Treasury of Athens
As we hiked further up the hill toward the Temple of Apollo, we passed a section of the site where the city-states of Ancient Greece each built a treasury full of that city's important religious articles. Each city tried to outdo the other, but being the richest the Athenians had the most impressive structure. The Treasury of Athens is the first known Doric building constructed out of marble. It was built with the spoils from the Battle of Marathon. What we see here was rebuilt with some of the stones used in the original building. Many of the original marble pieces were taken away and used in other buildings throughout Greece.
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 
