GREECE TRAVELOGUE PHOTOS
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness."
- Mark Twain -
Athens - A square in the Plaka district with another view of the Acropolis
Athens - Changing of the guard In front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Athens - Changing of the Royal Guard
Athens - Detail of frieze at the Parthenon, Acropolis,
Athens - Looking up towards the Acropolis from Plaka
Athens - National Archeological Museum, Athens
Athens - Sculpture of an athlete in green glass sheets madefor the Olympic Games
Athens - Site of the first modern Olympic Games
Athens - Temple of Athena Nike at the Acropolis, 420 BC (3)
Athens - Temple of Athena Nike at the Acropolis, 420 BC
Athens - Temple of Hephestus at the Agora, 450 BC Athens
Athens - Terra-cotta aqueduct from excavation for theMetro
Athens - The Agora, the original heart of Athens, from the Acropolis
Athens - The Odeon, a Roman theatre at the Acropolis
Athens - The Parthenon at the Acropolis (2)
Athens - The Parthenon at the Acropolis
Athens Archaeological Musem - Athenian black-figure pelike, ca 400 BC
Athens Archaeological Museum - Mycenaean gold rhomboid diadem, 1600 BC
Athens Archaeological Museum - Preserved under volcanic lava when island was destroyed
Athens Archaeological Museum - Statue of Aphrodite, marble, Roman copy of a Greek original 400 BC
Marathon - Statue of Militiaides, the Spartan general victorious over the Persians at the battle of the same name
Athens Archaeological Museum - Statue of Poseidon, marble ca 130 BC
Athens Archaeological Museum - The Poseidon of Artemision, bronze 460 BC, found in the sea
Corinth - The Temple
The Canal of Corinth
Delphi - Archeological Museum
Delphi - Entrance to the original Olympic Stadium
Delphi - From the Temple of Hera towards the Stadium
Delphi - Remains of Temple of Zeus from earthquakes
Delphi - Sacred Way leading to the Temple of Apollo
Delphi - Sanctuary of Athena
Delphi - Site of the origin of the Olympic Torch
Delphi - Temple of Apollo
Delphi - Temple of Hera
Delphi - The Olympic Stadium 776 BC
Delphi - Treasury of Atreus, ca 1600 BC
Delphi - View across the valley from Temple of Apollo
Ephesus - Ancient city originally built by the Greeks in 400 BC, and then overrun by the Romans ca 100 BC
Delphi -Archaeological Museum - Reconstructed ox made of wood covered in silver
Ephesus - Communal latrine
Heraklion - Minoan pottery in the Archaeological Museum
Ephesus - Entrance to St. John's Basilica
Heraklion - Near the Archeological Museum
Ephesus - Library built in 135 AD to the glory of Julius Celsus, governor
Heraklion - The Phaistos Disc, still undeciphered, ca 1700 BC in the Archaeological Museum
Ephesus - Monument to Emperor Hadrian
Kalambaka-- Access to the Grand Meteora monastery was by a basket on a pulley
Ephesus St. John's Basilica turned into a mosque in 1330 and destroyed by Tamerlane in 1402
Kalambaka - Monastery of Roussanou, built in 1545
Ephesus -The ancient Theater
Kalambaka- The gardens at Roussanou
Ephesus, ancient city originally built by the Greeks ca 400 BC
Kalambaka - Monastery of Verlaam as seen from Grand Meteora
Epidaurus - Ancient theater,, built ca 300 BC, as part of the Sanctuary of Asklepios
Epidaurus - View of the stadium from the top
Kalambaka - The Grand Meteora
Kalambaka - The Grand Meteora (2)
Kalambaka - The Grand Meteora (3)
Kalambaka -Monastery of Grand Meteorafinished in 1388
Kusadasi - Harbor front , with Ataturk's statue on top of the hill
Mycenae - Looking out from the top of the citadel
Mycenae - Remaining walls at the Citadel
Mykonos - Arriving at the harbor
Mykonos - The famous windmills
Olympia - Hermes of Praxiteles 340 BC in the Archaeological Museum
Olympia Archaeological Museum - Sculptured ornaments from the Temple of Zeus ca 500 BC, in Olympia Museum
Patmos - Castle-like Monastery of St. John on the hill
Patmos - Walking up to the Monastery of St. John The Theologian
Patmos - Local neighborhood house
Rhodes - Building displays emblems of France on the French Consultate's wall
Rhodes - Entrance to the French Consulate on the Street of the Knights
Rhodes - Fortifications at the harbor
Rhodes - Typical beach scene at Lindos
Rhodes - Inside the city walls
Rhodes - Lindos beach with the fort in the background
Rhodes - Local fishing boats in the harbor
Rhodes - Ottoman mosque
Rhodes - The harbor
Rhodes - The Street of The Knights
Rhodes - View through the city gate towards the harbor
Rhodes - Views of the Aegean through the harbor fortifications
Santorini - A church tower in the late afternoon sun
Santorini - One of the many quintessential sights
Santorini - Another quintessential sight
Santorini - Inspirational view from bell tower
Sounion - Temple of Poseidon (2)
Sounion - The Temple of Poseidon
Sounion - View of the Aegean Sea from the Temple of Poseidon
Details of the Trikopis Bridge
Trikopis Bridge inaugurated within two weeks of the 2004 Olympic Games
Details of a bell tower in Oia, on Santerini