Category: Architecture & design

  • Acropolis Museum celebrates 4th anniversary with concert, extended hours & reduced admission

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    A Nikos Daniilidis photo of the southern facade of the Acropolis Museum in Athens

    The south facade of the superb Acropolis Museum in Athens is seen in this photo by Nikos Daniilidis. Click the image to view it full-size.

     

    Untold stories: Tourists visiting Athens tomorrow (Thursday June 20) are in for a treat if they plan to visit the city’s acclaimed Acropolis Museum.

    The museum will be celebrating its fourth birthday with a few gifts for its visitors — longer opening hours (8 a.m. until midnight), a reduced admission fee (only €3 per person), special gallery talks with 3D presentations, and an evening concert by the Athens Municipality Philharmonic Orchestra.

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  • Pic of the day: Terrace gardens in Glyfada

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    Plant and flower-filled terraces on a midrise residential building in Glyfada

    Long, wide terraces filled with flowers and plants provide garden-like outdoor living space for residents of this midrise apartment building in Glyfada

     

  • Pic of the day: Monumental views in Athens

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    Temple of Olympian Zeus view toward the Parthenon and Acropolis in Central Athens

    The grounds around the Temple of Olympian Zeus offer views toward the Parthenon and the Acropolis about 500 meters away in Central Athens

     

  • Pic of the day: A street in Athens’ Plaka district

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    a street in Athens Plaka district

    An elegantly styled building adds a graceful curve to the corner of Apollonas and Mpenizelou Streets in the Plaka District of Athens. The Naomi Furs showroom occupies the building’s street-level premises at 4 Mpenizelou Street.

     

  • Pic of the day: The Odeon of Herodes Atticus

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    Odeon of Herodes Atticus

    The city of Athens fans outward from The Odeon of Herodes Atticus theatre, situated on the south side of the Acropolis. Originally built in 161 AD, the venue had a wooden roof and could seat 5,000 people for music concerts. The seating and stage areas were renovated in the 1950s, and the open-air theatre now hosts theatre, music and dance performances for the annual Athens  & Epidaurus Festival, which runs between June and September.

     

     

  • Greece holiday pic of the day

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    Town Hall in Vathi Samos

    The Town Hall for the Municipality of Vathi on Samos island

     

     

  • Island landmark: The Holy Monastery of Patmos

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    Holy Monastery of Patmos

    The biggest building on Patmos just happens to be the island’s biggest tourist attraction — The Holy Monastery of Patmos, seen towering above the houses and mansions of Chora. Also known as the Monastery of St. John, it was built around 1088.

     

     

    Holy Monastery of Patmos

    Another view of the imposing fortress-like monastery, the number 1 sightseeing destination for tourists whose cruise ships make brief calls into Skala port at Patmos

     

     

    Holy Monastery of Patmos

    The monastery dominates the Patmos landscape even when viewed from sea

     

     

    Holy Monastery of Patmos

    A zoom view of Chora and the monastery, shot from a ferry departing Skala port

     

     

  • Greece holiday pic of the day

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    ancient amphitheatre at Thorikos

    The oval-shaped amphitheatre at Thorikos, northeast of Lavrio on the Attica peninsula, dates to the 6th Century B.C. It’s the oldest theatre in Greece.