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National Observatory of Athens
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 The National Observatory of Athens is the oldest research
center in Greece. The Observatory of Athens was founded in 1842
with a donation from the national benefactor George Sinas.
The astronomical observations started in September 1846, after
the completion of the central neoclassical building on the hill
of Nymphs at Thiseio area, facing the Acropolis.
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In 1890 the Observatory was reorganized as a governmental research
center with the name National Observatory of Athens, and was expanded
with the addition to the Astronomical Department of two new, the
Meteorological and the Seismological. In 1942 the Departments were
named Institutes and in 1955 the Ionosphere Institute, was added.
In 1999 the names of the institutes of NOA were updated, as follows:
Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development
Institute of Geodynamics
Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing.
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