The best places to visit in Athens, Greece -> Destinations

  Temple of Athena in Greece, was built in dry Partheon. 5th BC Acropolis hill. This is the most important surviving building of Classical Greece, generally considered to have helped the development of Greece. Its decorative sculptures are considered one of the high points of Greek architecture. Partheon is regarded as a lasting symbol of ancient Greece and Athenian democracy and one of the greatest cultural monuments. Ministry of Culture of Greece currently performing a program of ...

  Plaka is the historic district of Athens, north of the Acropolis, near Monastiraki districts - bohemian - and Thissio. Here you can see more nineteenth-century neoclassical buildings restored pedestriene you can walk the streets, visit shops, restaurants and historical sites Romanian era. Plaka district boundaries are not specific but can be identified: Ancient Agora in Monastiraki and Plateia west Dhionysiou Areopayitou Acropolis and south street, Temple of Zeus and Leoforos Amal...

  Construction of Temple of Poseidon, god of the sea, started the year 500 but i Ch monument was never finished. Temple and its attractions were destroyed by the Persians in the fist year i Ch 480 Temple of Poseidon that you can visit today was built on the site of ruins of another temple. At the same time it was built and Temple of Athena, the goddess of the place where he was given sanctuary.      The sanctuary began to dry I pulled down M...

  Port of Piraeus is Greece's largest port. It was built during the reign Temistocles, when the city walls were built (Ch D. 478 year), and the town was built by architect Hippodamus. He quickly gained importance when Athens became a naval power. Piraeus port covers a distance of 8 km southwest of the Acropolis, hence leaving many Greek ferryboats.     Piraeus is composed of three ports of the "Grand Port" is the largest being loca...