Athens - City Tour and Plaka

 

The Temple of Zeus - redux

 

 

 

 

 

The Museum at the Acropolis

 

 

Original Statues

 

 

 

 

 

The Parthenon is being repaired and rebuilt

 

 

The Temple of Zeus from the Parthenon

 

 

Athens from the Acropolis

 

 

Hey, what's that temple on the right

 

 

Taking a break for the 3 seconds to spare

 

 

Zoom in on the Temple of Zeus from the Acropolis

 

 

Zoom out on the Temple

 

 

The six maidens, the Caryatids, were used for support on the Erechtheion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Erechtheion was built about 421 BC to 405 BC.

 

 

 

 

 

The Temple of Hephaestos

 

 

 

 

 

Serious scaffolding

 

 

Watch out for that column

 

 

Time to go

 

 

 

 

One last look at the Parthenon

 

 

Acropolis from Above.  Acropolis - literally the upper part of a town.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you wait you can get a photo without many people in it

 

 

Joe Weider has a chain of Workout facilities

 

 

 

 

 

Not too cold for comfort

 

 

You can relax and wind down in the Plaka