Athens
The city of Athens has two distinct time periods for construction: Amazing ruins and stuff that was built a couple of decades ago (that is rather ugly). Fortunately for you, we mostly took pictures of the former.
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| The Parthenon |
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| The Barter-thon |
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| A mix of old and new |
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| In hindsight, we should have expected the place to look ruined. |
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| Let's go up to the city on the hill, shall we? |
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| Setting up the amphitheater for a concert |
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| It's a bit of a fixer-upper |
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| Detail from previous photo |
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| More ruin porn. |
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| A view down to where we were earlier See the gate in the lower left? |
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| Details matter. |
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| It wasn't until the Romans that roofs became standard on temples. |
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| More stonework detail |
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| This makes a fun desktop background. |
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| More stone carvings |
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| The Acropolis from below |
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| Don't go to the Agora if you have a fear of wide open spaces, for obvious reasons (agoraphobia) |
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| The Acropolis lit up at night |
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