GR Athens

by evangeline080

29 Places

Antikythera Mechanism

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

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The Athenian Agora

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

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Hadrian's Reservoir

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

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Magic Sphere of Helios

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

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Tower of the Winds

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

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First Cemetery of Athens

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

Aika

Theatre of Dionysus

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

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Dromeas (The Runner)

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

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Roman Tomb in Zara

The ruins of an ancient Roman tomb hidden in the basement of a trendy clothing store.

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The Olive Tree of the Acropolis

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

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Church of Agios Dimitrios Loumbardiaris (Saint Demetrius the Bombardier)

A Byzantine-era church hidden in a wooded area below the Acropolis.

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Old Madrasa of Athens

The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.

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Syntagma Square Metro Station

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

Botanical Museum of the National Garden

This small museum once served as a royal hunting pavilion for King Otto Friedrich Ludwig.

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Fallen Aviators Monument

This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.

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Zappeion

A man's head is enshrined beneath a statue near the first building constructed for the modern Olympic Games.

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Numismatic Museum of Athens

One of the greatest collections of coins in the world is housed in the former mansion of an archeological pioneer.

Fred Cherrygarden

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Gestapo Interrogation Memorial

The site where hundreds of Greeks were tortured by the Nazi secret police is now a cosmetics store.

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Parilissia Iera

An often overlooked ancient site in downtown Athens with substantial history (and nature).

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St. Catherine's Greek Orthodox Church

A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.

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St. John Around the Column

There are many Byzantine-era churches still standing in Athens, but this is the only one with a 2,500-year-old column rising through its roof.

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Park of Souls

After a catastrophic forest fire, a Greek artist transformed scorched tree trunks outside an old sanatorium into this haunting sculpture garden.

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Church of Agia Kyriaki

A tiny Greek Orthodox church from the Ottoman era hides on a busy city street.

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Ritual of Periarosis Column

According to legend, this ancient column contains healing properties.

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Panathenaic Stadium Passage

Gladiators once walked this ancient, subterranean passage.

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Temple of Artemis Agrotera

The only ancient site that remains on the south bank of the sacred Ilissos river.

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Austrian Archaeological Institute at Athens

A historic building houses one of the most important archaeological institutes in Europe.

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Archaeological Site inside Monastiraki Metro Station

View the ancient remains of buildings and the ancient "River of Hades" before hopping on a train.

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Pittaki Street

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

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