At 465 metres high, Poikilo Oros carves out a natural border between the Athens basin and Eleusis. In recent years, the mountain has undergone extensive reforestation, its lush undergrowth now dominating this hill where vines and olives once thrived.
More than 200 native plant species blanket the mountain’s slopes, and a variety of insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds and small mammals live here amid the wild vegetation and rocky terrain.
The archaeological site is placed on Marni street at the area of Kavouri. The remains have...
The Plutonian Cave was thought to be tied to worship of Pluto, god of the underworld....
The Roman Forum is located among the historic Athenian neighbourhoods of Plaka and Monastiraki,...
The Theseum, or Temple of Hephaestus, at the Ancient Agora is Athens’ best preserved and...
The Odeon of Herodes Atticus, or the Irodeion as it is called today, was built on the...
One of the many archaeological sites of Piraeus, the Aetionean Gate, was a great cove of its era....
