The town wears its history like a comfortable old sweater—proud but not pretentious, elegant but lived-in. Founded in 1716, ...
South Metope IV of the Parthenon is one of many sculptures from the Parthenon in Greece that have been scattered across the ...
In 480 BC, Persian forces led by King Xerxes I burned down the city of Athens, as well as the Acropolis, in what is called “the Persian Destruction of Athens.” The destruction of the great city took ...