Athens, Greece 2017

Docked in Piraeus, Greece	Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus, Greece	Cultural Center, Piraeus, Greece	The Acropolis of Athens was inhabited as early as the 6th Millenium BC	Athens, Greece
Mount Lycabettus, Athens, Greece	The 4th Century BC Theater of Dionysus seated 17,000 People	Crowds entering the Ancient Buildings of the Athens Acropolis	Entering the Propylaea (437-432 BCE) on the Acropolis of Athens	The Porch of the Caryatids (421-05 BC) on the Acropolis of Athens, Greece
The Erechtheion (421-406 BC) is a Temple dedicated to Athena and Poseidon	These six Caryatids support the roof of the false south porch of the Erechtheion on the Athenian acropolis	The Parthenon (447-38 BC) is the most important Buidling of Classical Greece	The Parthenon is a former temple dedicated to the goddess Athena (patron of Athens)	Horse Head and Lion Spout on the Parthenon
East pediment of the Parthenon on the Athens Acropolis	Ruins from the Temple of Rome and Augustus (19-17 BC) on the Athens Acropolis	Column from the Temple of Rome and Augustus	View of Mount Lycabettus from the Acropolis of Athens	Temple of Olympian Zeus had 104 columns in the 2nd Century AD
Another view of the Erechtheion of the Athens Acropolis	Details on the Erechtheion of the Athens Acropolis	Exiting through the Propylaea of the Acropolis of Athens	The Agora (marketplace) of Athens dates to the 6th Century BC	The Temple of Hephaestus (449-415 BC) is on the NW side of the Agora of Athens
The Panathenaic Stadium hosted the first Modern Olympic Games in 1896	The Panathenaic Stadium is the only Stadium in the World built entirely of Marble	Statue of Discobolus in front the Panathenaic Stadium (1927), Athens, Greece	1835 House in Athens, Greece	Greek Restaurant for Lunch
Alfa Beer brewed in Athens, Greece	Ran into Steve (met on cruise in 2003) in Athens, Greece restaurant (#small world)	Bill and Dimitris (our guide) after Lunch	Bill, Dimitris, and Susan	Relaxing on the Streets of Athens
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens, Greece	Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens, Greece	Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens, Greece	Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens, Greece	Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens, Greece
Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens, Greece	Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens, Greece	Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens, Greece	Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens, Greece	Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens, Greece
Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens, Greece	Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens, Greece	Guard at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Athens	Building in Athens, Greece	The Academy of Athens established 1926 contains 6 Million Books
Statues of Apollo, Athena, Plato and Socrates at the Academy of Athens	The National Library of Greece was established in 1832	The Old Parliament Building of Greece was inaugurated in 1875	Traffic and Pedestrians in Athens	In the Plaka (Old Athens)
Liquor tasting in Brettos Distillery, Old Athens (Plaka)	Church of Agia Aikaterini, Athens, Greece	One of the Caves beneath the Athenian acropolis	Hadrian's Gate was built in 131 or 132 AD	Looking at the Acropolis through Hadrian's Arch
The Temple of Olympian Zeus was started in 174 BC and was completed by Roman Emperor Hadrian in 131 AD	The Temple of Olympian Zeus held giant statues of Zeus and the Temple's main benefactor Hadrian	The Temple of Olympian Zeus columns were capped by Corinthian capitals carved from two massive blocks of Marble	Leaving Athens	Baklava for Dessert from our Athens Tour Guide, Dimitrius
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