Aegina Island
"Aegina was a rival to Athens, the great sea power in antiquity. During the 6th century BC, when, as an independent power, it was the first city of the western world to mint coins" Aegina is one of the...
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"Hydra island presents the originality that no vehicles are allowed within it. The people, locals and visitors, go from one place to another only on foot or on donkeys" Hydra is one of the Saronic...
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“Poros island has been inhabited since the Bronze Age. Graves on the island have been dated to the Mycenaean period, and manmade structures have existed on it since at least 1000 BCE” Poros is a small,...
View ArticlePiraeus City
"Piraeus was selected to serve as the port city of classical Athens in the early 5th century BC and nowadays is the largest passenger port in Europe and the third largest in the world" Piraeus is a...
View ArticleTemple of Poseidon
“ Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion is one of the most famous and picturesque places in Attica” Temple of Podeidon at Cape Sounion is a promontory located 69 km by road of Athens, at the southernmost...
View ArticleCape Sounion
"Cape Sounion is one of the most famous and picturesque places in Attica" Cape Sounion is a promontory located 69 km by road of Athens, at the southernmost tip of the Attica peninsula in Greece. Cape...
View ArticleNational Archaeological Museum
"The National Archaeological Museum of Athens is the largest archaeological museum in Greece and one of the most important museums in the world devoted to ancient Greek art" The National Archaeological...
View ArticleNew Acropolis Museum
" light, movement, and a tectonic and programmatic element. Together these characteristics "turn the constraints of the site into an architectural opportunity, offering a simple and precise museum"...
View ArticleAcropolis of Athens
“The Acropolis of Athens was formally proclaimed as the pre-eminent monument on the European Cultural Heritage list of monuments on 26 March 2007” The word "Acropolis" means city on top of a hill, and...
View ArticleAthens City
"The cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy" Athens the capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the world's oldest cities, its recorded...
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