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Athens, Athens & Attica, Greece
Ancient Greece have a very special place in my heart and you can feel the history when you visit Acropolis!! Unfortunately you can't get really close to the temples...but when it is to preserve the temples it is worth it!
History is very important but remember to walk down to the plaka area were you can get the feeling of the greek culture as it is now...There are shops, restaurants and of course tourist but it is all good!
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Athens, Athens & Attica, Greece
Athens (pronounced /ˈæθn̩z/; Αθήνα, Athina [aˈθina]), the capital and largest city in Greece, dominates the Attica periphery: as one of the world's oldest cities, its recorded history spans at least 3,000 years.
The Greek capital has a population of 745,514 (in 2001) within its administrative limits and a land area of 39 km² (15 sq mi). The urban area of Athens extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3.37 million (in 2005). The metro area of Athens spans 412 km² (159 sq mi) and encompasses a population of 3.192.606. The Athens Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) is the 8th most populated LUZ in the European Union with an estimated population of 3.89 million (in 2001).
A bustling and cosmopolitan metropolis, Athens is central to economic,
financial, industrial, political and cultural life in Greece. It is
rapidly becoming a leading business centre in the European Union.
Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A center for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Akademia and Aristotle's Lyceum, Athens was also the birthplace of Socrates, Pericles, Sophocles, and its many other prominent philosophers, writers and politicians of the ancient world. It is widely referred to as the cradle of European civilisation and the birthplace of democracy,
largely due to the impact of its cultural and political achievements
during the 5th and 4th centuries BC on the rest of the then known
European continent.
The heritage of the classical era is still evident in the city,
represented by a number of ancient monuments and works of art, the most
famous of all the Parthenon on the Acropolis, widely considered an important landmark of early Western civilization. The city also retains a vast variety of Roman and Byzantine
monuments, as well as a small number of remaining Ottoman monuments
projecting the city's long history across the centuries. Landmarks of
the modern era are also present, dating back to 1830 (the establishment
of the independent Greek state), and taking in the Greek Parliament (19th century) and the Athens Trilogy (Library, University, and Academy).
Athens was the host city of the first modern-day Olympic Games in 1896, and 108 years later it welcomed home the 2004 Summer Olympics, with great success.
The Greek capital has a population of 745,514 (in 2001) within its administrative limits and a land area of 39 km² (15 sq mi). The urban area of Athens extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3.37 million (in 2005). The metro area of Athens spans 412 km² (159 sq mi) and encompasses a population of 3.192.606. The Athens Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) is the 8th most populated LUZ in the European Union with an estimated population of 3.89 million (in 2001).
A bustling and cosmopolitan metropolis, Athens is central to economic,
financial, industrial, political and cultural life in Greece. It is
rapidly becoming a leading business centre in the European Union.
Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A center for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Akademia and Aristotle's Lyceum, Athens was also the birthplace of Socrates, Pericles, Sophocles, and its many other prominent philosophers, writers and politicians of the ancient world. It is widely referred to as the cradle of European civilisation and the birthplace of democracy,
largely due to the impact of its cultural and political achievements
during the 5th and 4th centuries BC on the rest of the then known
European continent.
The heritage of the classical era is still evident in the city,
represented by a number of ancient monuments and works of art, the most
famous of all the Parthenon on the Acropolis, widely considered an important landmark of early Western civilization. The city also retains a vast variety of Roman and Byzantine
monuments, as well as a small number of remaining Ottoman monuments
projecting the city's long history across the centuries. Landmarks of
the modern era are also present, dating back to 1830 (the establishment
of the independent Greek state), and taking in the Greek Parliament (19th century) and the Athens Trilogy (Library, University, and Academy).
Athens was the host city of the first modern-day Olympic Games in 1896, and 108 years later it welcomed home the 2004 Summer Olympics, with great success.
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..mm, nice ppl, delicious food! u can see everythin about what u are learning on history lessons hehe ;o)) My home :) U must visit Athens!
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Spend lots of time at the Plaka Square and watch both the tourists and non-tourists there... also a good place to find lots of hotels, restaurants, travel agencies, etc...the obvious stuff like the Pantheon or Socrates has to be done in Athens... so do it... it certainly takes you back in history...and there is lots of it as well... but apart from the historical monuments and some pleasant spots, the city is also quite crowded and chaotic... so head for the islands too for altogether another flavour of Greece...
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een rondrit door de stad , met de fiets!!
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