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Ujemite
luč - 7 poti skozi Atene
Posamezni
odseki ulic, ki vodjo skozi zgodovinsko, antično
središče Aten - v skupni dolžini 13,5 km cest,
trgov in sprehajalnih poti - bo v času iger
"preoblečeno" v "svetlobne in slikovne
efekte". Te učinke bo pripravilo podjetje City
Imaging pod skupnim naslovom programa "Ujemite
luč!"
Program
bo dopolnjeval olimpijski izgled Aten in hkrati
poudaril atmosfero slavnosti med Olimpijskimi in
Paraolimpijskimi igrami 2004.
Vseh
sedem poti se bo približalo vsem glavnim atenskim znamenitostim in prečkalo najbolj vznemirljive in
zanimive soseske v središču grškega glavnega mesta,
med seboj pa bo obenem povezalo 15 območij s
kulturnimi prireditvami, ki jih pripravljajo četrtne
skupnosti Aten, njihovi pokrovitelji in druge
organizacije. Obiskovalci bodo tako lahko med
sprehodom spoznavali eno najznamenitejših in najbolj
privlačnih mest na svetu.
Vsaka
od poti bo poimenovana na prepoznaven način, z imeni,
ki označujejo najbolj značilne karakteristike
okolja, skozi katerega vodijo:
1. Athens
Reflections
2. Landscapes
below Athens
3. Athens
Scripts
4. Athens
Colours
5. Athens
Faces
6. Athens
Windows
7. Listen
to Athens
Seven
Olympic Landmarks (9 metre-tall towers visible
throughout the city) will be placed at the routes’
starting points, offering directions to the public. 20
large inflatable spheres, hovering above the routes,
will complete the spectacular setting.
The
aim of the Catch the Light Programme is to capture the
attention of the visitor, inhabitant and broadcast
public in original ways, using exciting and
spectacular images and public participation. The
routes will feature and produce an image of Athens as
never seen before.
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2: Landscapes Below Athens
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 The
trenches of the archaeological sites and the open
subway lines running through them are thematically
connected through a series of interactive light
installations around their excavation limits. The
route is illustrated on old structures, small and
large squares and pedestrian paths with images of
excavations and underground landscapes, inviting the
passer-by to explore another city.
Itinerary:
The Technopolis Cultural Centre, built in the old Gas
Factory, the ancient cemetery at Kerameikos, Adrianou
Street and the Agora, Hadrian’s Library, the Museum
of Folk Art, the excavations at the Monastiraki Metro
Station, the church of Kapnikarea, the Greek
Parliament Building and the Unknown Soldier Monument,
the National Historical Museum, the City of Athens
Museum and the fragments of the Ancient Wall of Athens
are some of the cultural highlights of this route. The
outdoor pedestrian shopping mall of Ermou Street is
its commercial highlight. Alongside the above, the
route crosses St. Asomaton, Monastiraki, Syntagma and
Klafthmonos Squares.
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 Between
two of the most important academic institutions of
Athens and the open spaces around them – through
small streets and neighbourhoods, pedestrian paths and
squares full of cafes and restaurants – this route
hosts a written narrative on road surfaces and
buildings. Short texts, sentences and words of
different scale appear along this route; they guide
the viewer through stories that unfold along the way.
 Itinerary:
At one end the Technical University of Athens, and at
the other the University of Athens, the National
Library and the Academy, characterize this route of
‘letters.’ The route passes by the National
Archaeological Museum, Exarheia Square, the Church of
Saint Nicolas, the French Archaeological Institute,
the Law School, the Municipal Cultural Centre, the
Theatre Museum and the Book Arcade, through a web of
pedestrian paths and small streets
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City
operations during 2004 Olympic Games
Athens,
11 November 2003
 ATHENS
2004 President, Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, and Culture
Minister, Evangelos Venizelos, gave a Press Conference today
on city operations at Games-time. The issue had been discussed
earlier by the Inteministerial Committee for the Coordination
of Olympic preparation (DESOP), chaired by Prime Minister
Costas Simitis.
