The cute funicular

Our Greek Odyssey -- Athens

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June 14th 2009
What can you write about a city that has been written about by thousands of people for thousands of years? Greece has been called ‘the cradle of Western Civilization’ and Athens was axis on which this cradle moved back and forth. If Sparta was the brawn of Greece, the Athens was the brain. The flowering of Philosophy, Science, Arts, Literature, even sports that took place in Athens bore frui ... read more

Europe » Greece

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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