. Athens library decoration. Academy of Athens, neoclassical style, completed in 1885. The Greek National Academy is housed in this building. Statue of Athena. University of Athens, neoclassical style, 1837, over 50000 undergraduate students. Turkish Bath Labels