Athens Greece Attractions

Top 10 Athens Greece Attractions

2011-03-29T20:21:00.002+01:00

Top 10 Attractions and Sightseeing Athens, Greece.

Over 13 million tourist every year visit Athens only, and 45 million tourist every year all around beautiful Greece.
All that you need for a perfect vacation is surley in Athens beaches, hotels, nightlife, fun centers and much more.
You don't need time to think where to spend your great weekend, trip, travel, vacation - Athens is your best tourism destination:

#1 The most famous in all of Athens sightseeing and attractions is the large hill in the center of the city - the ancient ruins of the Acropolis (Akropolis)
#2 Parthenon (Parthenonas)
#3 Agora
#4 New Acropolis Museum
#5 Plaka
#6 Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Mnimeio Agnostou Stratiotou)
#7 National Archaeological Museum (Ethniko Archaiologiko Museo)
#8 Byzantine Museum (Vizantino Museo)
#9 Temple of Olympian Zeus (Stiles Olymbiou Dios)
#10 Benaki Museum

This is only 10 of the hundreds must-see attractions in Athens, Greece.

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Athens Attractions - Parthenon

2010-05-24T14:22:00.003+01:00

Athens Top Attractions

Athens Greece Attractions top ten attractions are starting with the Parthenon that is one of the symbols of Athens.

The Parthenon is the temple of Athena - the Greek goddess, whom the people of Athens considered their defender. It is one of the world's greatest cultural monuments and thought as one of the best Athens Greece attractions. The Parthenon was constructed in 432 BC on the Athenian Acropolis, although decorations of the Parthenon continued one more year. It is the most important surviving building of Ancient Greece, usually considered to be an enduring symbol of Greece and of Athenian democracy. Currently, the Greek Ministry of Culture is carrying out a program of reconstruction and restoration of the temple to ensure its stability.

The Parthenon itself replaced an older temple of Athena, the Older Parthenon, that was ruined by the Persian invasion of 480 BC. During the years it served as the treasury of the Athenian Empire, as a Christian church dedicated to the Virgin Mary, as a mosque in the early 1460s, as the garrison headquarters of the Turkish army (gunpowder magazine). In 1687 the Parthenon was severely damaged by artillery fire of the Venetians and more of its sculptures ruined...

The Greek government began to restore the Parthenon and some Acropolis structures in 1975. Later, the European Union funded the project and helped with technical assistance for its restoration and reconstruction, but although the enormous efforts the Parthenon could never be restored to the state its was before 1687.

The origin of the Parthenon's name is not clear. According to some historical experts, the term "Parthenon" means "the virgin's place" and it was referred only to a particular room of the Parthenon.

Nowadays the Parthenon (and the Acropolis in particular) is one of the world best-known temple and a top tourist attraction.

We hope that the Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens will be saved and soon reconstructed by the Greek government because it is an exclusively magnificent monument and that most of the Athens attractions will remain for the next generations.

Athens Attractions top ten

2010-03-19T07:01:00.002Z

Athens top attractions in our opinion are:

* Parthenon
* New Acropolis Museum
* National Archaeological Museum, Athens
* Temple of Poseidon
* Cape Sounion
* Syntagma Square (Πλατεία Συντάγματος, Constitution Square)
* The Agora (the ancient Greek agora)

All these attractions are world-wide famous and it is worthy to visit them