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   Parthenon

   The Parthenon (; Ancient Greek: Παρθενών, romanised: Parthenōn [par.tʰe.nɔ̌ːn]; Greek: Παρθενώνας, romanised: Parthenónas [parθeˈnonas]) is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena.

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   Acropolis of Athens

   The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens, Greece, and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historical significance, the most famous being the Parthenon.

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   Platonic Academy

   The Academy was founded by Plato in ca. 387 BC in Athens.

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   Classical Athens

   Athens (Ancient Greek: Ἀθῆναι, Athênai), was a prominent polis (city-state) of ancient Greece during the classical period, in the peninsula of Attica.

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   Erechtheion

   The Erechtheion (, latinized as Erechtheum; Ancient Greek: Ἐρέχθειον, Modern Greek: Ερέχθειο) or Temple of Athena Polias is an ancient Greek Ionic temple, on the north side of the Acropolis, Athens, that was primarily dedicated to the goddess Athena.

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   Panathenaic Stadium

   The Panathenaic Stadium or Kallimarmaro (Καλλιμάρμαρο [kaliˈmaɾmaɾo], lit. 'beautiful marble') is a multi-purpose stadium in Athens, Greece.

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   Daphni Monastery

   Daphni or Dafni (Modern Greek: Δαφνί; Katharevousa: Δαφνίον, Daphnion) is an eleventh-century Byzantine monastery eleven kilometers (6.8 miles) northwest of central Athens in the suburb of Chaidari, south of Athinon Avenue.

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   Temple of Athena Nike

   The Temple of Athena Nike, the smallest temple on the Acropolis of Athens, is dedicated to the goddesses Athena and Nike.

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   Lyceum

   The Lyceum was a temple in Athens dedicated to Apollo Lyceus. It was best known for the Peripatetic school of philosophy founded there by Aristotle in 334 BC.

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    National Archaeological Museum of Athens

    The National Archaeological Museum in Athens houses some of the most important artifacts from a variety of archaeological locations around Greece from prehistory to late antiquity.

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   Athena Parthenos

   The statue of Athena Parthenos (Ancient Greek: Παρθένος Ἀθηνᾶ, lit. 'Athena the Virgin') was a monumental chryselephantine sculpture of the goddess Athena.

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   Ancient Agora of Athens

   The Ancient Agora of Athens (also called the Classical Agora) is an ancient Greek agora.

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   Temple of Olympian Zeus

   The Temple of Olympian Zeus (Ancient Greek: Ναὸς τοῦ Ὀλυμπίου Διός, Naós tou Olympíou Diós), also known as the Olympieion or Columns of the Olympian Zeus, is a colossal temple in the centre of Athens, now in ruins.

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   Temple of Hephaestus

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   Odeon of Herodes Atticus

   The Odeon of Herodes Atticus is a stone Greek theatre structure located on the southwest slope of the Acropolis of Athens, Greece. The building was completed in AD 161 and then renovated in 1950.

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   Theatre of Dionysus

   The Theatre of Dionysus (or Theatre of Dionysos, Greek: Θέατρο του Διονύσου) is an ancient Greek theatre in Athens.

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   Acropolis Museum

   The Acropolis Museum is an archaeological museum focused on the findings of the archaeological site of the Acropolis of Athens.

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   Tower of the Winds

   The Tower of the Winds, known as the Ωρολόγιο του Κυρρήστου in Greek, and by other names, is an octagonal Pentelic marble tower in the Roman Agora in Athens, named after the eight large reliefs of wind gods

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   Old Royal Palace

   The Old Royal Palace is the first royal palace of modern Greece. It is a neoclassical building situated at the heart of modern Athens, facing onto Syntagma Square.

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    Syntagma Square

    Syntagma Square is the central square of Athens, Greece. The square is named after the Constitution that Otto, the first King of Greece, was obliged to grant after a popular and military uprising on 3 September 1843.

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