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<p>Source: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens</a><br />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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Additional Foreign Language Tags:<br />
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(Greece) "اليونان" "希腊" "Grèce" "Griechenland" "יוון" "ग्रीस" "ギリシャ" "그리스" "Греция" "Grecia" "Hellenic Republic" "Ελληνική Δημοκρατία"<br />
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(Athens) "أثينا" "雅典" "Athènes" "Athen" "אתונה" "एथेंस" "アテネ" "아테네" "Афины" "Atenas"<br />
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(Europe) Europa "European Union" "أوروبا" "欧洲" "אירופה" "यूरोप" "ヨーロッパ" "유럽" "Европа"</p>

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<p>Source: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens</a><br />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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Additional Foreign Language Tags:<br />
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(Greece) "اليونان" "希腊" "Grèce" "Griechenland" "יוון" "ग्रीस" "ギリシャ" "그리스" "Греция" "Grecia" "Hellenic Republic" "Ελληνική Δημοκρατία"<br />
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(Athens) "أثينا" "雅典" "Athènes" "Athen" "אתונה" "एथेंस" "アテネ" "아테네" "Афины" "Atenas"<br />
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(Europe) Europa "European Union" "أوروبا" "欧洲" "אירופה" "यूरोप" "ヨーロッパ" "유럽" "Европа"</p>

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<p>Panagia Kapnikarea on Ermou Street<br />
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Identification: Church of Panagia Kapnikarea<br />
Location: Ermou Street at Kapnikareas, central Athens<br />
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Looking along crowded Ermou Street, the small Byzantine church positioned almost directly in the middle of the shopping street is Panagia Kapnikarea.<br />
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Thought to date from around 1052, Kapnikarea is one of the oldest surviving Orthodox churches in Athens. Evidence suggests it may have formed part of a monastery and may itself have been erected over an earlier sanctuary.<br />
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Its survival is remarkable. As modern Athens expanded during the 19th century, plans for a straight and spacious Ermou Street placed the old church directly in the path of redevelopment, and it faced several proposals for demolition. Instead the city grew around it.<br />
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The photograph beautifully captures that contrast: an almost thousand-year-old Byzantine church surrounded by modern fashion stores, advertising, traffic and dense pedestrian activity.</p>

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<p>Fallen Aviators Memorial, Karaiskaki Square<br />
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Identification: Memorial to the Fallen Aviators – Icarus<br />
Location: Karaiskaki Square, Metaxourgeio, Athens<br />
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Another view of the striking Memorial to the Fallen Aviators, with the dark metal figure of Icarus appearing to plunge into the broad pyramidal base at the centre of Karaiskaki Square.<br />
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The work was created by Greek sculptor Evangelos Moustakas, in collaboration with architect Ioannis Moustakas, following a competition in 2000. The approximately seven-metre-high figure represents the mythological Icarus and serves as an allegory for Greek aviators who died in the line of duty. The memorial combines brass sculpture, granite, landscaping and water features into a single composition.<br />
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The surrounding hotels and apartment blocks make an interesting contrast with the strongly angular modern monument and show its position within one of the busy western gateways to central Athens.</p>

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<p>Fallen Aviators Monument and Wyndham Grand Athens<br />
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Location: Karaiskaki Square, Metaxourgeio, Athens.<br />
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A wider view of the Fallen Aviators Monument with the Wyndham Grand Athens hotel providing a prominent urban backdrop.<br />
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The hotel occupies one of the large buildings bordering Karaiskaki Square, making it a useful landmark for identifying this location. The Wyndham Grand describes its property as standing directly on Karaiskaki Square in Athens' historic centre.<br />
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In the foreground, the memorial's low pyramidal base appears almost like an artificial piece of landscape. Emerging from it is the seven-metre-high representation of Icarus, created by Evangelos Moustakas.<br />
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The work is dedicated not to one individual accident or conflict, but collectively to Greek aviators who died while performing their duty. Completed in 2000, it deliberately uses one of ancient Greece's best-known stories of human flight to commemorate modern military aviation.</p>

