Changing of the guards, Syntagma

Every hour, 24 hrs a day, there is a chaining of the guards ceremony at the Parliament building, Syntagma. Syntagma is located on the city center. They guards are called Evzones and they wear traditional uniforms form the 1800s. The Evzones kilt-like 'foustanela' has 400 pleats in it that represent the 400 years of Turkish occupation.Okumaya devam et