# Exarcheia

Athens, Greece

A central Athens neighborhood developed in the 1870s and named after a 19th-century shopkeeper. Long the city's intellectual and radical heart, it is known for bookshops, bars, dense political graffiti, the Polytechnic, and a fierce anarchist and student tradition.

## Roots Earth

Roots Earth has a longer story for Exarcheia, with a choice of female or male voice. Download the city audio to listen offline. No account is needed.

Coordinates: 37.98611, 23.73472

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