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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/madridpixel/">Madrid Pixel</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/madridpixel/55465142432/" title="Roman Agora"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55465142432_6fdf8ed996_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Roman Agora" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/martin-m-miles/">Martin M. Miles</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/martin-m-miles/55466323130/" title="Olympia"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55466323130_c2a41e91ac_m.jpg" width="240" height="143" alt="Olympia" /></a></p> <p> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Olympia was the sanctuary of Zeus in the northwest of the Peloponnese. It was the site of the ancient Olympic Games. The excavation site is vast and complex. The ancient author Pausanias mentions about seventy temples, some of which have been reconstructed. <br /> <br /> The Palaestra, erected in the 3rd century BC, was the ancient wrestling school and training center for athletes preparing for the ancient Olympic Games.<br /> <br /> The Palaestra had a square courtyard measuring 41 × 41 meters, which was covered with fine sand. This is where the athletes trained. The courtyard was completely surrounded by a peristyle of 72 Doric columns, some of which have been re-erected today.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/isymeonidis/">Cosmoclix</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/isymeonidis/55466023364/" title="Aerial View of Kos Harbor and Castle"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55466023364_20d71849b6_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Aerial View of Kos Harbor and Castle" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/isymeonidis/">Cosmoclix</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/isymeonidis/55464874267/" title="Aerial View of Kos Harbor and Castle"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55464874267_ac9a0fcdcc_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Aerial View of Kos Harbor and Castle" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/pandamak/">Alex Mak Enemy</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/pandamak/55464581067/" title="Varvakios Market, Athens – Then and Now"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55464581067_2b651bc3f5_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Varvakios Market, Athens – Then and Now" /></a></p> <p>The same market entrance photographed in 2006 and again in 2026. Twenty years later, the market remains, while its façade, signage and surroundings reveal the passage of time.<br /> <br /> 同一個市場入口，分別攝於 2006 年和 2026 年。二十年過去，市場依然存在，但外牆、招牌及周邊環境已留下歲月變化的痕跡。</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/pandamak/">Alex Mak Enemy</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/pandamak/55465562441/" title="Monastiraki Flea Market, Athens"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55465562441_e5f59b4f7d_m.jpg" width="240" height="181" alt="Monastiraki Flea Market, Athens" /></a></p> <p>A colourful maze of antiques, vintage goods, souvenirs and small shops, capturing the lively character of central Athens.<br /> <br /> 古董、二手物品、紀念品和各式小店集中於此，是雅典最具特色、也最熱鬧的街區之一。</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/lukedrich_photography/">lukedrich_photography</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lukedrich_photography/55464454472/" title="Athens"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55464454472_afb9e72562_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Athens" /></a></p> <p>Source: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens</a><br /> <br /> Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica region and is the southernmost capital on the European mainland. With its urban area's population numbering over 3.6 million, it is the eighth-largest urban area in the European Union (EU). The Municipality of Athens (also City of Athens), which constitutes a small administrative unit of the entire urban area, had a population of 643,452 in 2021, within its official limits, and a land area of 38.96 square kilometres (15.04 square miles).<br /> <br /> Athens is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years, and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC. According to Greek mythology, the city was named after Athena, the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, but modern scholars generally agree that the goddess took her name after the city. Classical Athens was one of the most powerful city-states in ancient Greece. It was a centre for Hellenistic democracy, the arts, education and philosophy, and was highly influential throughout the European continent, particularly in Ancient Rome. For this reason it is often regarded as the cradle of Western civilisation and the birthplace of democracy in its own right independently from the rest of Greece.<br /> <br /> In modern times Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Greece. It is a Beta (+) – status global city according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, and is one of the biggest economic centres in Southeast Europe. It also has a large financial sector, and its port Piraeus is both the second-busiest passenger port in Europe and the thirteenth-largest container port in the world. The Athens metropolitan area extends beyond its administrative municipal city limits as well as its urban agglomeration, with a population of 3,638,281 in 2021 over an area of 2,928.717 km2 (1,131 sq mi).<br /> <br /> The heritage of the Classical Era is still evident in the city, represented by ancient monuments, and works of art, the most famous of these being the Parthenon, considered a key landmark of early Western culture. Athens retains Roman, Byzantine and a smaller number of Ottoman monuments, while its historical urban core features elements of continuity through its millennia of history. Athens contains two World Heritage Sites recognised by UNESCO: the Acropolis of Athens and the medieval Daphni Monastery. Athens is home to several museums and cultural institutions, such as the National Archeological Museum, featuring the world's largest collection of ancient Greek antiquities, the Acropolis Museum, the Museum of Cycladic Art, the Benaki Museum and the Byzantine and Christian Museum. Athens was the host city of the first modern-day Olympic Games in 1896, and 108 years later it hosted the 2004 Summer Olympics, making it one of five cities to have hosted the Summer Olympics on more than one occasion.