Piraeus and Athens, Greece
Piraeus is the seaport for the city of Athens. The cultural center of Greece since the 8th century BC, Athens was not made the capital of the Greek nation until 1834. Now a bustling city of 4.5 million, it holds an abundance of treasures of Europe's first great classical civilization. (That is, if one excludes the Minoan civilization which predates Greece's Mycenaean founders.) It is believed that the massive volcanic eruption centered at Santorini weakened the Minoans to such an extent they were vulnerable to Mycenaean incursions from mainland Greece. The Acropolis and Parthenon are and always will be the centerpiece of Athens and a reminder of the glory of the classical Greek period.
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Parthenon atop the Acropolis (in a state of continuous preservation) |
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At the Parthenon |
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The Erechtheion and porch of the Karyatids |
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The sprawling city of Athens below |
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The original olympic stadium |
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Giant video displays at Piraeus port |
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