Last view of a floodlit Acropolis

Athens’ Acropolis

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October 11th 2014
11 October 2014 Our day at Athens’ Acropolis. The Acropolis towers above the city on its hill and consists of the Propylaia the monumental entrance, the small Temple of Athena Nike, the Parthenon the largest Doric temple completed in Greece and the Erechtheion with its famous maiden Caryatids. They were all built of Pentelic marble in the 400s BC. At present the there is an enormous a ... 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