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Fortified homes of highland warriors that are still in use today.

Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.

This medieval fortress is (or was till 2017) the home stadium of the football club FC Duruji Kvareli.

At this rare mosque in Tbilisi, Sunni and Shia Muslims pray side by side.

The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.

The oldest standing Byzantine church in Athens is tucked within a monastery in the middle of an upscale shopping district.

This 200-meter-high waterfall marks the site of Achilles’ immortal baptism at the mouth of the River Styx.

Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.

This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.

This medieval "painted village" is famous for its geometric facades.

An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.

Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.

Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.

This remarkable cave was discovered after a shepherd watched bees enter and exit through a small fissure.

The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

These sea caves are the source of Xigia Beach's distinct aroma.