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<p>Ceramic<br />
about 330-320 BC<br />
Attributed to the Asteas / Pvthon Workshop and the Pagenstecher Class (South Italian, Paestan)<br />
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"This round-bodied oil vessel, produced in Paestum, an ancient Greek city in South Italy, belongs to a small group of black-figure vessels produced in the second half of the fourth century BC, long after the technique had fallen out of fashion. Unlike most such vessels, which are smaller and feature a single figure, this one shows a more complex and colorful scene. The goat-legged god Pan perches on a branched tree trunk, holding his syrinx (panpipe) and a hare. Facing him, her hands on the trunk, is a draped woman, perhaps a nymph or the moon goddess Selene."</p>

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<p>Εκβολές του Λουδία 22/8/26</p>

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<p>Front façade of the Greek Parliament<br />
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Identification: Western façade of the Hellenic Parliament, viewed directly across Syntagma Square.<br />
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This more symmetrical photograph concentrates on the austere neoclassical proportions of the former Royal Palace.<br />
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Friedrich von Gärtner deliberately designed the palace as a relatively restrained building rather than an extravagantly decorated royal residence. Its enormous rectangular form, regular lines of windows and pale ochre walls are relieved by the projecting central section and marble architectural details.<br />
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The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier stretches across the entire lower part of the photograph. Two small blue-and-white sentry boxes mark positions used by the Evzones of the Presidential Guard, whose duty includes permanently guarding the memorial.<br />
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The Presidential Guard traces its origins to 1868. Evzones guard the Tomb twenty-four hours a day, with pairs changing every hour; the large formal guard-changing ceremony takes place on Sundays at 11:00.<br />
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The crowd gives a useful sense of the extraordinary scale of both the palace façade and the memorial terrace.</p>

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<p>Rear view of Hellenic Police uniform<br />
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Identification: Rear view of a Hellenic Police officer, central Athens.<br />
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This companion photograph is particularly useful because it records details that are not visible in the previous frontal view.<br />
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Across the back of the navy shirt are the bilingual markings:<br />
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ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΑΣΤΥΝΟΜΙΑ<br />
POLICE<br />
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The white cross-strap runs diagonally from the shoulder to the broad white duty belt, making the officer highly visible from behind. The uniform also includes shoulder epaulettes, sleeve insignia, dark cargo trousers and black boots.<br />
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The Hellenic Police crest can be seen on the sleeve, while the officer's cap carries the service emblem at the front, although this is naturally hidden from this angle.<br />
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The blurred blue traffic sign in the foreground adds depth and reinforces the street-duty setting.<br />
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Together with the preceding photograph, this makes a useful two-view record of contemporary Greek police uniform design.</p>

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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/111emergency/55479054551/" title="Athens - May 2026"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55479054551_e596abb7c8_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Athens - May 2026" /></a></p>

<p>Propylaea and Temple of Athena Nike<br />
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Identification: Western entrance to the Acropolis, including the Propylaea and Temple of Athena Nike.<br />
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Seen through trees from below the Sacred Rock, this photograph looks toward the monumental approach used by visitors entering the Acropolis.<br />
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At centre is the Propylaea, the enormous ceremonial gateway constructed between 437 and 432 BC as part of the Periclean building programme. Its architect was Mnesikles, who had to overcome the difficult sloping terrain while creating a monumental entrance worthy of Athena's sanctuary. Construction was interrupted by the Peloponnesian War and the complete original scheme was never realised.<br />
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Most distinctive at upper right is the small Ionic Temple of Athena Nike, perched dramatically on its projecting bastion. Designed by Kallikrates, it was constructed around 427–424 BC and was dedicated to Athena in her role as bringer of victory.<br />
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The block-like structure at left belongs to the northern wing of the Propylaea complex, while the central passage between the architectural masses marks the ancient ceremonial ascent.<br />
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The scattered visitors climbing toward the gateway help illustrate how imposing this entrance would have appeared to worshippers approaching the sanctuary nearly 2,500 years ago.</p>

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<p>Road to Eresos, Lesvos, Greece</p>

