The theft of the Parthenon marbles. The end of Turkish rule. King Otto in Athens. The first private and public buildings. Conservation of Byzantine churches. The arrival in Athens of electric power, the telephone, the automobile, the tram, the electric train, the airplane. New buildings, new churches, a new City Hall, new market, the Anafiotika, Plaka and Monasteraki quarters. Step-by-step, the authentic history of Athens, from the mid-19th century to the dawn of the third millennium.