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Welcome to Athens
The Cariatids, Acropolis Museum
The Acropolis Museum The Temple of Hephaestus
The Acropolis of Athens
for the yearly Athens Festival). Climb citizens used to hold their democratic
on the Acropolis Rock and admire the assembly. Visit the Ancient Agora, the
Propylaea, Erechtheio, the temple of then centre of political, administrative,
Athena Nike, and the Parthenon. commercial and social activity. Finally,
head to Kerameikos, the city’s ancient
The Acropolis Museum stands right cemetery, and the nearby museum
opposite the Rock, where 4,000 items where impressive tomb sculptures are
from the Acropolis monuments are on on display.
display. Continue your walk northwest
and you will reach Areopagus, the old- Athens is an open-air museum, so
est Court of Law in Athens. Your next plan your trip ahead and spend your
stop is Pnyx, the place where Athenian available time wisely.
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