Athens

The music theater was built around 150 AD, a foundation the filthy rich Herodes Atticus, the first Athenian... to become a consul in Rome. It used to be the most beautiful theater in Greece: the round viewing top and all of the 32 rows of seats were covered with marble and the front of the tri-level, tripartite stage house, which is likewise faced with marble plates, is richly structured with columns, windows and statue niches. Today, the Athens Theater Festival takes place in front of this impressive backdrop between July and September. more

Finally, in 131 BC the Roman Emperor Hadrian was able to consecrate the Temple of Olympian Zeus, which... was started almost 650 years prior by Peisistratos. He also donated the cult statue made of gold and ivory (which has not been preserved). The sanctuary was a mega-project from the beginning, measuring 364 x 144 ft (111 x 44 m), dimensions deemed “normal” in Asia Minor and Rome, but unconventional for Athenian standards. Only 15 of the sanctuary's 104 colossal columns, over 56 ft (17 m) high and almost 6.5 ft (2 m) thick, have remained at their location – eight of them had been carried off to Rome in 87/86 AD already by the Roman dictator Sulla. more

The way to the museum, which was planned by the junta and built in 1975, is decorated by war planes.... The museum offers a look into the Greek military history from the early period to the present. The museum is funded by the Greek ministry of defense and, therefore, has no admission fees. A variety of weapons, from pre-historic arrow heads to modern military equipment can be seen here along with models from aricraft, war ships, tanks, uniforms and medals of high-ranking military officers. Those who feel the weapon exhibit is a bit disconsorting, should turn to the part of the museum dedicated to the victims of the German Socialists during the Second World War and Greece's struggle against the German occupation. more