Can the Greek capital’s concrete jungle ever change? Afforestation of neglected open spaces the size of 600 football fields could turn Athens into a green city, experts say.
Backed into a corner of concrete and pavement, few Athenians have a garden or a grassy lawn to call their own. Each resident of this crowded metropolis, home [...]
The June 20th, 2009 official opening of the New Acropolis Museum has attracted the interest of worldwide media covering this high-profile event.
The US media have touched on Greece’s petition to have the so-called Elgin Marbles, the Parthenon Marbles, back, noting that the New Museum is a great asset to that end.
New York Times Newspaper, ABC Television and [...]
As the Acropolis and its monuments declare to the world, nothing makes a grander statement than a grand building.
Thucydides, in his unforgettable chronicle of the decline and fall of Athens, noted that in the future people would look on the ruins of his city and consider it greater than it was, while the ruins [...]
1 euro entrance fee until the end of the year, with tickets available online at www.theacropolismuseum.gr
5 euros entrance fee from January 1, 2010
2 million visitors expected every year
21,000 square meters space occupied by the Museum, two-thirds of which is exhibition space
7,000 square meters allocated to the creation of green spaces
4,000 exhibits to be displayed
16,000 square [...]
1801 > With Greece under Ottoman rule, Lord Elgin, the British Ambassador to Constantinople, begins transporting the looted Parthenon sculptures from the Acropolis to Britain. The collection amassed by Elgin eventually included 247 feet of the original 524 ft Parthenon frieze, according to the British Museum’s website.
1816 > The British Parliament purchases the Parthenon Marbles from [...]
Another modern bridge adds value to the Greek infrastructure.
An amazing sight to see is the two bridges that connect the mainland of Greece to the island of Evia and its’ capital city Chalkida, a county in Central Greece. The first bridge was built by Ioustinianos, and has been restored many times since then, whereas the second [...]
The Rion-Antirion Bridge is located at the intersection of two major roads >
The Patras – Athens – Thessaloniki motorway which links the three most important cities of Greece and forms part of the European motorway network.
The Kalamata – Patras – Igoumenitsa Western axis.
The bridge facilitates communication between Greece and Italy, and thus Western Europe, through the [...]
