| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Plaka
|
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Painted houses of the Plaka.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Plaka
Site / Event : Roman Agora
|
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The Gate of Athena Archegetis dates from the 1st century.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Plaka
Site / Event : Roman Agora
|
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The Tower of Winds at the far end of the agora.
|
1974 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Plaka
Site / Event : Roman Agora
|
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A series of columns.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
|
 |
The Agora is a group of ruins in the middle of the city.
|
1974 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
|
 |
The Agora was the centre of Athenian life.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
|
 |
The Acropolis overlooks the Agora.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
|
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The Agora dates from the 6th century.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
|
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The Agora was destroyed by the Persians in 480 BCE but rebuilt.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : 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 |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
|
 |
Socrates taught and St Paul preached in the Agora.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
|
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The Church of Agia Anna overlooks the Church of the Holy Apostles in the Agora.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Church of the Holy Apostles
|
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The Church of the Holy Apostles.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Church of the Holy Apostles
|
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The entrance to the church.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Church of the Holy Apostles
|
 |
The church dates from the 10th century.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Church of the Holy Apostles
|
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The interior is covered with frescos.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Church of the Holy Apostles
|
 |
An icon fresco.
|
1981 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Church of the Holy Apostles
|
 |
The painted dome.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Church of the Holy Apostles
|
 |
Mosaics of two apostles.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Church of the Holy Apostles
|
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Carved seating area.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Church of the Holy Apostles
|
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Stone crucifix.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
|
 |
The Middle Stoa was a walkway.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
|
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The Great Drain.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
|
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The Tholos was a round building where government heads met.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
|
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Structures from the 6th century.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
|
 |
Emperor Hadrian.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
|
 |
Gymnasium.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
|
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Entrance to the Gymnasium.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
|
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View of the Agora in 1981.
|
1981 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Temple of Hephaestus
|
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The Temple of Hephaestus dominates the Agora.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Temple of Hephaestus
|
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The temple is the best preserved Doric temple in Greece.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Temple of Hephaestus
|
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The temple was built by Pericles in 449 BCE using the Parthenon architect, Iktinos.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Temple of Hephaestus
|
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The frieze depicts the Labours of Hercules.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Temple of Hephaestus
|
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The stonework carvings are impressive.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Temple of Hephaestus
|
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The temple was converted to a church between 1300 and 1834.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Temple of Hephaestus
|
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Portion of the Labours of Hercules.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Temple of Hephaestus
|
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The temple platform.
|
1977 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
|
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View of the Agora and the Acropolis from the Temple of Hephaestus.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
|
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View from the Temple of Hephaestus.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
|
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View of the Plaka from the Agora.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
|
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Ruins by the metro line.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : 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 |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : 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 |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Stoa of Attalos
|
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The stoa dates from the 2nd century BCE.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Stoa of Attalos
|
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The stoa is now a museum.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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1st century cooking pot with cover (6th to 4th century BCE).
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Ivory vessel with carvings of griffons attacking stags from 15th century BCE.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Three handed bowl decorated with lillies, 1400 BCE.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Tinned vessel, 1350 BCE.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Hydra (holy water cups) from 10 century BCE burial site.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Mycenaean amphora, 1200 BCE.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Three handed cup from a 900 BCE burial.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Gold jewellry from an 850 BCE burial site of a pregnant woman.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Chest with lid of model granaries from an 850 BCE burial site of a wealthy woman.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Decorated vessel from an 850 BCE burial site.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Decorated flask, 1350 BCE.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Pottery from 10th century BCE burial site.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Krater decorated with swans, 550 BCE, found in a well.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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900 BCE geometric pattern.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Terracotta boots, 900 BCE.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Child's comode, 6th century BCE.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Ostraka found in a well and dated 482 BCE.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : 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 |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Marble allotment machine for jury service using black and white balls, 2nd century BCE.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Decorated vessel from 500 BCE.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Plate with satyr on a donkey, 510 BCE.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Pot decorated with three women, 430 BCE.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Painted vessels from 490 BCE.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Pot decorated with a youth leading a horse, 400 BCE.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Plate with woman kneeling beside an altar, 500 BCE.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Jewellry from a 4th century BCE shrine in the Agora.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Vessel with a youth and a man, 5th century BCE.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Grill dated between 6th and 4th century BCE.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Pottery decorated with a wreath, 300 BCE.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Bowl with raised floral and dolphin decoration, 220 BCE.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Terracotta tragic and comic masks, 250 BCE.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Roman vase in the shape of a boy's head, 3rd century.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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4th century BCE brazier with cover.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Lamp with relief of Leda and the swan, 250.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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2nd century bust of a man.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Statue of Aphrodite from 4th century BCE.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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4th century BCE relief of a cavalry contest.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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2nd century portrait of Herototus, known as the Father of History.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Chariot race in the 4th century BCE Panathenaic Games.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Hermes in the form of a sleeping Silenus, used as a fence post, 2nd century.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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Portrait of a 3rd century Roman matron.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Agora
Site / Event : Agora Museum
|
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The Temple of Hephaestus from the Agora Museum.
|
1981 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
Site / Event : Hadrian's Arch
|
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Hadrian's Arch was erected by the Roman Emperor in 132.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
Site / Event : Hadrian's Arch
|
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Detail of Hadrian's Arch.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
Site / Event : Temple of Olympian Zeus
|
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The Temple of Olympian Zeus.
|
1981 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
Site / Event : Temple of Olympian Zeus
|
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The temple is the largest in Greece.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
Site / Event : 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 |
City / Town : Athens
Site / Event : Temple of Olympian Zeus
|
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The Corinthian columns are 17m high.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
Site / Event : Temple of Olympian Zeus
|
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One column fell over during a gale in 1852.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
Site / Event : Temple of Olympian Zeus
|
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Fallen column from 1974.
|
1974 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
|
 |
The Olympia Stadium.
|
1974 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
Site / Event : Church of Kapnikarea
|
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The small Church of Kapnikarea.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
Site / Event : Church of Kapnikarea
|
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External mosaic.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
Site / Event : Church of Kapnikarea
|
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The painted interior.
|
2014 |
| Greece |
City / Town : Athens
District : Syntagma Square
|
 |
The Parliament building in Syntagma Square.
|
2014 |
were added from 1 February 2025.