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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens is the oldest university in Greece and the eastern Mediterranean, founded in 1837 under King Otto. Its neoclassical main building in central Athens was designed by Christian Hansen. It became the main centre for training the officials, lawyers, doctors and teachers of the Greek state, and its students were often active in national politics.
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