Athens travel guide

Top 10 sights in Athens

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   Parthenon

   former temple of Athena on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece

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   Acropolis of Athens

   ancient citadel above the city of Athens

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   Platonic Academy

   ancient philosophical, research and educative center, founded by Plato in Athens

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   Classical Athens

   city-state in ancient Greece

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   Erechtheion

   ancient Greek temple on the north side of the Acropolis of Athens

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   Panathenaic Stadium

   stadium in Athens, Greece

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   Daphni Monastery

   11th-century Byzantine monastery in Greece

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   Temple of Athena Nike

   ancient Greek temple built in the fifth century CE on the Acropolis of Athens in honor of Athena as the goddess of victory, located in Athens Municipality, Greece

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   Lyceum

   public meeting place in Classical Athens

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    National Archaeological Museum of Athens

    museum in Athens, Greece

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   Athena Parthenos

   sculpture by Phidias

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   Ancient Agora of Athens

   major archaeological site of Athens

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   Temple of Olympian Zeus

   ancient Greek temple in Athens

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   Temple of Hephaestus

   ancient Greek temple in Athens

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   Odeon of Herodes Atticus

   ancient theater in Athens Acropolis

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   Theatre of Dionysus

   ancient theater in the Acropolis of Athens

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   Acropolis Museum

   museum in Athens, Greece

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   Tower of the Winds

   a Roman tower in Athens that once housed an early weather vane, large clepsydra, and multiple sundials to function as an early clocktower

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   Old Royal Palace

   building of the Hellenic Parliament, formerly a royal palace

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    Syntagma Square

    square in Athens, Greece