<br /> <br /> Additional Foreign Language Tags:<br /> <br /> (Greece) &quot;اليونان&quot; &quot;希腊&quot; &quot;Grèce&quot; &quot;Griechenland&quot; &quot;יוון&quot; &quot;ग्रीस&quot; &quot;ギリシャ&quot; &quot;그리스&quot; &quot;Греция&quot; &quot;Grecia&quot; &quot;Hellenic Republic&quot; &quot;Ελληνική Δημοκρατία&quot;<br /> <br /> (Athens) &quot;أثينا&quot; &quot;雅典&quot; &quot;Athènes&quot; &quot;Athen&quot; &quot;אתונה&quot; &quot;एथेंस&quot; &quot;アテネ&quot; &quot;아테네&quot; &quot;Афины&quot; &quot;Atenas&quot;<br /> <br /> (Europe) Europa &quot;European Union&quot; &quot;أوروبا&quot; &quot;欧洲&quot; &quot;אירופה&quot; &quot;यूरोप&quot; &quot;ヨーロッパ&quot; &quot;유럽&quot; &quot;Европа&quot;</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/strangelover/">Strangelover17</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/strangelover/55465460084/" title="Τολό"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55465460084_72311b542f_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Τολό" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/monika_sabina/">Written and unwritten postcards</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/monika_sabina/55465561335/" title="Ateny_031"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55465561335_e02773ca50_m.jpg" width="240" height="164" alt="Ateny_031" /></a></p> <p>Zapisana, od Marii</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/186807055@N06/">mitropolifth</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/186807055@N06/55465119886/" title="IMG_6190"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55465119886_e031692487_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="IMG_6190" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/186807055@N06/">mitropolifth</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/186807055@N06/55465243733/" title="IMG_6171"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55465243733_e54d2099ff_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="IMG_6171" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/186807055@N06/">mitropolifth</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/186807055@N06/55465243783/" title="IMG_6150"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55465243783_3a69eb8dba_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="IMG_6150" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/186807055@N06/">mitropolifth</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/186807055@N06/55465291709/" title="IMG_6288"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55465291709_42e67ca662_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="IMG_6288" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/186807055@N06/">mitropolifth</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/186807055@N06/55465516745/" title="IMG_6374"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55465516745_c098b46077_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="IMG_6374" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/186807055@N06/">mitropolifth</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/186807055@N06/55465120031/" title="IMG_6145"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55465120031_e723de5239_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="IMG_6145" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/186807055@N06/">mitropolifth</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/186807055@N06/55465291409/" title="IMG_6342"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55465291409_96b6c47d57_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="IMG_6342" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/16997479@N06/">Christos Doudoulakis</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/16997479@N06/55465285619/" title="The brightest"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55465285619_e4b588f525_m.jpg" width="240" height="239" alt="The brightest" /></a></p> <p>That was the brightest one of the night. Unfortunately it occurred behind my zenith but the all sky camera caught it. It flashed like lightning and its ionization train was naked-eye visible for about a minute.<br /> <br /> This year's #Perseids peak night was a pleasant surprise. Whoever was out there, enjoyed a spectacular show, the best since 2016's outbreak. Several fireballs, very long trails and periods with many meteors (up to 6/min, visible to the unaided eye). All that, from dusk till about 2 am local time 13/8 (11 pm UTC, 12/8).<br /> <br /> The GMN (Global Meteor Network) confirmed this increased activity for the night of 12-13 of August.<br /> <br /> This shot is with a 4.5 mm circular fisheye lens. <br /> <br /> Photography and Licensing: <a href="https://doudoulakis.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">doudoulakis.blogspot.com/</a><br /> <br /> My books concerning natural phenomena / Τα βιβλία μου σχετικά με τα φυσικά φαινόμενα αλλά και βιβλία για φοιτητές: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TaFisikaFainomena/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.facebook.com/TaFisikaFainomena/</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/186807055@N06/">mitropolifth</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/186807055@N06/55465243243/" title="IMG_6283"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55465243243_aa91a2178a_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="IMG_6283" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/186807055@N06/">mitropolifth</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/186807055@N06/55465516555/" title="IMG_6388"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55465516555_203fd83e34_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="IMG_6388" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/186807055@N06/">mitropolifth</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/186807055@N06/55464139197/" title="IMG_6356"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55464139197_891dfca292_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="IMG_6356" /></a></p>

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