City of Athens

The city of Athens is the capital of Greece, and the largest city of the country.
Visitors are given a choice of over 200 hotels and over 500 restaurants.

Athens Culture and History

The Athens Acropolis

Posted Mon, 05/04/2009 - 11:47 by admin

The Athenian Acropolis is possibly the best known acropolis in the world. The word Acropolis stems from the union of the following Greek words:

  • akro (Άκρο): which means edge
  • and polis (Πόλις): which means city

Even though other cities also have acropolises in Greece, the importance of the Athens Acropolis when compared to others is such that it is simply referred to as The Acropolis.

Athens culture and history

Posted Tue, 02/17/2009 - 15:08 by admin

Ancient Greece: Athens was the centre of the ancient Greece and was also considered an intellectual and artistic city. Ancient Athenians founded the most significant moral values of the human mankind. Philosophy, science, literature, art and drama flourished in ancient Athens as well as the notions of democracy, freedom of speech and justice. It can be said that in ancient Athens the foundations of the modern western society and civilization were laid.

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