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Mount Penteli is one of Attica’s renowned ranges, famous for the marble extracted from its quarries, which was used to build the Acropolis.
With its exquisite yellowish-amber tint, this white marble shines with a golden hue under Attica’s sunlight, adding to the Acropolis’s magical aura.
After their definitive victory over the Persians in the Battle of Plataea, the Athenians...
Prospering over the centuries, the area had been continuously inhabited since Neolithic times,...
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Some 50km from Athens, this is one of the most important archaeological sites of antiquity....
Nearby, an imposing defence tower, known as the ‘Palace of Theseus’, offers a view of Vidi...
Findings from two fourth-century-BC burial grounds can be viewed at this outdoor archaeological site....