Hadrian's Library

More Athens sightseeing – Hadrian’s Library, Roman Agora, Ancient Agora, Lykabettus

July 21st 2011
So much for an early start before it got too hot out, slept in again – Damn! First up today was Hadrian’s Library. It was really hot out again so we took it slow and walked around the ruins taking loads of photos. Hadrian’s Library was built by Roman Emperor Hadrian in AD 132 on the north side of the Acropolis of Athens. The most important monuments of the site are: - Quatrefoil Build ... read more

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Michelle Kelley

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I'm making a real effort to get to the places I want to visit and not put it off any longer! I've put up blogs for the last couple trips I took that I kept journals for even though they were in 2007 and 2008 and am working typing up my journal from a trip to Greece this past summer. Then I'll try to get some blogs up from a Caribbean cruise with family and friends January 2010 and a trip to Sturgis, SD for the infamous motorcycle rally in August 2010. I'm running a little bit behind!! Home is Massachusetts in the USA, in some ways I love living in the New England area of the country for ... full info

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