Syntagma Square Review

Constitution Square (Syntagma Square) is the main square in Athens, the Greek capital, located before the Greek Parliament, named after the Greek Constitution approved by King Otto on September 3, 1843 after the uprising. Constitution Square is north to Vassileos Georgiou A Street, south to Othonos Street, west to Filellinon Street, east to Amalie Street. Below the square is the subway station, and the nearby outdoor cafes are a popular downtown gathering place. There are two green areas north and south of the square, planted with shade trees, and the center is a large fountain to spend the hot summer with the Athenians. The most attractive spot on Constitution Square is the Unknown Soldiers Memorial (Tomb of the Unknown Soldier) in front of the Greek Parliament building, built in 1928 to commemorate the unsung Greek heroes who died in the war to escape Turkish rule. The main body of the Unknown Soldiers Memorial is the Unknown Soldiers relief, an ancient Greek warrior wearing a helmet lying on a slab. On both sides of the reliefs are two famous words: "This is the tomb of the world's outstanding soldiers", "is the spiritual bed for the unnamed soldiers". The reliefs are inscribed with 11 place names on the bottom left and 12 on the bottom right, all places where the Greek army and the foreign-army have fought in history. Every hour, a presidential guard change ceremony is held in front of the unnamed martyr's tomb between the square and the parliament. On Sundays and official holidays, most guards participate in the changing of guard and are accompanied by military bands.

The Constitution Square of Athens was established to commemorate the birth of the first constitution in the world. The square is not a change of guard at 11 noon every day, when it is the most complete, and every other punctuation is a change of guard, but a shortened version. A bit like the British, there are other places where the changing of the guard is a form of performance for tourists to visit for free. Similar to the daily flag-raising ceremony in Tiananmen Square.

Besides being an important historical area, you may catch the cajnging of guard every hour

The square of the Greek parliament building, the gathering place for every political parade, stands below the parliament building with two unnamed martyrs in traditional Greek costumes, who perform an hourly change of guard, and that is when tourists take the most pictures.

In the city and great location.Watch as the guards perform their ceremonial moves. Learn something new with the others and embrace the Greek culture.