Today I would like to travel you to my hometown Athens. I think it’s a good start since Athens is considered to be the place that democracy started. The Athenian democracy is the system of government used from 5th up to 4th BCE It is the capital of Greece and the birthplace for civilization.
The first thing you will see when you come here I guess will be the Athens International Airport Eleutherios Venizelos. There are 3 ways to go downtown. There is bus, taxi or metro and it takes around 45 minutes I suggest you take metro because it is more stable without traffic delays.
Of course you will visit the Acropolis and the Parthenon. The Parthenon was build from marble around 447 to 432 BCE. It was dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena. It was buld at the hill of Acropolis next to other temples. It is one of the ancient Wonders of the world.
Phidias, a great Athenian sculptor, and two famous architects, Ictinus and Callicrates, played key roles in the reconstruction of the Acropolis. Construction on the new Parthenon began in 447 BC and was mostly completed in 438 BC
There are many questions confront some truly monumental riddles: How did the ancient Athenians build their great temple with incredible precision in a mere eight years? How did they manage to incorporate subtle, eye-pleasing distortions into the Parthenon's layout, such that there are few straight lines or right angles to be seen? And, most baffling of all, how did they accomplish all this without an overall building plan or blueprint, which would be indispensable to a modern architect?
Ath the right placve of the pics you will see the Lycabetus hill. From there you can see all Athens. You can take a funicular railway which climbs the hill from a lower terminus at Kolonaki.
You can also visit the Acropolis museum. It was built to house every artifact found on the Acropolis rock and on the surrounding slopes. It was founded at 2003 and It is very close to Acropolis I loved it from the first time I visited and I am sure you will too.
The Panatheniac stadium or kallimarmaro is the place where the first modern Olympic games took place at 1896. It is all made of marble.
There is also the Odeon of Herodes Atticus. It was built in 161 AD by the Greek Herodes Atticus in memory of his Roman wife. Now it is the main venue of the Athens Festival which runs from May through October each year, featuring a variety of acclaimed Greek as well as International performances.
A nice place for walk and maybe dinner or a wine is Plaka and even more anafiotika. It is a neighborhood of Athens, part of the old historical neighborhood called Plaka. The neighborhood was built according to typical Cycladic architecture, and even nowadays gives to visitors the feel of Greek islands in the heart of the city, It lies in northerneast side of the Acropolis hill.
Of cource there are so many more places to visit and see in Athens. The ancient are scattered all over the ciry and all country. I hope i made you feel like being here. Maybe one day you can visit us if you didn't already. Take care
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