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<p>Hadrian's Arch framing the Olympieion landscape<br />
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Identification: Frontal western view of Hadrian's Arch, looking through the gateway toward the Olympieion archaeological area and the eastern side of Athens.<br />
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This is perhaps the best contextual photograph of the monument.<br />
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Visitors can be seen directly through the great central opening, giving a useful sense of scale. Beyond them are trees and the archaeological landscape surrounding the Temple of Olympian Zeus, while the slopes of the Athens basin are faintly visible farther in the distance.<br />
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When the arch was erected in the second century AD, the nearby Temple of Olympian Zeus had finally been completed under Hadrian after a construction history stretching back many centuries. The whole district therefore became a monumental expression of Hadrian's patronage of Athens.<br />
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The Ministry of Culture describes the arch as standing on the ancient street connecting the old city with the new Roman section developed by Hadrian. Its inscriptions consciously contrast Theseus, the mythical founder of Athens, with Hadrian, the Roman emperor who became in effect a second great patron and builder of the city.<br />
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The modern traffic on Vasilissis Amalias Avenue at the very bottom makes the photograph an excellent example of Athens' characteristic layering: Roman monument, archaeological landscape and a functioning twenty-first-century capital occupying the same view.</p>

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<p>Acropolis of Athens above Psyrri and the historic centre<br />
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Identification: Acropolis of Athens, dominated by the Parthenon, viewed across the rooftops of central Athens.<br />
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Location: Looking south/southeast from the Psyrri/Monastiraki area toward the Acropolis, Athens, Greece.<br />
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Description: This wide photograph places the Acropolis within the modern city rather than isolating it as an archaeological monument. In the immediate foreground is a dense mixture of ordinary Athenian apartment blocks and older houses, their flat roofs crowded with air-conditioning units, solar-water heaters, aerials, chimneys and rooftop terraces. Beyond them the neighbourhood becomes greener and lower in scale before the great limestone mass of the Acropolis rises abruptly above the city.<br />
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The Parthenon stands prominently along the summit, its long colonnade immediately recognisable despite the distance. The ancient defensive walls follow the irregular edge of the rocky plateau, while the steep northern and western slopes are covered with a mixture of exposed limestone, olive trees, cypresses and other Mediterranean vegetation.<br />
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A particularly interesting feature is the strong vertical line of the modern inclined accessibility lift ascending the north side of the rock beneath the Parthenon. It provides a striking contemporary intervention within a landscape otherwise dominated by ancient masonry.<br />
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The heavy clouds give the photograph an unusually dramatic atmosphere. Rather than the brilliant blue skies often associated with Athens, the Acropolis is silhouetted against a textured grey sky, while patches of sunlight illuminate parts of the city below.<br />
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History and significance: The Acropolis was already fortified during the Mycenaean period, but the monuments that now define its appearance were principally created during the great rebuilding programme initiated by Pericles in the 5th century BC. The Parthenon was built between 447 and 438 BC, designed by Iktinos and Kallikrates with the sculptural programme supervised by Pheidias. The complex also includes the Propylaia, Erechtheion and Temple of Athena Nike.<br />
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UNESCO inscribed the Acropolis as a World Heritage Site in 1987, describing its collection of 5th-century monuments as an exceptional adaptation of architecture to its natural rocky setting.<br />
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This is an especially useful photograph for showing the relationship between ancient and modern Athens—the 2,500-year-old monumental citadel rising directly behind the dense contemporary city.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/martin-m-miles/">Martin M. Miles</a> posted a photo:</p>

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The Monastery of Frangavilla was founded during the Byzantine period, in the mid-11th century. This means that the construction of the original complex predates the subsequent Frankish rule in this region. It is thought that the complex was built on the ruins of an ancient temple.<br />
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However, the name ‘Frangavilla’ dates back to the period of Frankish rule in the 13th and 14th centuries.<br />
Of the former monastic complex, only the katholikon – the main church, dedicated to the Dormition of the Virgin Mary – has survived to the present day<br />
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In March 1993, however, the region was struck by a severe earthquake. The church building suffered devastating damage as a result, leaving it at acute risk of collapse<br />
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Through painstaking work, the church has since been stabilised and restored, ensuring that this gem of Byzantine architecture is preserved for posterity<br />
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The oldest layer of frescoes dates back to the Byzantine period when the church was founded. The majority of the frescoes visible today in the nave and the dome date from the 17th century</p>

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Greece: Crete, Rethymno, Spili, 29 June 2026.</p>

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