Archaeology handicrafts and science and technology sites to visit Central Greece

Located on the Acropolis, it was built by its patron, Herod Atticus, in 161 BC, where the Athens Festival is taking place.

Located on the Avenue Vassiléos-Konstantinou on the other side of the National garden. Nicknamed marble stadium or Kalimarmaro ("beautiful marbles"), this is where the first modern Olympics took Place in 1896. Designed by Ernst Ziller, its architecture builds on the stadium built in IV ° before our age at the same location.

The island of Panaghia floats in the centre of the bay, just a few fathoms from the beach of Kryoneri and the seafront of Parga. You can swim there, but it's not safe for you to visit the Panaghia church in a shirt. You can always rent a boat boat from one of the beaches.

The excursion can be done in a day with a departure early in the morning. The beaches are worthy of the Caribbean…

Thermopylae is the site of a feat engraved in the history of Greece. It all began when Xerxes, king of the Persian Empire, decided to invade Greece. He trained his troops, 1,800,000 men according to Herodotus but rather 100,000 in reality, to the Tembi Valley, which at the time was the true entrance to Greece. To face the invader, the Greeks were only 7,300, but they had an additional asset: the legendary bravery of their leader Leonidas. Xerxes had just developed an evil plan to take the Greeks on both sides. Having been aware of this project and knowing that he could not counter it, Leonidas dismissed the majority of his army and kept only a handful of 1,000 men. Leonidas and his troop fought with all their strength, deploying an unprecedented rage and vigour, but the Greek leader fell in the middle of the assault. This sacrifice of Leonidas and his family remains emblematic of the fight against the Persian invader.

However, this poorly developed site allows us to see some interesting buildings. To the left of the main highway when coming from Lamia, there is a bust without wings and the monument to Leonidas. On the way back to Lamia, turn left at the Shell petrol station to reach the Thermopylae natural springs. They have little to do with the military history of the site, but according to legend, these waters, reaching 41°C, have a great healing power: they would even have saved Hercules in the past.

The Areopagus democracy, the Areopagus, was the high legal body that saw the gods, heroes and men accused of murder. Saint Paul addressed the Athenians for the first time in 54 after J.-C. on this hill. The second hill, called the The, was the place where the people's assembly met. We are still seeing speakers'galleries. The third hill, called hill of the Muses or hill of Philopappou, has a funeral monument dedicated to the benefactor of the city of Athens, of the same name.
Between the hill of Muses and La, there was the Koilé, a dungeon in Greek, which housed a large part of the Women population in antiquity. A rampart protected it and left from the hill of Des to go to the hill of Nymphs, which today carries on its summit a observatory.

Built by King Pergamum II of Pergamos in the 1950 th century BC and completely restored in the s, he served as the source of a shopping gallery for the rich Athenians.