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A solo Travellers Guide to the Netherlands

<br>Here are some of the most interesting facts about Athens that will compel you to travel there sooner. For more travel information you can Visit Delta Airline Official Site.<br>https://deltaardeals.com/blog/10-untold-facts-about-athens-city/<br>

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A solo Travellers Guide to the Netherlands

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  1. 10 Untold Facts About Athens City 1.Athens is the capital as well as the largest city in Greece. It is also one of the oldest cities in the world with the earliest inhabitants dating back to around 3,400 years between the 11th and 7th millennium BC. For more travel information you can Visit Delta Airline Official Site.

  2. 2. Athens was an important city, an important hub for arts, culture, learning, philosophy, etc. In fact, Athens was often considered as the cradle of Western Civilization and the birthplace of Democracy. Today Athens is a growing cosmopolitan metropolis and the center for finance, industry, politics, tourism, etc.

  3. 3. A beta global city and one of the biggest economies in south-eastern Europe. Athens is a city where the remnants of the classical era still dominate the city, the have been sprinkled with the finest Roman, Ottoman, and Byzantine monuments some of which have been listed in the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

  4. which consists of the largest Greek antiquities’ collections in the world. Other popular museums in Athens include the Museum of Cycladic Art, the Byzantine and Christian Museum, the Benaki Museum, etc. The first modern-day Olympic Game was held in 1896 in Athens and later the 2004 Summer Olympics. 6. Some of the most popular attractions in Athens include the Acropolis of Athens, the Parthenon, the Acropolis Museum, Temple of Olympian Zeus, Ancient Agora of Athens, Syntagma Square, Mount Lycabettus, Old Temple of Athena, Panathenaic Stadium, Benaki Museum, Archaeological site of Kerameikos, etc.

  5. Athens experiences hot summer Mediterranean type of climate with prolonged hot and dry summers while winters are moderate. Religions followed in Athens include Greek Orthodoxy (71%), Christian (6%), Atheism and irreligion (11%), Islam (10%), etc Athens is regarded as one of the best cities in the world for archaeological research-there are countless archaeological museums like the National Archaeological Museum, the Epigraphic Museum, the Byzantine and Christian Museum, and many more. Athens is home to around 148 theatrical stages –the largest in the world.

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