Stoa of Attalos

Ancient Agora

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June 24th 2011
Today was our last full day in Athens. We visited the Ancient Agora below the Acropolis first. We saw this ancient marketplace and then made our way up to the Temple of Hephaestus. This temple was a practice run for the Greeks to make sure they could build the Parthenon correctly. You’ll see the similarities between these two buildings. Then we made our way into the museum which was inside the ... read more

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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