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Acropolis of Athens

Athens' ancient hilltop citadel, crowned by the Parthenon and revered as a lasting symbol of classical Greek civilization.

Ancient Athens' great marble temple to Athena, crowning the Acropolis after nearly 2,500 years of history.

Athens' glass-and-concrete museum built to house the original marbles of the Acropolis, including the Parthenon frieze and the Caryatids.

The civic and commercial heart of ancient Athens, now a leafy open-air archaeological park below the Acropolis.

Athens' oldest surviving neighbourhood, a car-free tangle of lanes climbing the Acropolis's northern slope.

Athens' liveliest square, ringed by a Byzantine church, an old Ottoman mosque and a long-running flea market.

A colossal ancient temple in central Athens, once the largest in Greece, now marked by 15 towering Corinthian columns.

A 2,300-year-old marble stadium in central Athens where the first modern Olympic Games were staged in 1896.

Athens' top museum for ancient Greek treasures, holding over 11,000 artifacts from prehistory to late antiquity.

A Roman-era marketplace near the Acropolis, home to the Tower of the Winds and the Gate of Athena Archegetis in Athens's Plaka district.

Athens' central square, fronting the Greek Parliament, famed for the ceremonial changing of the Evzone guard.

A pine-covered limestone hill above central Athens, topped by a 19th-century chapel and the city's best panoramic view.

An Ionic temple on the Acropolis famed for its Porch of the Caryatids and its shrines to Athena, Poseidon and Athens' legendary kings.

A 2nd-century Roman theatre on the Acropolis slope, still used for open-air performances beneath the stars.

The best-preserved Doric temple from ancient Greece, overlooking the Ancient Agora of Athens.