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‘The last fortress’: historic Athens cafe closes as countercultural area gentrifies

Mouria coffeehouse unable to renew lease in Exarchia, known for leftwing solidarity, resistance and radicalism It has been the hangout of writers, artists, poets and politicians, doctors and lawyers, radicals and revolutionaries for as long as anyone can remember.

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