As
was highlighted during the Press Conference, the hosting of
exceptional Games in 2004 depends not only on the timely
completion of ongoing construction works but also on preparing
the city efficiently to receive hundreds of thousands of
visitors, thus projecting a favourable image of Athens as a
humane city. Athens must be seen to be a city of participation
and celebration - high class cultural events at Nerou Square (at the end of the
Esplanade) in Faliro; events run by the
Municipality of Athens; seven 13.5 km routes passing through
the historical centre of Athens and revealing the city’s
unique historic landmarks and beauty as the best possible
counterpoint to the festive Games-time decoration. The city’s new Look will be enhanced by decorations such as colourful
flags and banners on buildings, and interactive images.
City operations will also need to be organized in such a way
that daily life in the city continues unimpeded even as
hundreds of thousands of visitors to the city are cared for.
After
long consultation and cooperation with all the bodies involved
(central and local public authorities, the private sector, and
employees), the measures that will apply from 02/08/04
to 04/09/04 have now taken on their final form. Most
of these will be the result of cooperation and understanding,
but a few (assuming approval has been given by the bodies
involved) will require legislative actions and ministerial or
administrative decisions, issues that will be addressed
immediately. The measures, decided upon after long dialogue
since last June with interested public bodies, are as follows:
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General
Measures (supply chain, waste collection,
traffic arrangements and street market regulations) will
apply to specific areas and main roads in Attica to
serve the needs of the Olympic Games. Priority will be
given to the Primary Olympic Road Network (ORN), the
inner ring in central Athens, Piraeus Port and the
coastal area from Piraeus to Glyfada, Controlled Entry
and Circulation Zones, Controlled Parking Zones, and the
areas around the Competition and Non-Competition venues.
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For
all shops in the above areas operation hours will be
continuous from 9:00 to 21:00 Monday to Friday
and 9:00 to 18:00 on Saturday.
On Sunday the shops will not open.
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Night
supply (00:00–07:00) will apply to areas
close to the Olympic venues, with a few exceptions to
provide for deliveries requiring immediate transport
(such as blood or biopsy material). Some other
exceptions will be made to accommodate special sectors.
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Waste
collection will take place at night only (22:00-07:00)
close to Olympic venues, with some exceptions for
certain districts. A Coordinating Body for Waste
Management will be set up consisting of the
responsible ministries, City of Athens, ATHENS 2004,
Association of Attica City Councils (AOACC), the
Panhellenic Federation of Workers’ Associations of
Local Administrations, and the Association of
Communities and Municipalities in the Attica Region
(ACMAR), to ensure the best planning and monitoring for
the clearing of litter in Athens.
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For
the swift, safe transport of the Olympic Family,
visitors and Olympic Venue staff and also to ease
transportation of citizens and visitors, there will be a
Transportation Management Policy in force, in
cooperation with the Public Works and Transportation
Ministries. The policy will be as follows:
a) The Primary and Secondary (or ‘alternative’) Olympic
Road Network (ORN) will be used for the
organised transport of the Olympic Family.
b) Olympic Traffic Lanes will be
defined on part of the ORN for accredited private
vehicles and buses for the transfer of visitors and
Olympic workforce. They will also be used by emergency
vehicles.
c) Public Transport will operate around
the clock, and visitors will travel free to and from the
Competition Venues with their Games ticket on the day
for which it is valid.
d) Throughout the ORN stringent no-parking
measures will apply.
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Street
Markets will be relocated to a secondary road
network wherever necessary for City Operations.
At
the same time, a list of other matters affecting smooth city
operations is being examined in the context of exhaustive
ongoing systematic dialogue with all interested parties.
Besides,
ATHENS 2004 is discussing together with the government:
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Operating
a unified certification system to ensure effective hygiene
control at hotels and restaurants.
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Coordinating
a price control system to check
potential profiteering in the market during August 2004.
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Providing
medical services in the city at Games-time in
partnership with the Greek National Emergency Aid Centre
(EKAV) and the capital’s hospitals.
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Special
planning of a Civil Protection System
integrated with the apparatus of state mobilisation at
Games-time, in the event of extraordinary weather or
natural disaster.
Similar
arrangements will obviously also be required for the Paralympic
Games. These will however be on a much smaller scale,
because the event involves fewer Competition Venues and thus a
smaller section of the city. The OCOG is already reviewing a
plan in this sense, in partnership with the government.
City
Operation Planning is in progress for the four Olympic
Cities, and will involve the cooperation of the City
Managers (OCOG’s representatives at individual Olympic
Cities) with local authorities. The measures to be adopted
will reflect the fact that only a single sport – football
– will take place at the Olympic Cities.
