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Greece |
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Athens |
Plaka |
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Painted houses of the Plaka. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Plaka |
Roman Agora |
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The Gate of Athena Archegetis dates from the 1st century. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Plaka |
Roman Agora |
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The Tower of Winds at the far end of the agora. |
1974 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Plaka |
Roman Agora |
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A series of columns. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
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The Agora is a group of ruins in the middle of the city. |
1974 |
Greece |
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Agora |
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The Agora was the centre of Athenian life. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Agora |
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The Acropolis overlooks the Agora. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Agora |
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The Agora dates from the 6th century. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
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The Agora was destroyed by the Persians in 480 BCE but rebuilt. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
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During the Ottoman period, the Agora was converted into a residential area that was destroyed after Greek independence. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
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Socrates taught and St Paul preached in the Agora. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
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The Church of Agia Anna overlooks the Church of the Holy Apostles in the Agora. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Church of the Holy Apostles |
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The Church of the Holy Apostles. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Church of the Holy Apostles |
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The entrance to the church. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Church of the Holy Apostles |
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The church dates from the 10th century. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Church of the Holy Apostles |
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The interior is covered with frescos. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Church of the Holy Apostles |
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An icon fresco. |
1981 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Church of the Holy Apostles |
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The painted dome. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Church of the Holy Apostles |
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Mosaics of two apostles. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Church of the Holy Apostles |
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Carved seating area. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Church of the Holy Apostles |
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Stone crucifix. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
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The Middle Stoa was a walkway. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
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The Great Drain. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
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The Tholos was a round building where government heads met. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
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Structures from the 6th century. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
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Emperor Hadrian. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
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Gymnasium. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
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Entrance to the Gymnasium. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
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View of the Agora in 1981. |
1981 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Temple of Hephaestus |
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The Temple of Hephaestus dominates the Agora. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Temple of Hephaestus |
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The temple is the best preserved Doric temple in Greece. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Temple of Hephaestus |
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The temple was built by Pericles in 449 BCE using the Parthenon architect, Iktinos. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Temple of Hephaestus |
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The frieze depicts the Labours of Hercules. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Temple of Hephaestus |
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The stonework carvings are impressive. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Temple of Hephaestus |
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The temple was converted to a church between 1300 and 1834. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Temple of Hephaestus |
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Portion of the Labours of Hercules. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Temple of Hephaestus |
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The temple platform. |
1977 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
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View of the Agora and the Acropolis from the Temple of Hephaestus. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
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View from the Temple of Hephaestus. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
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View of the Plaka from the Agora. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
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Ruins by the metro line. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Stoa of Attalos |
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The Stoa of Attalos is a two storeyed covered walkway 120m long where Athenians would walk and do business. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Stoa of Attalos |
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The stoa was built by King Attalos of Pergammon. Its lower columns are Doric and the upper Ionic. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Stoa of Attalos |
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The stoa dates from the 2nd century BCE. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Stoa of Attalos |
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The stoa is now a museum. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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1st century cooking pot with cover (6th to 4th century BCE). |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Ivory vessel with carvings of griffons attacking stags from 15th century BCE. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Three handed bowl decorated with lillies, 1400 BCE. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Tinned vessel, 1350 BCE. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Hydra (holy water cups) from 10 century BCE burial site. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Mycenaean amphora, 1200 BCE. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Three handed cup from a 900 BCE burial. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Gold jewellry from an 850 BCE burial site of a pregnant woman. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Chest with lid of model granaries from an 850 BCE burial site of a wealthy woman. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Decorated vessel from an 850 BCE burial site. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Decorated flask, 1350 BCE. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Pottery from 10th century BCE burial site. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Krater decorated with swans, 550 BCE, found in a well. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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900 BCE geometric pattern. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Terracotta boots, 900 BCE. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Child's comode, 6th century BCE. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Ostraka found in a well and dated 482 BCE. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Ostraka with names on them used by Athenians to vote the most undesireable person out of the city: it's where the word "ostracise" originates. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Marble allotment machine for jury service using black and white balls, 2nd century BCE. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Decorated vessel from 500 BCE. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Plate with satyr on a donkey, 510 BCE. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Pot decorated with three women, 430 BCE. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Painted vessels from 490 BCE. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Pot decorated with a youth leading a horse, 400 BCE. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Plate with woman kneeling beside an altar, 500 BCE. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Jewellry from a 4th century BCE shrine in the Agora. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Vessel with a youth and a man, 5th century BCE. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Grill dated between 6th and 4th century BCE. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Pottery decorated with a wreath, 300 BCE. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Bowl with raised floral and dolphin decoration, 220 BCE. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Terracotta tragic and comic masks, 250 BCE. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Roman vase in the shape of a boy's head, 3rd century. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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4th century BCE brazier with cover. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Lamp with relief of Leda and the swan, 250. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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2nd century bust of a man. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Statue of Aphrodite from 4th century BCE. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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4th century BCE relief of a cavalry contest. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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2nd century portrait of Herototus, known as the Father of History. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Chariot race in the 4th century BCE Panathenaic Games. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Hermes in the form of a sleeping Silenus, used as a fence post, 2nd century. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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Portrait of a 3rd century Roman matron. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Agora |
Agora Museum |
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The Temple of Hephaestus from the Agora Museum. |
1981 |
Greece |
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Athens |
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Hadrian's Arch |
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Hadrian's Arch was erected by the Roman Emperor in 132. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
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Hadrian's Arch |
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Detail of Hadrian's Arch. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
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Temple of Olympian Zeus |
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The Temple of Olympian Zeus. |
1981 |
Greece |
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Athens |
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Temple of Olympian Zeus |
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The temple is the largest in Greece. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
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Temple of Olympian Zeus |
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The temple dates from 6th century but was completed by the Roman Emperor Hadrian in 161. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
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Temple of Olympian Zeus |
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The Corinthian columns are 17m high. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
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Temple of Olympian Zeus |
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One column fell over during a gale in 1852. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
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Temple of Olympian Zeus |
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Fallen column from 1974. |
1974 |
Greece |
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Athens |
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The Olympia Stadium. |
1974 |
Greece |
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Athens |
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Church of Kapnikarea |
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The small Church of Kapnikarea. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
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Church of Kapnikarea |
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External mosaic. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
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Church of Kapnikarea |
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The painted interior. |
2014 |
Greece |
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Athens |
Syntagma Square |
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The Parliament building in Syntagma Square. |
2014 |