GREECE - TEMPLES - JUNE 1976

ATHENS AND THE ORTHODOX CHURCHES


"KAPNIKAREA - Streets are getting up around the church"


"ELEPHERIOS - Small is beautiful"


"CATHEDRAL - I've seen more impressive ones"


"OSSIOS LUCAS - In the middle of nowhere"


"OSSIOS LUCAS - A monastery built in the 11th century"


"TREE - As old as the monastery"

CAPE SOUNION - The sanctuary is one of the most important sanctuaries in Attica.


"FROM ATHENS TO SOUNION - The sea is truly ink blue, but the photo doesn't show..."


"TEMPLE OF POSEIDON: twenty-four hundred years old..."


"But still there!"


"The full moon, however, was missing..."

ATHENS - ACROPOLIS - JUNE 1976

THE "SACRED ROCK" OF ATHENS


"As seen from PHILOPPAPUS HILL"


"PROPYLAEA - The monumental gateway was constructed in 437-432 B.C.


"ATHENA NIKE - constructed in ca. 420 B.C. by the architect Kallikrates"


"PARTHENON - The most important monument of the ancient Greek civilization. Dedicated to Athena Parthenos, the patron goddess of Athens. Built between 447 and 438 B.C. The construction of the monument was initiated by Perikles, the supervisor of the whole work was Pheidias."


"PARTHENON - When work began on the Parthenon in 447 BC, the Athenian Empire was at the height of its power.


"PARTHENON - Back at 9:00 a.m., It was hot!"


"LYCABETUS - view from the Acropolis"


"ERECTHEION - Taking care of what was left by Lord Elgin"


"Perfect Harmony"


"PROPYLAEA - as good an Entrance as an Exit"

ATHENS - STREETS & BUILDINGS - JUNE 1976

WHERE EVERYTHING STARTED


"SYNTAGMA (CONSTITUTION) - The heart of Athenian life, and the most famous square in Greece"


"ACADEMIA - Philosophical institution founded by Plato, which advocated skepticism in succeeding generations. The Academy was originally a public garden or grove in the suburbs of Athens, named from Academus or Hecademus, who left it to the citizens for gymnastics..."


"UNIVERSITY AND LIBRARY"


"NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM - No photo can replace the magic of standing in front of Zeus"


"HADRIAN'S ARCH - Inscription facing Athenian side: «This is Athens, the ancient city of Theseus." Other side: "This is the city of Hadrian, not of Theseus.»"


"AT THE LYCABETUS HILL - Fabulous view over Athens"


"PANATHENAIC STADIUM - Panathenaic Stadium hosted the 1st Olympic Games of the modern era, in 1896. The site of the Panathenaic Stadium, originally a small natural valley, between the two hills of Agra and Ardettos, over Ilissos river, was transformed into a stadium by Lykourgos in 330-329 BC for the athletic competitions of "Panathinea", the greatest festivities in ancient Athens."


"FLEA MARKET - Have fun, after culture"


"Or go to the beach at VOUGLIAMENI"