Columns of Hephaestus

Greece Trip - Late Morning visit to Agora

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March 20th 2008
After a good long time on Acropolis were we visited the famous Parthenon (much restoration is taking place at the Parthenon. It was mostly intact until 1687, while the Ottomans were in power the Venetian seized Athens and shelled the Parthenon where the Ottoman were keeping their gunpowder almost destroying the marvelous structure), Erectheion and Dionysus, to name a few. We walk along the Apostol ... read more

Europe » Greece » Attica » Athens

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Greece achieved its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1829. During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, it gradually added neighboring islands and territories, most with Greek-speaking populations. In Worl... ... read more