Ermou Street

'Hermes Street') is a one and a half kilometer-long road in central Athens, Greece, connecting Kerameikos archaeological site with the Syntagma Square through Monastiraki, Psiri and Thiseio.

and the west (from Agion Asomaton to Peiraios Street) a pedestrian zone also.

The western section of the road which was remodeled for the 2004 Olympic Games constitutes the ending of the Grand Promenade, the pedestrian walkway around the Acropolis, part of the city's Archaeological Unification Project.

To improve the image of the area and enhance the archaeological site of Kerameikos and its integration with city life, the section from Agion Asomaton street to Peiraios street was remodeled into a pedestrian way as part of the Grand Promenade project, which is subsumed under the general work for the unification of the archaeological sites of Athens.

[10] The remodeling started by the Unification of Archaeological Sites of Athens S.A. on Wednesday 9 July 2003,[11] and now the section constitutes the ending of the Grand Promenade that begins at Panathinaiko Stadium (Vasilissis Olgas Av.)

The section near Syntagma Square . The parliament on the right.
The Byzantine Church of Panagia Kapnikarea