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With its majestic marble façade and its celebrated statues, Greece’s highest home of scientific learning is a fine example of neoclassical design.

The Roman Agora has both some very practical, and some very unusual, ruins scattered around its wide grassy square.

The Parthenon – the iconic symbol of Greek culture and civilization – is just one of the many temples on the Acropolis that still inspire awe, 2500 years later.

The Glorious City has a pedigree like no other, counting its life in millennia and its icons as the best-known in the world.

One of Greece’s best-preserved monuments has served a variety of uses over the centuries. Now it stands more or less intact, a testimony to the ambition of the ancients.

The city centre square where lawns lie, trees sway and parliament lives – as does the changing of the guard.

The city centre square where lawns lie, trees sway and parliament lives – as does the changing of the guard.

The 2,100 year old Stoa of Attalos has risen from the dead in this amazing on-site reconstruction, that also hosts the Museum of the Ancient Agora.

The Parthenon – the iconic symbol of Greek culture and civilization – is just one of the many temples on the Acropolis that still inspire awe, 2500 years later.

The Roman Agora has both some very practical, and some very unusual, ruins scattered around its wide grassy square.

The Parthenon – the iconic symbol of Greek culture and civilization – is just one of the many temples on the Acropolis that still inspire awe, 2500 years later.

The Roman Agora has both some very practical, and some very unusual, ruins scattered around its wide grassy square.

The Parthenon – the iconic symbol of Greek culture and civilization – is just one of the many temples on the Acropolis that still inspire awe, 2500 years later.

The Parthenon – the iconic symbol of Greek culture and civilization – is just one of the many temples on the Acropolis that still inspire awe, 2500 years later.

This award-winning modern museum for the ancient treasures of the Acropolis has a few surprises up its sleeve.

The Parthenon – the iconic symbol of Greek culture and civilization – is just one of the many temples on the Acropolis that still inspire awe, 2500 years later.

With its majestic marble façade and its celebrated statues, Greece’s highest home of scientific learning is a fine example of neoclassical design.

The Roman Agora has both some very practical, and some very unusual, ruins scattered around its wide grassy square.

The Parthenon – the iconic symbol of Greek culture and civilization – is just one of the many temples on the Acropolis that still inspire awe, 2500 years later.

The Parthenon – the iconic symbol of Greek culture and civilization – is just one of the many temples on the Acropolis that still inspire awe, 2500 years later.

The Parthenon – the iconic symbol of Greek culture and civilization – is just one of the many temples on the Acropolis that still inspire awe, 2500 years later.