Athens Guide - Locations In Greece

Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum, it is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, modern Athens is central to economic, financial, industrial, political and cultural life in Greece.

The heritage of the classical era is still evident in the city, represented by ancient monuments and works of art, the most famous of all being the Parthenon, considered a key landmark of early Western civilization. The city also retains Roman and Byzantine monuments, as well as a smaller number of Ottoman monuments.

Athens is home to two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the Acropolis of Athens and the medieval Daphni Monastery. Landmarks of the modern era, dating back to the establishment of Athens as the capital of the independent Greek state in 1834, include the Hellenic Parliament (19th century) and the Athens Trilogy, consisting of the National Library of Greece, the Athens University and the Academy of Athens. 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. Athens is home to the National Archeological Museum, featuring the world's largest collection of ancient Greek antiquities, as well as the new Acropolis Museum.

• Aegean Sea - Accommodation of the Aegean Sea, as the vagaries of the archipelago, full of exotic free and passionate tone.
• the Acropolis - Here is the Western world's most important monuments, the commanding heights of the Parthenon can be seen in every corner of the city, the pointe Rick marble white light glowing in the sun, here is a microcosm of the great Athens.
• National Archeological Museum - The museum contains a Greek monuments, the most important archaeological discovery, known as the world's best museums in the world.
• Argive Heraion - Sunny in the Temple of Hera, solemn drums sounded, wearing a white traditional Greek dress priestess lit the torch, suddenly slow suddenly urgent drums and melodious flute resounded over the site of Olympia.
• Acropolis museum - Elevator and glass floors of the museum to see the display in the museum basement of approximately 2,000 square meters of Monuments and Sites, a variety of cultural relics and treasures amazing.
• Panathinaiko Stadium - The main stadium of the first modern Olympic Games, the passage of time can not take away the luster of the marble, as the spirit of the Olympic Games in the vicissitudes more dazzling.