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			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/skinnylawyer/">Scarlet Sappho</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/skinnylawyer/54558926334/" title="Acropolis at Night, from Rooftop Bar"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54558926334_582057425c_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Acropolis at Night, from Rooftop Bar" /></a></p>

<p>I had spent a long day on and around the <strong>Acropolis of Athens</strong>; what better way to wind it down than at a scenic rooftop bar near <strong>Monastiraki Square</strong>, enjoying the view of the flood-lit Acropolis, and rethinking the immense history and legacy that I had spent the whole day soaking in?<br />
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My vantage point is <strong>Attic Urban Rooftop</strong> in the trendy neighborhood of <strong>Psyrri</strong>.</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/54558775224/" title="Athens - Market Hall"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54558775224_4f73871f72_m.jpg" width="240" height="166" alt="Athens - Market Hall" /></a></p>

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Athens, the southernmost capital on the European mainland, is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years. According to Greek mythology the city was named after Athena, the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom. Classical Athens was one of the most powerful city-states in ancient Greece. It was a centre for 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.<br />
Construction of the market hall, which was intended to replace the old bazaar from the Turkish period on the site of Hadrian's Library, began in 1878. After a major fire destroyed the old market in 1884, the building was inaugurated in 1886.<br />
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Until the 1970s, the market hall was an important trading center for the wholesale and retail trade in food. This importance shifted in the retail trade to large supermarkets. Nevertheless, the market remains well attended.<br />
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Octopus and calamari</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/paspog/54558553050/" title="224 - La Canée en Crète - le phare à l&#039;entrée du port vénitien"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54558553050_c697d25a20_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="224 - La Canée en Crète - le phare à l&#039;entrée du port vénitien" /></a></p>


			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/carlozamagni/">carlozamagni</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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<p>Acropoli di Atene</p>
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/rolfschotsch/">williespictures</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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<p>Santorini sunset</p>
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/rpflowershots/">RonParsonsflowershots</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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<p>Pelopponese, Greece</p>
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/paspog/">paspog</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/paspog/54556830860/" title="217 - La Canée en Crète - Figuier de Barbarie au bout de la rue Theotokopoulou"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54556830860_e2b909e3e5_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="217 - La Canée en Crète - Figuier de Barbarie au bout de la rue Theotokopoulou" /></a></p>


			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/kalantziscope/">p-k-c</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/11797386@N06/">Steve Chasey Photography</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/dimitil/">Dimitil</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dimitil/54555970436/" title="Vasiliki and her goats"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54555970436_a719a17249_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="Vasiliki and her goats" /></a></p>

<p>Every day, Mrs. Vasiliki, despite her advanced age, takes her few goats out to graze on the Gratista and Omalia mountains, which rise above Vasiliko, the village of origin of my late father, in Pogoni, Epirus.</p>
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/paspog/">paspog</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/paspog/54555777166/" title="214 - La Canée en Crète - les pêcheurs du port vénitien"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54555777166_db2b3d4f55_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="214 - La Canée en Crète - les pêcheurs du port vénitien" /></a></p>


			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/rpflowershots/">RonParsonsflowershots</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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<p>Peloponnese, Greece</p>
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/rpflowershots/">RonParsonsflowershots</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rpflowershots/54555922663/" title="Ophrys umbilicata (attica)"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54555922663_7990b7bc01_m.jpg" width="185" height="240" alt="Ophrys umbilicata (attica)" /></a></p>

<p>Pelopponese, Greece</p>
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/icpapachristos/">ioannis_papachristos</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/icpapachristos/54555385466/" title="Agathōnos Monastery: the Exit [color]"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54555385466_c38f25d84f_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Agathōnos Monastery: the Exit [color]" /></a></p>

<p>This is a color photograph of the Way Out of Agathōnos Monastery, near the city of Lamia, central Greece.  There is St. Agathōn’s mosaic on the top part (inner aspect) of the exit. <br />
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There is an inscription on the lintel: <br />
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❝Ἔκκλινον άπὸ κακοῦ καὶ ποίησον ἀγαθόν… (Ψαλμὸς ΛΓʹ, 15)❞ <br />
that is the original Greek for “Depart from evil, and do good… (34th Psalm 14, KJV)”. <br />
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Can you spot a priest outside the right iron door?<br />
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St. Agathon was the owner of the property where the monastery was built and he was also the one who had the monastery built. The monastery was founded in early XV century; it is built at the foot of Mt. Oetē (Οἴτη) at an altutude of 553 m (1,814 ft). Inside the monastery pilgrims can kneel before the incorrupt relic of St. Bēssariōn Agathōnitēs (1905–1991).</p>
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/mimi_serada/">Mimi Serada</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
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			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/paspog/">paspog</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/paspog/54555525840/" title="204 - La Canée en Crète -  la Mosquée Küçük Hasan sur le quai du vieux port vénitien"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54555525840_5bfb4f4a16_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="204 - La Canée en Crète -  la Mosquée Küçük Hasan sur le quai du vieux port vénitien" /></a></p>


			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/rpflowershots/">RonParsonsflowershots</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rpflowershots/54555012881/" title="Arbutus andrachne"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54555012881_f203e0f1e8_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Arbutus andrachne" /></a></p>

<p>Pelopponese, Greece</p>
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/ggppix/">ggppix</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ggppix/54554904618/" title="Shoppers on Corfu&#039;s Agiou Spiridones"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54554904618_1cae086e85_m.jpg" width="158" height="240" alt="Shoppers on Corfu&#039;s Agiou Spiridones" /></a></p>

<p>View down Agiou Spiridones, which is a street in Corfu (Κέρκυρα), Greece (Ελλάδα) that shares its name with the church on the left--Holy Church of Saint Spyridon (Ιερός Ναός Αγίου Σπυρίδωνα).  I photographed this luminous scene on March 19, 2017.</p>
			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/ekounoupamelissa/">Eleanna Kounoupa</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ekounoupamelissa/54554561243/" title="Street photos in an Athens park"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54554561243_3d28a6c8dc_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Street photos in an Athens park" /></a></p>


			<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/ekounoupamelissa/">Eleanna Kounoupa</a> posted a photo:</p>
	
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ekounoupamelissa/54553444137/" title="Graffiti in park"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54553444137_608e116d71_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Graffiti in park" /></a></p>
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