VIRTUAL: Prague Heritages
Abstract
The Athens subway(metro), which has been operated sequentially since 2000, is a major means of transportation that enhances the convenience of citizens and visitors. In addition, cultural heritage, discovered through metro construction and rescue excavation, is displayed at several metro stations(i.g. Syntagma, Monastiraki, Acropolis, Evangelismos, Egaleo, Panepistimiou, Dafni, etc.), forming a new cultural landscape. The surrounding landscapes retain the impression of an archaeological excavation site or a museum. The places of exhibition in-situ are not limited to simply managing and conserving relics. This is because the cases of Acropolis, Syntagma, and Monastiraki Stations prove that the rescue excavation in the process of urban development is not a factor that hinders the development of the city in the long term. Discovering new cultural heritage and exhibiting it in the archaeological context of the site can be a starting point for discovering sustainable tourism resources in the city and creating a new cultural landscape that reinforces the city’s historical and cultural identity. The metro in Athens implicitly reveals the city’s long history and its cultural identity through on-site exhibitions, and the remains and relics on display are integrated into the city’s current cultural landscape. And it creates a new cultural landscape of Athens where the past and the present coexist as well as a space that reproduces the city’s past cultural landscape.
2014-present, Associate Professor, Dept. of Greek Studies and Bulgarian Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies(South Korea); 2002-2012, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens(Greece), M.A. & Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology; 1995-2000. Younsei University(South Korea), B.A. in Sociology; *Academia site: https://hufs.academia.edu/Kim