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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/204495956@N08/">ppanas97</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/204495956@N08/55540926520/" title="Drone_Photos"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55540926520_69482145c0_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="Drone_Photos" /></a></p> <p>DCIM\100MEDIA\DJI_0279.JPG</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/204495956@N08/">ppanas97</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/204495956@N08/55540926620/" title="Drone_Photos"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55540926620_1cbf5a90bf_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="Drone_Photos" /></a></p> <p>DCIM\100MEDIA\DJI_0256.JPG</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/204495956@N08/">ppanas97</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/204495956@N08/55540692349/" title="Drone_Photos"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55540692349_b3a2204c91_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Drone_Photos" /></a></p> <p>DCIM\PANORAMA\100_0271\DJI</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/204495956@N08/">ppanas97</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/204495956@N08/55540926640/" title="Drone_Photos"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55540926640_b980648c52_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="Drone_Photos" /></a></p> <p>DCIM\100MEDIA\DJI_0254.JPG</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/204495956@N08/">ppanas97</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/204495956@N08/55540648818/" title="Drone_Photos"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55540648818_85b3f077fb_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="Drone_Photos" /></a></p> <p>DCIM\100MEDIA\DJI_0277.JPG</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/204495956@N08/">ppanas97</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/204495956@N08/55539468472/" title="Aegina_26"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55539468472_3b091e547d_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Aegina_26" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/204495956@N08/">ppanas97</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/204495956@N08/55539468602/" title="Aegina_26"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55539468602_6f1fafec12_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Aegina_26" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/204495956@N08/">ppanas97</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/204495956@N08/55540495306/" title="Aegina_26"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55540495306_c296a2c232_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Aegina_26" /></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/55539265322/" title="Eretria - Archaeological Museum"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55539265322_16b4a5e052_m.jpg" width="129" height="240" alt="Eretria - Archaeological Museum" /></a></p> <p><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> We know from Homer that Eretria, now a small town, sent ships to the Trojan War. In the 8th century BC, Eretria and its nearby neighbour and rival, Chalkis, were both thriving trading cities. Towards the end of the 8th century BC, however, Eretria and Chalcis waged a long war for control of the fertile Lelantine Plain. Eretria was defeated, the city destroyed, and it lost its lands and possessions.<br /> <br /> Around 424 BC Eretria came under the hegemony of Athens. In a naval battle off Eretria in 411 BC, the Spartan fleet, with the support of the people of Eretria, succeeded in destroying the Athenian ships. Following its liberation from Athenian hegemony, the polis experienced a new period of prosperity<br /> <br /> Following the Greeks’ defeat at the hands of the Macedonians (338 BC), Macedonian influence began to take hold, first under Philip II of Macedon, then under his son Alexander the Great and his successors. In 198 BC, Eretria was conquered by the Romans. After that, Eretria never regained the prosperity it had enjoyed in previous centuries.<br /> <br /> Following a severe earthquake in 365, the site appears to have been only sporadically inhabited and seems to have been abandoned by 511 at the latest. Modern Eretria was not re-established until 1824, following the Greek War of Independence.<br /> <br /> <br /> The museum was built in 1960 and displays significant finds from the excavations of the ancient city of Eretria and the surrounding area from the Early Bronze Age to the period of Roman rule.<br /> <br /> As Eretria was abandoned and not built over, and has been systematically excavated since the late 19th century, the finds are abundant.<br /> <br /> <br /> A boy riding a goose<br /> <br /> Such figures were common in ancient Greece. Boys riding geese were frequently depicted alongside the child god Eros. They were often used as grave goods or votive offerings in sanctuaries<br /> <br /> 3rd c BC</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/96100594@N08/">markefff</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/96100594@N08/55539254442/" title="Burning Bush at Sunset, Gavdos"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55539254442_74cc9bf2be_m.jpg" width="238" height="240" alt="Burning Bush at Sunset, Gavdos" /></a></p> <p>A weathered shrub catches the last fiery light of the setting sun on the wild landscape of Gavdos. Beyond the low vegetation and the Libyan Sea, the mountains of Crete appear faintly on the distant horizon.<br /> <br /> The warm flare and twisted, sun-bleached branches gave the scene an almost surreal, biblical atmosphere — a small “burning bush” at the southern edge of Europe.<br /> Gavdos, Greece<br /> <br /> Fujifilm GFX 100S<br /> Mitakon Speedmaster 65mm f/1.4</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/peternahirny/">petern1694</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/peternahirny/55540667130/" title="RhodesTown-fort"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55540667130_a85c1ccea8_m.jpg" width="240" height="157" alt="RhodesTown-fort" /></a></p> <p>Rhodes Town Fort view</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/55538810382/" title="Athens"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55538810382_306ab74b05_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" 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/lukedrich_photography/">lukedrich_photography</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lukedrich_photography/55540002044/" title="Athens"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55540002044_30ff8f1f04_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" 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/lukedrich_photography/">lukedrich_photography</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lukedrich_photography/55539948048/" title="Athens"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55539948048_25554e1aae_m.jpg" width="240" height="157" 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/lukedrich_photography/">lukedrich_photography</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lukedrich_photography/55539952263/" title="Athens"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55539952263_a596c6058f_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/lukedrich_photography/">lukedrich_photography</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lukedrich_photography/55538806377/" title="Athens"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55538806377_5423e16bc7_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/lukedrich_photography/">lukedrich_photography</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lukedrich_photography/55540224430/" title="Athens"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55540224430_f0b6a52af8_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" 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/56321512@N03/">Bernard Zalm</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/56321512@N03/55539825946/" title="Peacocks roaming at the Filerimos Monastery, Rhodes, Greece"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55539825946_0ae85228fa_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Peacocks roaming at the Filerimos Monastery, Rhodes, Greece" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/56321512@N03/">Bernard Zalm</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/56321512@N03/55540213775/" title="Peacocks roaming at the Filerimos Monastery, Rhodes, Greece"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55540213775_b8e14975b7_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Peacocks roaming at the Filerimos Monastery, Rhodes, Greece" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/56321512@N03/">Bernard Zalm</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/56321512@N03/55539818791/" title="Filerimos Monastery, Rhodes, Greece"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55539818791_61290c7d40_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Filerimos Monastery, Rhodes, Greece" /></a></p>

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