From
the agreements so far in the context of the ongoing dialogue,
it is clear that there is still ground to be covered to the
full implementation of the arrangements. It will require a
powerful City Operations Management System in which the State,
ATHENS 2004 OCOG, local authorities, and the private sector
all play their part. A comprehensive communication policy to
prepare the public for the entirely different daily routine
for Athens in August 2004 will certainly be required too.
The
bodies listed below are among the stakeholders in the
dialogue, which began last June, on the initiative of ATHENS
2004, and ended with today’s announcement of the Games-time
measures which have been decided or yet to be decided:
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TEDKNA,
Athens Municipality, Independent Prefectural Authority
for Athens & Piraeus
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Federation
of Greek Industries (SEV), Hellenic Bank Association
(EET), Greek Association of Supermarket Companies
(SESME), Hellenic Retail Business Association (SELPE),
Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EVEA), Piraeus
Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EVEP), National
Confederation of Hellenic Commerce (ESEE), Athens
Traders’ Association (ESA), Piraeus Traders’
Association (ESP)
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Greek
General Labour Confederation (GSEE), Technical Chamber
of Greece (TEE), Athens Labour Centre (EKA), Piraeus
Labour Centre (EKP), Confederation of Trade Unions of
Greek Public Sector Employees (ADEDY), Greek Federation
of Bank Employees Unions (OTOE), Panhellenic Federation
of Workers' Associations of Local Administrations
(POE-OTA), Hellenic Confederation of Hellenic
Professional Craftsmen and Merchants (GSEBEE), Greek
Federation of Private Employees (OIYE)
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Hellenic
Petroleum, Motor Oil, Confederation of Fuel Trading
Companies, Union of Greek Petroleum Products Trading
Companies, Hellenic Union of Natural Gas Companies,
Ministry of the Economy Customs Directorate, Hellenic
Confederation of Petrol Retailers, Confederation of
Liquid Fuel Tankers
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Confederation
of Greek Ready-Mixed Concrete Industries
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Public
Market Fund, Confederation of Public Market Producers,
Confederation of Professional Public Marketeers
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Association
of International Freight Forwarders and Logistics
Enterprises of Greece, Confederation of Trucks of Greece
(International Transport), Panhellenic Confederation of
Company-Owned-Truck Drivers, Land Merchandise Transport
Trade Union, Hellenic Confederation of Longshoremen,
Panhellenic Confederation of Small Van Professionals
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Metro
SA, Carrefour-Marinopoulos, Delta, Fage, Kri-Kri,
Pepsico, MAVE Logistics, Unilever Hellas, Veropouloi
Bros, Atlantic SA, I & S Sklavenitis, A-B
Vasilopoulos, 3E, Nestlé, Algida, Elais, the Varvakeios
Market
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Panhellenic
Confederation of Tourism Enterprises, General
Panhellenic Confederation of Tourist Buses, Hellenic
Association of Tourist and Travel Offices, the Argos and
Europi Press Distribution Agencies.
A
lesson from the experience of other countries which hold the
Olympic Games is that mutual understanding and the ability to
conform to rules announced beforehand is a major key to
success. This is all the more since at Games-time the pattern
of the city’s daily life will alter. Care must be taken that
Athens is attractive and humane to visitors as well as to its
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From
the square outside the Museum of Modern Art to the
long walk alongside the Acropolis and Philopappou
Hill, this route features a series of interactive
images and structures that record, transform and
re-broadcast sounds of the city back to itself. Sounds
of traffic and the crowd become constantly changing
images or give an appropriately understated, living
soundtrack to the most historic areas of Athens.
Itinerary:
The route around the Acropolis and the Agora, the
cafes, clubs and restaurants of Thisseion are on one
side of this route; Philopappou Hill and the monument
of the Nymphs, the Theatres of Herodes Atticus and
Dionysus and entries to Plaka are in its middle; the
Temple of Olympian Zeus, the Museum of Modern Art, the
park of the Olympians, the bars, cafes and
Neoclassical mansions of Koukaki are on its other
side. These three parts are connected by the largest
pedestrian walkway in Athens, a scene of performances,
cultural events and outdoor entertainment.
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