Black Duck Garden

180 years ago, here it was the city center. Hard to imagine, but Klafthmonos Square on the northern outskirts of Athens, it was an unkempt land and houses poorly. The 1833 built home Stamatiou Dekozis Vouros, which today houses the Museum of the City of Athens and later merged with the neighboring house Afthonidis. The complex is settled Otto, first king of Greece, he married the 18 year old Amalia.

The young queen, was the one that organized the garden around the temporary residence of the couple in 1836. "The garden of the old Palace" was the first public garden of the capital, with four entrances, fountain and one cistern with goldfish. Included the current Square Klafthmonos and reached up Kolokotronis Square.

The current garden of the Museum of the City of Athens is only a small part of that great garden. It remains a unique little oasis in the center of Athens, with live even the phoenix Amalia planted.

Now the Black Duck Multiplarte convey his experience here and welcome you to an open space in the heart. With respect to the historical and natural environment, the Black Duck Garden - Athens City Museum your Bistrot awaits summer garden, but all the time in the particular area of ​​the atrium, to offer you the famous hospitality of the "Black Duck".

The scenography of Black Duck Garden has curated by Guy Stefanou.