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 Philhellene emperor Hadrian founded a neighbourhood near the eastern border of ancient Athens....
The Theseum, or Temple of Hephaestus, at the Ancient Agora is Athens’ best preserved and...
The Plutonian Cave was thought to be tied to worship of Pluto, god of the underworld....
On Areos Street, opposite the entrance to the Monastiraki Metro Station, lies the...
Three glass pyramids, constructed for the Athens Olympic Games in 2004, mark this historical site....
Kerameikos extends over the area to the west of Ancient Agora, including the major cemetery of...
