Athens! Photo 4

Athens!

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December 19th 2009
Athens was interesting. The Acropolis was obviously impressive. There is also a new Acropolis museum which is very cool. They discovered fairly extensive ruins when they were building it and they have built the museum above them with see-through floors. It is pretty neat. I went to several other museums and saw enough Greek pots to last me a good long while. If you ever want to see Greek pot ... 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