Athens, Greece
Church of Agia Kyriaki
A tiny Greek Orthodox church from the Ottoman era hides on a busy city street.
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Athens, Greece
A tiny Greek Orthodox church from the Ottoman era hides on a busy city street.
Athens, Greece
Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.
Athens, Greece
This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.
Athens, Greece
This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.
Athens, Greece
This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.
Athens, Greece
Legend says it was constructed with the destroyed pillar of an ancient Greek Temple.
Athens, Greece
An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.
Athens, Greece
The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.
Athens, Greece
This historic structure has been used as a mosque, a barracks, a prison, a school, and a bakery.
Athens, Greece
A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.
Athens, Greece
The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.
Athens, Greece
These ancient ruins hide in plain sight next to a dessert shop.
Athens, Greece
A man's head is enshrined beneath a statue near the first building constructed for the modern Olympic Games.
Athens, Greece
This building displays the scars of the “Dekemvriana,” a dark time in modern Greek history.
Athens, Greece
According to legend, this ancient column contains healing properties.
Athens, Greece
A preserved portion of an ancient Athens barrier is displayed in a hotel basement.
Athens, Greece
This Ottoman-era church is hidden amid a busy tourist area.
Athens, Greece
Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.
Athens, Greece
The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.
Athens, Greece
Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.
Athens, Greece
Underneath one of the region's most historic roads lies the home of Plato's successor.
Athens, Greece
These caves secretly held national treasures during World War II.
Athens, Greece
A Byzantine-era church hidden in a wooded area below the Acropolis.
Athens, Greece
Elaborate stone houses constructed from the ruins of war.