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Rest stops along this pathway offer some of the best views of the Acropolis of Athens.

A pre-war mansion that survived the modernization of Athens.

The only Ottoman Mosque in Attica outside central Athens.

The Acropolis house that became Modern Greece’s first university.

A former royal garden with lush surroundings in the heart of the city.

This century-old, family-run bakery specializes in loukoumades, a Greek doughnut once served to ancient Olympians.

The second oldest surviving house in Athens was owned by an Irish General.

An ancient site that has revealed incredible artifacts including portions of the Themistoclean Wall.

This church was constructed on the site where St. Philip the Apostle preached to the ancient Athenians.

This post-Ottoman era church in Athens was built by locals to serve the residents of Anafiotica

A martyred saint built a nunnery and school for girls here known as the "Parthenon."

One of the best collections of Byzantine art housed in a magnificent, 19th-century neoclassical home.

An ancient Greek monument and a Byzantine church coexist inside this cave.

A former military hospital is now used to study and preserve artifacts of the Acropolis.

This Ottoman-era Greek Orthodox Church was built to honor Agia Pareskevi, a Christian saint.

This abandoned shopping arcade has new life as an art installation.

When construction began on this hotel, developers were surprised to find the ruins of an ancient civilization.

A memorial dedicated to a tragic event during the Axis occupation of Greece.

A unique housing complex born from the aftermath of the Greek Civil War.

An important example of architectural history slowly decays in the city center.

The only ancient site that remains on the south bank of the sacred Ilissos river.

This building displays the scars of the “Dekemvriana,” a dark time in modern Greek history.

The home of Greece’s national poet sits crumbling in the middle of a popular tourist district.

Elaborate stone houses constructed from the ruins of war.