The National Garden(Greek: Εθνικός Κήπος), called the Royal Garden until 1974, is a public park of 15.5 hectares (38 acres) in the center of the Greek capital, Athens. It is located between the districts of Kolonaki and Pangrati, directly behind the Greek Parlaiment Building (The Old Palace) and continues to the South to the area where the Zappeion is located, across from the Kalimarmaro Olympic Stadium of the 1896 Olympic Games. The Garden also encloses some ancient ruins, column drums and Corinthiancapitals of columns, mosaics and other features. On the Southeast side are the busts of Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first governon of Greece, and of the Philleline Jean-Gabriel Eynard. On the South side are the busts of the celebrated Greek poets Dionysios Solomos.
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