Greece, the birthplace of democracy, is a beautiful, rugged country, steeped in history. It has nearly 1600 islands, but only 170 of them are inhabited. Half of the ten million population live in Athens.
This bustling city is a good central point from which to see Greece. The white marble Parthenon on Acropolis Hill is a [...]
Athens is a city steeped in history. Many see it as the birthplace of civilization as we know it. Certainly it was the birthplace of democracy. Athens was the leading light in ancient Greece and was run on one of the purest democracies the world as ever known.
And, as you would expect in such a [...]
Athens is one of the few cities in the world which has great historical value for the entire world. This is one of the city’s where civilization is said to have been born, and certainly it was the birthplace of democracy. Athens was at one time the beacon of ancient Greece. It was one of [...]
The meaning of Parthenon is ‘virgins chamber’ and was once dedicated to the virgin of Athena, thought to be the goddess of wisdom, and the Patron of Athens. This building was erected between 447 and 432 B.C. and ordered done by Pericles. It is one of the best built architectural structures of all time. [...]
A precious success of the golden age of Greek civilization, the magnificent complex Doric temple known as the Parthenon is the largest structure built in Greece, and it has crowned the top point of the city skyline (Acropolis means “upper town”) since the 5th century B.C.
The amazing Acropolis is perched upon a limestone mount towering [...]
Athens is one of the largest city of Greece but it also one of the world’s most important cities because of it’s world heritage. It’s history has been recorded almost to 3,500 years. It is a city that for thousands of years has been a city of art, culture, literature, philosophy and history. It [...]
The writer Charles Caleb Colton once said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and this saying has now found its way in to common usage. Its message is clear and almost undeniable – and something that must make Athens feel a proud city.
The capital of Greece – and the country’s largest city to [...]
Athens is the cradle of man’s history and has many national monuments which represent the artistic, religious, and cultural knowledge we had three thousand years ago. There have been many famous knowledgeable men who have contributed to world knowledge, who came from Greece. One such man was Daedalus, the grandson of King Erechtheus. This was [...]
The Athenians have presented the world with many famous savants, who have contributed much to the development of human knowledge. The earliest known was Daedalos, the grandson of King Erechtheos. Like Leonardo da Vinci centuries later, he seems to have been an all-round genius: inventor, craftsman and architect.
If you are traveling to Athens then you will soon find out that there are many things to see in this wonderful city. You shootout have any trouble finding activities to fill your time, and you won’t have trouble finding things to take wonderful pictures of. The following is a list of sites that you [...]