Athens, Greece.

ATHENS:
Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece and it is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning around 3,400 years. 

It is the main center of economic, cultural and political life of Greece. 

The main places to visit there, are: 

Acropolis of Athens 

Located in a strategic position to dominate every corner of the city, the Acropolis of Athens is the most important place known in Greece. It is located on a hilltop about 156 meters to sea level rises, and can be seen from most parts of the city. 

The Acropolis of Athens contains: the Parthenon and the Erechtheion, they are some of the most important and striking buildings of the classical age of Greece.

Erechtheion:

Erechtheion is an Ionic temple built in the most sacred place of the Acropolis.

The most striking is the cover area of the southern gallery, which is held in the Caryatids, which are six columns, one is false.

Partenon:

Erected between 447 and 438 B.C. on the Acropolis, the Parthenon is one of the most important monuments of ancient Greek civilization, plus the most representative af all of Greece building.

The Parthenon is a temple to Athenea, the guardian of the city. The Parthenon is one of the major temples in Doric building preserved. It was the grandest monument built during the golden age of Athens.
The Parthenon was designed to house the image of gold and ivory Athenea Parthenos, a colossal statue twelve meters made by Phidias.

Kerameikos:

It's a district located northwest of Athens. This neighborhood owes its name to the area where potters workshops were located.
In this district the largest necropolis is located throughout Greece. The necropolis originated in the eleventh century B.C. 
In 478 B.C. a wall was built to protect Ágora. Kerameikos it was divided into two parts, one inside and one outside the city. Like the ancient buried their dead outside of the citis, the outside of the wall began to be used as a cementiry.
Until it became the most important and extensive cementiry of Athens. It's the necropolis of Athens.



Plaka:
Also known as the neighborhood of the Gods because of its proximety to the Acropolis, Plaka is the oldest suburb of Athens, along with one of the most attractive and lively areas of the city.

It's the oldest and transited district of the city, It's a great tourist attraction for its narrow streets, shops and homes...