The ancient Athenian Supreme Court once occupied this rocky hill. Judging cases from murder and arson to sacrilege, the court even made decisions on new religious ideas.
31/10/2017
The ancient Athenian Supreme Court once occupied this rocky hill. Judging cases from murder and arson to sacrilege, the court even made decisions on new religious ideas.
31/10/2017
This exhibition at Athens International Airport showcases a small but impressive sample of finds from the area.
31/10/2017
Most researchers agree that present-day Adrianou Street, generally has followed the same route for the past 2,500 years.
31/10/2017
The Acropolis Metro Station provides visitors to the Sacred Rock with a taste of the history.
31/10/2017
The world-famous Acropolis, or Sacred Rock, is a fortified hill towering 156 meters high in the heart of Athens.
30/10/2017
This square takes its name from Emperor Haile Selassie, who supplied financial aid to buy food for refugees in 1922.
09/10/2017
The Greek National Opera (GNO) is Greece’s sole opera house. Founded in 1939, the company had been preceded by a 150-year history of a flourishing opera tradition on the Ionian Islands and half a century of activity by the Hellenic Melodrama, an opera company which ran in various forms from 1888 to 1938.