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This tower is all that remains of the mosque that once stood in the center of the city, before it was destroyed by fire in 1941.

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

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

This building served as the first customs house in modern Greece.

This former mill comes to life during the Christmas season.

This building was once the most magnificent mansion in Nafplio.

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

Legends hold that these unusual rock formations were once a bridal party, or perhaps a group of hunters.

A settlement that was stopped in the middle of construction, leaving behind paved roads, curbs, light poles, a stormwater drainage system, and even a basketball court, but no houses.

This collection of artifacts represents one family's mission to record the horrors of World War II inflicted on their hometown.

A hilltop monastery on the Greek island of Hydra.

Believed to be the only Orthodox church in the world that features a free-standing pulpit.

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

Flying high over the small island of Zákynthos is a giant tribute to the mainland.

The remains of a military communications outpost still stand on this Greek island.

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

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

On top of a hill, this Catholic church overlooks the most Catholic island in Greece.

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

This Ottoman-era church is hidden amid a busy tourist area.

A somber memorial at the site where hundreds of prisoners and civilians were executed in the aftermath of World War II.

This church is dedicated to the patron saint of seafarers.

1,500 Commonwealth servicemen of World War II are buried or commemorated in this cemetery.

Elaborate stone houses constructed from the ruins of war.