As heat goes on, the heart of the city is hardly beating. Actually, I don't remember seeing Omonia Square so totally empty before.
Omonia is a central square in Athens and one of the main traffic hubs of the city.
After years of abandonment to drug dealers, junkies and prostitutes, today is clean and safe.
Omonia is the oldest square in Athens. It was built in 1846 and got its name a few years later, when the heads of different political parties met and swore Omonia (=concord) ending up the bloody riots that had burst among their supporters.
Since then, Omonia went through a lot of changes. The picture below was taken in 1903.
Omonia in 1931.
1955
1964
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