The man behind Royal Alloy’s flagship store in Athens is Stavros Faltsetas, but before we go into what he’s up to, here’s the history bit. Greece is one of the world’s oldest civilisations. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state, a centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, and the home of Plato’s Academy and Aristotle’s Lyceum. It’s widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilisation and the birthplace of democracy, largely because of its cultural and political impact on the European continent, particularly Ancient Rome.
Today, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to the economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life of Greece. The heritage of the Classical Era is still evident in the city, represented by ancient monuments and works of art, the most famous…
