Temple of Athena Nike (420BC)

Amazing Acropolis

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December 9th 2016
Geo: 37.9668, 23.7295What an incredible day! We went across the road from our wonderful hotel to the Acropolis Museum, which opened in 2009. The museum itself is built above the ruins of a Classical Greek street and early Byzantine street, visible through glass floors. The new museum has so many wonderful artifacts from the period when the Acropolis temples were built (500BC). There is evidence ... 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