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Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. With a history spanning more than 3,400 years, Athens is one of the oldest cities in the world. As of 2001, the population of Greek capital is around 735,000. Urban area of Athens extends beyond the administrative city limits and has a population of around 3.13 million. Athens is a bustling and cosmopolitan city and is the economic, political, cultural, financial and industrial center of Greece. One of the leading business centers of EU, Athens is ranked as world’ 32nd richest city.

Home to Plato’s Academy and Aristotle’ Lyceum, Athens is the major center for arts, learning and philosophy. It is the birthplace of Socrates, Pericles, Sophocles and many other prominent writers, politicians and philosophers of the ancient world. Athens is widely acknowledged as the cradle of western civilization and the birthplace of democracy due to the impact of its cultural and political achievements during the 4th and 5th centuries BC on the rest of the European continent. Heritage of the classical era of Greece is still evident in the Athens city. There are numbers of ancient monuments, works of arts and places of interests including Parthenon on the Acropolis, which is regarded as the key landmark of early Western Civilization. The city has large number of Roman and Byzantine monuments. Athens was the venue for the first modern-day Olympic Games held in 1896.
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Pictures of City Greece Athens

Pictures of City Greece Athens

Pictures of City Greece Athens

Pictures of City Greece Athens

Pictures of City Greece Athens

Pictures of City Greece Athens

Pictures of City Greece Athens

Pictures of City Greece Athens

Pictures of City Greece Athens

Pictures of City Greece Athens

Pictures of City Greece Athens