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Athens: - Plaka Straits lead to the world oldest Meteorological Station

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Walking through the Plaka Straits, under the watchful eye of the Acropolis, one can admire many neoclassical buildings, low houses and small beautiful corners of old Athens. However, taking such a walk, it is impossible not to catch the eye of the

The Olympic Games

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For the ancient Greeks, the Olympic games existed since mythical times, but no definitive time of their inauguration can be identified with any certainty. The first Olympiad was held in 776 BCE, and this is the year that provides the first accurate chronology of Greek history. That's because

Where were the Greek City-States ?

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A city-state, or polis, was the community structure of ancient Greece. Each city-state was organized with an urban center and the surrounding countryside. Characteristics of the city in a polis were outer walls for protection, as well as a public space that included temples